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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: 2,011 horror games are on sale right now.

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Fear For Freedom
Fear For Freedom
A horror walking simulator about a monster outside your office
51% positive Free
Exorcism of the Legion (Last Rites) VR
Exorcism of the Legion (Last Rites) VR
A VR horror adventure centered on encounters with demons
73% positive 199 reviews
Inout
Inout
Co-op survival horror about exorcising the possessed in a mansion
66% positive 199 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
A horror sound novel revisiting Hinamizawa through four chapters
87% positive 199 reviews
Very Scary Backrooms Game
Very Scary Backrooms Game
A horror walking simulator where familiar spaces seem slightly wrong
85% positive Free
Subterranauts
Subterranauts
Co-op horror about gathering scrap beneath a post-apocalyptic wasteland
78% positive 199 reviews
Primal Fears
Primal Fears
Top-down shooter with turrets, drones, and remote-controlled cars
59% positive 198 reviews
Insanity VR: Last Score
Insanity VR: Last Score
A VR horror adventure about escaping another person's subconscious mind
84% positive Free
Harthorn
Harthorn
First-person psychological horror on a high school security shift
84% positive 198 reviews
For Mother Matron
For Mother Matron
Psychological horror visual novel built around choices with deadly consequences
91% positive Free
Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
Point-and-click horror following strange events at a mental health center
85% positive 198 reviews
Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening
Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening
Turn-based horror RPG with scavenged supplies and customizable combat skills
96% positive Free
Inferno Protocol
Inferno Protocol
First-person survival horror in a maze that changes around you
77% positive 198 reviews
Path to Mnemosyne
Path to Mnemosyne
A surreal puzzle adventure built around an endlessly zooming path
80% positive 197 reviews
Tres-Bashers
Tres-Bashers
A side-scrolling metroidvania where a flashlight makes monsters vulnerable
96% positive 197 reviews
The Alley Demo
The Alley
Psychological horror about separating supernatural anomalies from ordinary alleyway scares
91% positive 197 reviews
The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
First-person survival horror where you burn stories to survive
77% positive Free
System Purge
System Purge
Precision platformer with deadly traps deep inside an ancient machine
95% positive 196 reviews
Infestation: Origins
Infestation: Origins
First-person co-op survival horror about exterminating monstrous infestations
76% positive 196 reviews
CONCRETE BURIAL
CONCRETE BURIAL
First-person horror platforming with a weapon fueled by your blood
83% positive 196 reviews
One Wish
One Wish
First-person horror about finding an exit from an empty hospital
57% positive 195 reviews
Cryptid Farm
Cryptid Farm
2D farming horror game about tending crops while creatures hunt
97% positive 195 reviews
My Big Sister: Remastered
My Big Sister: Remastered
Top-down horror adventure about two sisters trying to break a curse
90% positive 195 reviews
Forbidden Terror: Board Game
Forbidden Terror: Board Game
A first-person horror story about bringing a Ouija board home
92% positive Free