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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First-person horror about keeping patients alive while avoiding a killer
82% positive
90 reviews
Treasure Tiger
First-person survival horror where gambling brings danger into your home
96% positive
90 reviews
Demo House of Empty Names
First-person horror about escaping a house while a kidnapper hunts
88% positive
90 reviews
The Mailroom
A first-person horror simulation about sorting mail in hell
97% positive
90 reviews
Grimind
A horror puzzle platformer where escape takes timing and logic
63% positive
89 reviews
TheNightfall
Psychological horror about a first night alone in a new house
65% positive
89 reviews
The Initiate 2: The First Interviews
First-person escape-room puzzler about three captives forced to work together
91% positive
89 reviews
you feel normal.
First-person psychological horror where a roadside park leads into hallucinations
74% positive
89 reviews
Demo No Vacation for an Executioner
Retro survival horror RPG built around parries, stabs, and gunfire
67% positive
89 reviews
Cursed Feed
A horror adventure about monitoring a haunted house through cameras
76% positive
89 reviews
Demo Bite Night: Dine or Die
First-person horror comedy about a deadly shift at a diner
94% positive
89 reviews
Hollowbrook - Apartments
An episodic horror adventure about surviving in your new apartment
96% positive
89 reviews
Demo Crimson Spires
Horror-romance visual novel about a mining town sealed behind lethal towers
86% positive
88 reviews
Parasomnia
First-person horror where escape depends on choosing where to turn
69% positive
88 reviews
Zardy's Cave
First-person horror adventure with puzzles and monsters beneath a farm
83% positive
88 reviews
Lost Hope: Backrooms
First-person survival horror with puzzles and an optional monster-free mode
68% positive
88 reviews
Demo AI
DETECTIVE - Rainy night
First-person horror mystery set in a motel nobody can leave
67% positive
88 reviews
Hell of a Birthday
Horror-comedy adventure about a birthday disrupted by strange events
95% positive
88 reviews
Kyoto Anomaly
A horror walking simulator about spotting changes to escape a loop
98% positive
88 reviews
Last Term
Spot-the-difference horror where careful observation determines which stairs to take
93% positive
88 reviews
Saint of Chains
First-person survival horror about a father's search through shifting nightmares
83% positive
88 reviews
MEMENTO
Pixel-art horror adventure where war relics become living monsters
76% positive
87 reviews
Morph Girl
Live-action horror visual novel about grief and a supernatural visitor
70% positive
87 reviews
Demo This is the Zodiac Speaking
First-person detective thriller following the trail of the Zodiac killer
56% positive
87 reviews