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: 2,011 horror games are on sale right now.
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Demo The Occultist
First-person horror investigation with a pendulum that alters your surroundings
73% positive
258 reviews
Demo Mars Attracts
Theme park management on Mars, with abducted humans as exhibits
86% positive
258 reviews
Reflection
Horror walking simulator about escaping a basement without your memories
84% positive
258 reviews
The Experiment: Escape Room
Escape-room puzzles with teamwork or competitive races to get out
52% positive
257 reviews
Abyss of Neptune
Underwater survival horror with nonlinear exploration, puzzles, and creature encounters
68% positive
Free
Demo The Apocalypse Sacrifice
A retro adventure with branching choices and a personality chart
96% positive
257 reviews
Demo AsHes
Open-world survival horror with ghosts drawn from Chinese folklore
66% positive
256 reviews
Antihorror
First-person horror exploration through a place that seems deserted
71% positive
255 reviews
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Wooden Ocean
An open-world RPG where party members can learn any skill
98% positive
255 reviews
Demo Morbid: The Lords of Ire
Third-person Souls-like action where madness grants power at a cost
68% positive
255 reviews
Survive or Thrive
A survival questionnaire that matches your choices to hypothetical scenarios
98% positive
254 reviews
Brother Hai's Pho Restaurant
Psychological horror built around running a Vietnamese pho restaurant
93% positive
Free
Bucket Detective
First-person horror adventure about a writer's bargain with a cult
85% positive
253 reviews
Aeon
A VR shooter with pistols, swords, and movement-controlled slow motion
68% positive
253 reviews
与雾雨魔理沙一起偷重要的东西 ~ Happy Stealing with Kirisame Marisa
Survival horror about stealing items while avoiding capture
89% positive
253 reviews
Demo BrokenLore: UNFOLLOW
First-person psychological horror about bullying and the influence of social media
74% positive
253 reviews
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Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
Short first-person psychological horror where people are the threat
91% positive
253 reviews
Mycopsychosys: Remastered
Horror visual novel about choosing whom to shelter during a sporestorm
97% positive
253 reviews
Bad Mojo Redux
Puzzle adventure exploring a decaying building from a cockroach's perspective
85% positive
252 reviews
Hollow
First-person survival horror on a mining ship orbiting Jupiter
35% positive
252 reviews
精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss
Horror romance visual novel about love, obsession, and destructive relationships
84% positive
252 reviews
Demo I'm on Observation Duty 8
Spot-the-difference horror where surveillance cameras reveal supernatural changes
95% positive
252 reviews
Akai Onna
First-person horror walking simulator about a woman in red
87% positive
252 reviews
Larry The Unlucky Part 1
Point-and-click escape room puzzles following a character's unlucky life
92% positive
Free