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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Get a midnight snack without mom knowing
First-person stealth horror centered on keeping quiet in the kitchen
77% positive
79 reviews
Demo Ire: A Prologue
First-person horror with a stalking monster aboard a haunted ship
59% positive
79 reviews
Demo 7 Days To Think About It
First-person horror built around memorizing a house's changing details
92% positive
79 reviews
Demo Inner Voices
First-person horror adventure through a maze of randomly connected rooms
54% positive
78 reviews
The ER: Patient Typhon
A horror adventure about escaping a hospital without your arms
86% positive
78 reviews
Psycho
First-person survival horror with a pursuer who grows stronger
64% positive
78 reviews
OFFERING APP
A surreal horror adventure built around puzzles and strange minigames
83% positive
78 reviews
Who Knocks
First-person psychological horror with dead visitors knocking at your door
69% positive
78 reviews
Beyond the Doors
First-person horror adventure built around eavesdropping and automated surveillance networks
76% positive
78 reviews
Demo AI
Separated
Two-player horror puzzle game where talking can attract a monster
68% positive
78 reviews
Demo AI
シシテナオ-Even in Death-
Side-scrolling stealth horror where sound helps you track roaming creatures
92% positive
78 reviews
Demo AI
Circus of Pain
First-person horror about surviving a deadly circus performance
76% positive
78 reviews
The Troma Project
Turn-based strategy with Troma movie characters and splatter horror
79% positive
77 reviews
Demo CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
A mystery horror visual novel retracing the week before your death
68% positive
77 reviews
Lazaretto
First-person survival horror on an abandoned island, without combat
77% positive
77 reviews
Fariwalk: The Prelude
Short horror adventure with dialogue choices and strange side stories
62% positive
77 reviews
The 7th Circle - Endless Nightmare
First-person dungeon crawler with permadeath and progress between characters
75% positive
77 reviews
BioCrisis
An on-rails zombie shooter built around a sixty-second escape
90% positive
77 reviews
Demo The Elevator Game with Catgirls
Horror visual novel with catgirls, clues, and an elevator ritual
100% positive
77 reviews
Zemblanity
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in a changing mansion
84% positive
77 reviews
Demo Divine Frequency
A horror shooter where your character build shapes your discoveries
97% positive
77 reviews
Demo AI
House of Lost Souls
First-person psychological horror about uncovering secrets in your childhood home
64% positive
77 reviews
Demo THE DESCENT
First-person horror walking sim investigating disappearances in a coal mine
69% positive
77 reviews
MATRESHKA
Horror puzzle adventure about escaping a building with unpredictable residents
79% positive
77 reviews