The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,998 horror games on PC in our catalog: the best ones to play with friends, this year's new releases, free games and demos. Every game links to its requirements, price and Steam Deck status.
Steam Scream V, the Steam Halloween sale, runs until Nov 2, 2026: 1,998 horror games are on sale right now.
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骸心 Mainbody
Psychological horror adventure about managing a building of contaminated patients
93% positive
124 reviews
The motel
A horror adventure built around a late-night motel shift
86% positive
124 reviews
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Midnight Monitor: Aldercourt
First-person horror built around spotting changes in a looping station
91% positive
124 reviews
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Backseat
First-person taxi horror with dangerous passengers to question and identify
68% positive
124 reviews
From The Past
First-person horror walking simulator beginning with car trouble in a forest
71% positive
124 reviews
Liminal City
First-person horror exploration with sudden shifts into other Backrooms levels
75% positive
124 reviews
Tsugunohi -The Thread That Beckons to Heaven-
Side-scrolling psychological horror where the walk home changes each day
85% positive
124 reviews
Rip Current
First-person survival horror with dinosaurs in a flooded research station
86% positive
123 reviews
Spectator
Security-camera horror about spotting paranormal changes before your shift ends
92% positive
123 reviews
Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
A zombie apocalypse quiz that estimates your chances of survival
99% positive
123 reviews
Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
A dark puzzle-platformer where acts of compassion can change endings
72% positive
123 reviews
No Ghost in Stay Home
Point-and-click horror about a girl's first evening home alone
93% positive
122 reviews
Demo Abscission
A point-and-click detective story mixing murder investigations with cosmic horror
92% positive
122 reviews
Midnight Special
Point-and-click survival horror about a babysitter's night at a manor
71% positive
122 reviews
エスカレーター | Escalator
First-person horror about spotting anomalies during repeated escalator rides
39% positive
122 reviews
Demo iZolated
Open-world survival RPG with customizable guns and dangerous weather
62% positive
122 reviews
Demo Descending The Woods
First-person survival horror with farming in an open, haunted world
52% positive
122 reviews
Pink Noise
A psychological horror visual novel where decisions alter the story
84% positive
122 reviews
Demo The Supper: New Blood
Point-and-click horror about a motel owner who cooks his guests
88% positive
122 reviews
The Dark Gift
A Christmas horror walking simulator about an unexplained gift
77% positive
122 reviews
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE
First-person psychological horror where a recluse's memories reshape familiar spaces
84% positive
122 reviews
Left-Hand Path
Dark fantasy VR RPG with gesture-based spells and ritual magic
83% positive
121 reviews
Zombie Ballz
Physics puzzles with bouncing weapons and villagers to protect
73% positive
121 reviews
KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
A horror visual novel about a deadly social media rumor
76% positive
121 reviews