The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,318 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: 2,008 horror games are on sale right now.
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FILTHY US
Hand-drawn horror adventure exploring places shaped by the dead's resentment
66% positive
467 reviews
Shattered Lights
VR horror where you navigate impossible corridors by physically walking
86% positive
Free
Ghostbane: Prologue
First-person co-op horror with evidence gathering and ghost-capturing rituals
53% positive
Free
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
Chinese folklore horror puzzle game tracing nightmares through time
80% positive
465 reviews
Pirate's Gambit
A pirate roguelite built around dice rolls and deckbuilding
89% positive
463 reviews
The 39 Steps
An interactive spy novel about a man framed for murder
81% positive
462 reviews
回门 Way Back Home
2D horror adventure about a missing family in 1920s China
70% positive
462 reviews
Demo Wasteland Bites
A food truck horror sim with a deadly stress limit
93% positive
462 reviews
Elder Sign: Omens
Dice-based board game with investigators trying to stop ancient horrors
76% positive
461 reviews
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KunKunNest
Anomaly-spotting horror where eight correct calls in a row let you escape
96% positive
459 reviews
Dead Horde
Top-down survival shooter against hordes of increasingly powerful mutants
36% positive
458 reviews
Demo Fright Train
Third-person survival horror on a train you must keep running
86% positive
458 reviews
Absent
Point-and-click adventure about supernatural disappearances at a college
81% positive
Free
Homeless
First-person subway horror as a night guard investigates an intruder
81% positive
457 reviews
Sophie's Curse
Point-and-click survival horror where failing lights leave you exposed
83% positive
456 reviews
House of Lizards
An action adventure about Slavic knights raiding lizard bases across planets
87% positive
456 reviews
Demo Dread Neighbor
First-person psychological horror about a stalker in an old apartment building
81% positive
456 reviews
Prognostic
First-person detective horror where fortune-telling helps you solve crimes
94% positive
454 reviews
Cover Fire: Offline Shooting Game
An on-rails shooter with squad switching and destructible environments
72% positive
Free
The Blind Prophet
A story-focused point-and-click adventure through a city corrupted by demons
86% positive
453 reviews
INVITATION To FEAR
Survival horror where your own footsteps can attract the monster
61% positive
453 reviews
Demo AI
I'm on Observation Duty 7
Surveillance horror puzzle game about spotting supernatural changes overnight
93% positive
453 reviews
Hide and Seek
First-person multiplayer with timed hiding and a race back to base
38% positive
Free
Pomberito
First-person horror combining farm chores with South American folklore
93% positive
452 reviews