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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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I Must Kill: Fresh Meat
I Must Kill: Fresh Meat
Hand-drawn horror adventure about a butcher at odds with modern life
31% positive Free
Is Simon There?
Is Simon There?
Psychological horror with three endings that follow different paths
85% positive 305 reviews
Z.O.N.A Project X VR
Z.O.N.A Project X VR
VR survival shooter with scavenging in a nuclear wasteland
74% positive 305 reviews
咒影 Curse of the Shadow Demo
咒影 Curse of the Shadow
Horror visual novel about strange shadows appearing in photographs
84% positive 305 reviews
Help
Help
First-person horror adventure searching a bunker for your missing daughter
56% positive 304 reviews
The Living Remain
The Living Remain
VR zombie shooter with ammo crafting and a family search
80% positive 304 reviews
Frontline Zed
Frontline Zed
Zombie defense shooter with daytime scavenging and nighttime barricade battles
57% positive 304 reviews
Intruders: Hide and Seek
Intruders: Hide and Seek
First-person stealth horror from a defenseless child's point of view
72% positive 304 reviews
Wet steps
Wet steps
An anime visual novel about a strangely persistent admirer
92% positive 304 reviews
Flesh Made Fear Demo
Flesh Made Fear
Retro survival horror mixing fixed viewpoints with moving cameras
92% positive 304 reviews
The Alchemist's House
The Alchemist's House
A short first-person horror adventure set in a medieval house
69% positive Free
Sparky Marky: Episode 1
Sparky Marky: Episode 1
First-person horror with gadgets and puzzles in an abandoned camp
64% positive Free
Knights End Demo
Knights End
First-person co-op horror with nightly chores and increasingly dangerous monsters
89% positive 303 reviews
Saiko no sutoka no shiki Demo
Saiko no sutoka no shiki
First-person horror where hunters use trees and bushes as cover
87% positive 302 reviews
Terminal 81
Terminal 81
A supermarket job simulator with a neighborhood kidnapping mystery
95% positive 302 reviews
Night Shippers
Night Shippers
Co-op horror-comedy about delivering food in hell before sunrise
75% positive 302 reviews
Befriended Curse
Befriended Curse
First-person horror walking sim about a summer job gone wrong
92% positive 300 reviews
HELLSEED: All Chapters
HELLSEED: All Chapters
First-person horror investigation of a disappearance in 1980s Italy
72% positive 299 reviews
Viltnemda
Viltnemda
First-person horror about finding a wounded deer after dark
84% positive Free
The Final Take
The Final Take
Found-footage horror with connected stories you play in any order
57% positive 298 reviews
Dolmen
Dolmen
Sci-fi Souls-like action RPG combining gunfire with elemental melee combat
54% positive 297 reviews
Budget Backrooms
Budget Backrooms
Horror walking simulator about exploring the Backrooms with a flashlight
90% positive Free
The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition Demo
The Aquarium does not dance Special Edition
Horror adventure set in an aquarium overrun by strange creatures
97% positive 297 reviews
Magnetic: Cage Closed
Magnetic: Cage Closed
First-person puzzle platformer with a magnet gun and lethal traps
69% positive 296 reviews