The best horror games for Halloween 2026
Horror games to play around Halloween, picked from the 4,324 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: 2,015 horror games are on sale right now.
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Nope Nope Nope Nurses
A hospital visual novel following a patient's encounters with cruel nurses
88% positive
203 reviews
Euclidean
First-person cosmic horror built around a slow, dangerous fall
66% positive
202 reviews
REMOTE LIFE
Side-scrolling space shooter with twin-stick aiming inside an alien hive
90% positive
202 reviews
TEST RE
Free horror action about fighting monsters and trying to escape
72% positive
Free
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Lights Off: Director's Cut
First-person horror that turns switching off lights into a threat
90% positive
Free
The Dolls: Reborn
Survival horror with dolls that hide, listen, and teleport
46% positive
201 reviews
Archimedes
A psychological horror mystery with puzzles extending beyond the game
81% positive
201 reviews
BEAST: False Prophet
Turn-based tactical RPG where you can sacrifice companions for power
66% positive
201 reviews
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Ducks
An idle collecting game built around limited-time duck drops
55% positive
Free
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Playing House
First-person psychological horror about a father's unsettling day of pretend play
94% positive
201 reviews
Hellkind
Top-down horror about escaping a cult's ritual in Galicia
93% positive
Free
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YetiParty
A walking simulator mixing village errands with crude horror comedy
86% positive
201 reviews
The Grandfather
Point-and-click horror puzzles with a procedurally generated soundtrack
57% positive
Free
DOOMED
Old-school first-person shooter with dark sci-fi settings and horror
54% positive
200 reviews
Seven Days
Occult mystery visual novel about seven ghosts living their final days
97% positive
200 reviews
SKYHILL: Black Mist
Survival horror with scavenging and stealth inside a monster-infested complex
40% positive
200 reviews
Edge of Sanity
Psychological survival horror where trauma changes dialogue and crafting options
69% positive
200 reviews
Demo Suffer The Night
First-person survival horror with a text adventure on a mysterious disk
71% positive
200 reviews
Golden Chambers
A western first-person shooter with bullet catching and slapstick combat
77% positive
200 reviews
Anomaly Company
First-person co-op horror about spotting changes in familiar surroundings
77% positive
200 reviews
Channel 4 Midnight
First-person horror about performing an online ritual at an inn
87% positive
Free
Realms of the Haunting
First-person horror adventure with monster combat and live-action cutscenes
93% positive
199 reviews
iREC
First-person horror with computer puzzles inside a company's offices
55% positive
199 reviews
Blood Waves
Third-person zombie survival shooter with traps and defensive barricades
67% positive
199 reviews