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The best horror games for Halloween 2026

Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,996 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: 1,996 horror games are on sale right now.

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Darkness Under My Bed
Darkness Under My Bed
Psychological horror adventure exploring a maze with a remote-controlled robot
89% positive 98 reviews
Tsugunohi -The Chamber of Phantom Name-
Tsugunohi -The Chamber of Phantom Name-
Horror adventure where walking left reveals strange events at home
80% positive 98 reviews
Lost Alone Ultimate Demo
Lost Alone Ultimate
First-person psychological horror built around puzzles and fear of darkness
83% positive 98 reviews
AUTO-CRISIS
AUTO-CRISIS
First-person psychological horror with creatures revealed only by lightning
91% positive 98 reviews
Life & Shadow: Celestial Call Demo
Life & Shadow: Celestial Call
Cosmic horror that pairs observatory upkeep with nighttime exploration
98% positive 98 reviews
FEED IT
FEED IT
First-person horror about escaping a maze controlled by a hungry monster
84% positive 98 reviews
Captive
Captive
A horror puzzle game about escaping before you bleed out
90% positive 97 reviews
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Side-scrolling horror platformer through monster-filled Transylvania to Dracula's castle
87% positive 97 reviews
Damned 2
Damned 2
Multiplayer horror with escape-room puzzles and a player-controlled monster
85% positive 97 reviews
The Last Letter
The Last Letter
Psychological horror walking simulator following anonymous letters into a forest
88% positive 97 reviews
Pestis
Pestis
A medieval medical simulation about treating plague victims and surviving
80% positive 96 reviews
Combat Force
Combat Force
First-person zombie shooting with power-ups and a day-night cycle
47% positive 96 reviews
Horror Tycoon Demo AI
Horror Tycoon
Horror tower defense where haunted attractions turn visitors into targets
60% positive 96 reviews
LONGEYED PROJ
LONGEYED PROJ
Horror deduction game about telling victims apart from disguised creatures
60% positive 96 reviews
Abandoned Stories: Inherited Silence AI
Abandoned Stories: Inherited Silence
Psychological horror inside a house, with endings shaped by choices
96% positive 96 reviews
Shut Eye
Shut Eye
Survival horror with threatening toys and a child's rising anxiety
66% positive 95 reviews
Angels Cove
Angels Cove
First-person psychological horror about investigating hauntings on a remote island
77% positive 95 reviews
Notebook Entries Vol. 1
Notebook Entries Vol. 1
Short horror anthology with eight stories and varied play styles
85% positive 95 reviews
Liminal Exit
Liminal Exit
Anomaly-spotting walking simulator set inside a building of repeating corridors
68% positive 95 reviews
Mycelium: The Silent Contract
Mycelium: The Silent Contract
Extraction horror about gathering fungi in an ever-changing forest
99% positive 95 reviews
Unseen Demo
Unseen
First-person horror walking simulator about an overnight stay gone wrong
82% positive 95 reviews
Log.in
Log.in
A mystery horror adventure told through a kidnapper's computer
76% positive 95 reviews
The Shadowland
The Shadowland
A reflex-driven 2D platformer about a reaper trying to escape
65% positive 94 reviews
Pineview Drive - Homeless
Pineview Drive - Homeless
Psychological horror where reacting to scares costs you health
64% positive 94 reviews