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: 2,016 horror games are on sale right now.
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The Tape
First-person horror with found-footage visuals and a missing-girl investigation
55% positive
421 reviews
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
First-person arena shooter with an automatic crossbow and endless demons
75% positive
421 reviews
Demo Welcome to Hanwell
Open-world horror with scavenged weapons and monsters roaming city streets
49% positive
Free
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EBOLA VILLAGE
First-person survival horror in a Soviet village under biological threat
79% positive
419 reviews
just a game to test your lQ
First-person horror with IQ quizzes and threats at your door
64% positive
Free
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FREE DUROV
First-person horror adventure with prison puzzles and internet meme humor
91% positive
418 reviews
The Hidden Ones
Online co-op horror adventure with puzzles and role-playing elements
10% positive
418 reviews
The Pale Mimic
Survival horror where a creature mimics familiar sounds as bait
86% positive
418 reviews
Demo Sound of Drop - fall into poison -
Horror visual novel about an aquarium where urban legends turn real
85% positive
417 reviews
Roots of Insanity
Psychological survival horror during a hospital night shift gone wrong
68% positive
417 reviews
Demo Withering Realms
Horror action RPG where night brings new creatures and secrets
95% positive
416 reviews
Coincidences?
First-person psychological horror centered on a suspiciously cheap rental
92% positive
416 reviews
Airtight City 密闭之城1.0
A third-person horror shooter with a female lead and puzzles
96% positive
415 reviews
My Sweet! Housemate
Horror comedy visual novel about renting from a suspicious landlord
98% positive
415 reviews
Paranormal
First-person horror where a house's hauntings change between playthroughs
58% positive
414 reviews
The Goatman
Co-op horror hunting with traps, explosives, and remote-controlled drones
68% positive
414 reviews
Hotel Remorse
First-person horror about escaping a hotel filled with paranormal threats
75% positive
Free
Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient
Top-down horror RPG about escaping a hospital full of monsters
69% positive
413 reviews
Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever
Dark comedy visual novel where zombie dogs crash a birthday party
99% positive
413 reviews
Mayjasmine Episode01 - What is God?
A historical visual novel about everyday lives disrupted by riots
71% positive
412 reviews
Traum
Psychological horror adventure where familiar places become increasingly strange
92% positive
Free
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The Unholy Priest
Horror funeral service sim with exorcisms and restless graves
75% positive
412 reviews
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Haunted Room : 205
First-person horror where closing your eyes wards off supernatural disturbances
94% positive
412 reviews
Ghost Town Mine Ride & Shootin' Gallery
VR horror mixing mine-cart rides, target shooting, and on-foot exploration
86% positive
411 reviews