The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 1,995 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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Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
Third-person zombie shooter with sniping and four-player co-op
88% positive
4,706 reviews
Ghost Exile
First-person ghost-hunting horror with evidence gathering and exorcisms
88% positive
4,665 reviews
Pathologic Classic HD
First-person survival horror in a town consumed by plague
88% positive
4,613 reviews
Demo CASE: Animatronics
First-person survival horror with animatronics stalking a locked police station
83% positive
4,604 reviews
Stories Untold
A psychological horror anthology built around typing and operating equipment
86% positive
4,574 reviews
Garten of Banban 2
First-person horror adventure with puzzles beneath an empty kindergarten
67% positive
4,560 reviews
KARMA: The Dark World
First-person psychological thriller investigating memories in dystopian East Germany
91% positive
4,558 reviews
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
First-person school survival horror with puzzles and a stalking janitor
81% positive
4,535 reviews
Demo Nightmare of Decay
First-person survival horror in a monster-filled manor with scarce ammunition
96% positive
4,438 reviews
Crisol: Theater of Idols
First-person survival horror where every shot costs your own blood
85% positive
4,324 reviews
Demo Daymare: 1998
Third-person survival horror with scarce ammo and shifting perspectives
69% positive
4,293 reviews
Demo Dark Hours
Co-op survival horror where thieves must escape roaming monsters
82% positive
4,223 reviews
DARQ: Complete Edition
Side-scrolling horror puzzle adventure built around walking on walls
94% positive
4,195 reviews
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2
Third-person zombie shooter with sniper kills and four-player co-op
85% positive
4,194 reviews
Penumbra Overture
First-person survival horror with mouse-driven object interaction and puzzles
90% positive
4,182 reviews
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Active Matter
First-person extraction shooter with anomalous zones and a time loop
78% positive
4,145 reviews
Demo Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Sandbox zombie action with improvised weapons and a 72-hour deadline
80% positive
4,120 reviews
Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
A psychological horror visual novel about murders and forgotten memories
96% positive
4,097 reviews
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction
Destruction-focused racing with monster trucks, demolition derbies, and stunt challenges
18% positive
4,053 reviews
THE 4 SINS
First-person horror escape room where four players piece together clues
24% positive
4,050 reviews
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Point-and-click horror about five captives tormented by a computer
89% positive
4,049 reviews
Zombie Night Terror
A 2D puzzle game about spreading a zombie outbreak
93% positive
4,014 reviews
Silent Hill Homecoming
Third-person survival horror about a missing brother and nightmares
48% positive
4,013 reviews
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
First-person horror across a thousand rooms of jump scares and chases
96% positive
4,006 reviews