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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Hell of Sins: soul
Horror visual novel set in a hell that imprisons souls
47% positive
73 reviews
Slashers
Co-op horror where microphone noise can give away your position
53% positive
73 reviews
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Mortanis Prisoners
First-person survival horror with supernatural threats in a concentration camp
77% positive
73 reviews
Mystic Rest Stop
First-person psychological horror on the night shift at a gas station
58% positive
73 reviews
The Sweet Spot
Psychological horror built around an ice cream shop's late shift
51% positive
73 reviews
Dread Meridian
VR survival horror about a missing twin on a frozen island
70% positive
73 reviews
Astrophobia
Cosmic horror exploration through a moon base and ancient ruins
78% positive
73 reviews
Room 54
First-person survival horror with unarmed escapes and randomized item locations
67% positive
72 reviews
Old School FOTD
A horror shooter about escaping a bunker after the apocalypse
36% positive
72 reviews
MeiQi 2019
First-person mystery adventure about solving cases by connecting evidence
67% positive
72 reviews
학생들의 공포괴담 終 (Students' horrible stories FIN)
A horror visual novel linking five incidents involving threatened students
81% positive
72 reviews
Tomb of Mask
A mystery adventure mixing puzzle-solving, Chinese folklore, and forbidden love
88% positive
72 reviews
The Backrooms Footage
Psychological horror about escaping a maze of shifting rooms
65% positive
72 reviews
Demo Jawbreaker
Stealth survival horror where firing a weapon risks attracting enemies
67% positive
72 reviews
Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef
Top-down roguelite shooter with sanity-driven curses and permanent rewards
81% positive
72 reviews
The Gravedigger
First-person horror about robbing graves while a demon grows stronger
75% positive
72 reviews
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse HD
2D stealth horror about evading a toy rabbit at home
76% positive
72 reviews
Alone in the School
School survival horror about recovering memories while avoiding hidden threats
82% positive
72 reviews
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Still It Runs
First-person stealth horror where you explore and escape as a cat
50% positive
72 reviews
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Riruri Tachibana : Reincarnated
First-person horror about a virtual streamer's troubles beyond the screen
81% positive
72 reviews
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The Abandoned House in Yeongdeok
First-person psychological horror in an abandoned house with no apparent exit
79% positive
72 reviews
House of Hell (Standalone)
A horror gamebook where fear can kill you
85% positive
71 reviews
Tunnels of Despair
First-person survival horror about escaping an abandoned subway system
65% positive
71 reviews
Demo October Night Games
Digital tabletop horror with rival cults and secret team identities
69% positive
71 reviews