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The best horror games for Halloween 2026

Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,306 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: 1,995 horror games are on sale right now.

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System Shock Demo
System Shock
First-person survival horror remake set on a rogue AI-controlled station
90% positive 13K reviews
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Side-scrolling psychological horror adventure about eviction, guilt, and puzzles
93% positive 13K reviews
Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
Fears to Fathom - Home Alone
First-person psychological horror about a teenager left home alone
89% positive Free
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
First-person horror as a night technician among active animatronics
90% positive 13K reviews
Amnesia: The Bunker
Amnesia: The Bunker
First-person survival horror in a World War I bunker stalked by a monster
93% positive 13K reviews
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
First-person escape room puzzles with co-op and a dark story
81% positive Free
DOOM 3
DOOM 3
Horror-focused first-person shooter in a demon-infested Mars research facility
86% positive 13K reviews
Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
First-person sci-fi shooter with four-player co-op against Xenomorphs
62% positive 12K reviews
Cube Escape: Paradox
Cube Escape: Paradox
Surreal point-and-click escape-room mystery with increasingly difficult puzzles
97% positive Free
The Beast Inside Demo
The Beast Inside
First-person horror adventure linking two timelines through a diary
83% positive 12K reviews
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
First-person horror mystery about missing children and an industrial machine
70% positive 12K reviews
Oxenfree
Oxenfree
Supernatural adventure shaped by choices, conversations, and radio signals
91% positive 12K reviews
In Silence
In Silence
Multiplayer survival horror where sound guides the monster's hunt
74% positive 12K reviews
Detention
Detention
2D horror adventure about escaping a haunted school in Taiwan
96% positive 12K reviews
Baldi's Basics Plus
Baldi's Basics Plus
First-person stealth roguelike in a procedurally changing horror schoolhouse
98% positive 12K reviews
The Exit 8
The Exit 8
First-person horror puzzle about spotting changes in a looping hallway
93% positive 12K reviews
Shift At Midnight Demo
Shift At Midnight
Gas station horror where some customers are monsters in disguise
88% positive 12K reviews
Granny AI
Granny
First-person survival horror about escaping a trap-filled locked house
94% positive 12K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
First-person survival horror with a robot that wears different costumes
85% positive 12K reviews
Saihate Station Demo
Saihate Station
Psychological horror adventure about a codependent relationship between two men
95% positive Free
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
First-person survival horror tracking one animatronic through security cameras
90% positive 11K reviews
We Were Here Too
We Were Here Too
First-person co-op puzzle adventure built around walkie-talkie communication
78% positive 11K reviews
Into the Radius VR
Into the Radius VR
VR survival shooter built around scavenging and careful gun handling
94% positive 11K reviews
Catherine Classic
Catherine Classic
Story-driven puzzle adventure about relationship choices and nightmare climbs
87% positive 11K reviews