Best Halloween Games to Play in 2026: 16 Horror Picks for Every Platform

Halloween 2026 falls on a Saturday, and that means one thing: a whole night to turn off the lights, turn up the volume and scare yourself silly. The good news is that horror fans have rarely had it this good. Capcom, Konami, Saber Interactive and a handful of brilliant indie studios have all delivered new nightmares over the past year, and some of the best horror classics of the last decade are now easier to play than ever, including on Nintendo Switch 2.

We picked the best Halloween games to play in 2026, from brand new releases to modern classics, co-op ghost hunts for your friends and one family-friendly pick for younger players. For every game, you get the platforms and a short reason why it belongs on your Halloween list. If you want to go deeper into horror lore first, our Silent Hill timeline explained and our guide to what happened to Raccoon City are perfect warm-ups.

Quick Picks: Best Halloween Games 2026 at a Glance

• Best new horror game: Resident Evil Requiem
• Best for atmosphere: Silent Hill: Townfall
• Most extreme: Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival
• Best indie pick: Look Outside (consoles from October 30, 2026)
• Best for friends: Phasmophobia and The Outlast Trials
• Best on Switch 2: Resident Evil 2, Cronos: The New Dawn and Little Nightmares III
• Best for families: Luigi’s Mansion 3

New Horror Games to Play This Halloween

These are the horror games released in the last few months, or arriving just in time for Halloween. If you only have one evening, start here.

Resident Evil Requiem

• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2
• Best for: Players who want the full survival horror package

Capcom’s ninth main Resident Evil game came out on February 27, 2026, and it is still the horror game to beat this year. FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to survivors of the Raccoon City incident, with Leon S. Kennedy at her side. Grace’s chapters are slow, tense survival horror in the spirit of Resident Evil 7 and Village, while Leon’s sections lean into action like Resident Evil 4, and you can play both in first or third person. It is the perfect mix of fear and fun for a Halloween night. Need a refresher on the backstory? Read what happened to Raccoon City before you start.

Silent Hill: Townfall

• Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), PS5 (timed console exclusive, Xbox no earlier than six months after launch)
• Best for: Fans of psychological horror and fog-soaked exploration

Released on September 24, 2026, Silent Hill: Townfall moves the series to St. Amelia, a fictional Scottish coastal town in 1996, and puts you behind the eyes of Simon Ordell in first person. The star of the show is the CRTV, a handheld static device that replaces the classic pocket radio and doubles as an enemy detector and puzzle tool. Critics loved the atmosphere and the Scottish setting, as we covered in our Townfall review roundup. For everything about the setting and the studio, see our Silent Hill: Townfall guide.

Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival

• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2
• Best for: Hellraiser fans with a strong stomach

Saber Interactive’s first-person survival horror game launched on October 8, 2026, and it is the most extreme pick on this list. Clive Barker himself advised on the project, and Doug Bradley returns as Pinhead. Barker said he was “genuinely astonished” by how far the game pushes its horror, as we reported in Clive Barker’s verdict on Hellraiser: Revival. Reviews have been mixed overall, so this is one for fans of the films who want a blood-soaked trip into the Labyrinth rather than a polished all-rounder.

The Blood of Dawnwalker

• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
• Best for: RPG fans who want vampires instead of jump scares

Not a pure horror game, but few releases fit the season better. The debut RPG from Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by Witcher 3 veterans, came out on September 3, 2026 and casts you as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, with 30 in-game days to save his family in 14th-century Vale Sangora. Gothic castles, cursed blood and nights full of monsters make it a great choice if you want a longer Halloween adventure. We gave it 8 out of 10 in our Blood of Dawnwalker review, and our respec guide helps if your first build is not working out.

Look Outside

• Platforms: PC (out now), PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch (all from October 30, 2026)
• Best for: Fans of retro-style RPGs and weird, creative monsters

Look Outside is a survival horror RPG by Francis Coulombe, published by Devolver Digital, and it is set entirely inside one apartment building. A strange event turns anyone who looks out of the window into a grotesque monster, and you play as Sam, scavenging, fighting and meeting the other residents while trying to stay sane. It started as a one-month game jam project, and the full PC release in 2025 was praised for its monster designs and atmosphere. The console versions arrive on October 30, 2026, one day before Halloween, so the timing could not be better.

Modern Horror Classics Worth a Replay

Already played everything new? These modern classics from the last few years are some of the best horror experiences you can have on current hardware.

Silent Hill 2

• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S (since November 21, 2025)

Bloober Team’s remake of the 2001 masterpiece follows James Sunderland as he returns to Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his late wife, Mary. Akira Yamaoka returned as composer and Masahiro Ito contributed concept art, and the result is faithful, haunting and beautiful. Konami calls it part of the first wave of the revival, and according to our report on the next waves of Silent Hill games, more is on the way.

Silent Hill f

• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Silent Hill f trades the American town for Ebisugaoka, a fictional Japanese town in the 1960s. High school student Hinako Shimizu fights grotesque monsters and solves eerie puzzles as fog swallows her hometown. Released on September 25, 2025, it became the fastest-selling game in the series and has sold more than 2 million copies. Its mix of beauty and body horror makes it one of the most unique horror games of recent years.

Resident Evil 2

• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 (since October 16, 2026)

Capcom’s 2019 remake is still one of the best survival horror games ever made. As Leon and Claire, you try to survive Raccoon City in September 1998, with Mr. X stalking you through the police station. The Switch 2 version launched on October 16, 2026 alongside the Resident Evil 3 and 4 remakes, so if you want a Halloween classic on the go, this is it.

Dead Space

• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Motive’s 2023 remake rebuilt the sci-fi horror classic from the ground up with improved visuals, audio and gameplay, while staying faithful to the original. Few games do dread and dismemberment as well as Isaac Clarke’s nightmare aboard the USG Ishimura.

Alan Wake 2

• Platforms: PC (Epic Games Store), PS5, Xbox Series X|S

Remedy’s 2023 survival horror game is part detective story, part nightmare and part musical, and it is still one of the most stylish horror games around. You switch between FBI agent Saga Anderson in the Pacific Northwest and writer Alan Wake, trapped in the Dark Place. If you love the strange world Remedy has built, our Control Resonant ending explained shows where the connected universe is heading next.

Cronos: The New Dawn

• Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2

Bloober Team’s original survival horror game came out on September 5, 2025 and mixes time travel, retro-futuristic Eastern European brutalism and creatures that merge into stronger forms when you leave bodies behind. As the Traveler, you jump between a ruined future and the past to harvest souls. Our Cronos: The New Dawn guide explains the story and mechanics.

Best Co-op and Multiplayer Halloween Games

Horror is even better when you can hear your friends scream. These are the best picks for a Halloween game night.

Phasmophobia

• Platforms: PC (with VR support), PS5, Xbox Series X|S (Switch 2 version planned for 2027)
• Best for: Groups of up to four friends

One to four players take on contracts as ghost hunters and use equipment to find out what kind of ghost haunts a location. It exploded in popularity during October 2020 and has been a Halloween tradition ever since. Talking to the ghost through your microphone and waiting for an answer is still one of the scariest things you can do in a video game.

The Outlast Trials

• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Best for: Players who want brutal horror with friends

Red Barrels’ co-op survival horror game puts you in Murkoff’s twisted Cold War experiments, alone or in teams. It just had the best week of its life, hitting a new all-time high of 119,526 concurrent players on Steam on October 7, as we reported in The Outlast Trials breaks its Steam record.

Dead by Daylight

• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
• Best for: Players who love slasher movies

Behaviour Interactive’s asymmetric horror game is turning 10 this year, and it is still the king of the genre: four survivors try to escape while one player hunts them as the killer. With a huge roster of original and licensed killers, it is the closest thing to starring in your own slasher movie.

Little Nightmares III

• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2
• Best for: Duos and players who prefer creepy over gory

The third Little Nightmares game, developed by Supermassive Games, follows two friends, Low and Alone, trying to escape the Nowhere. You can play solo or in online co-op. Reviews were mixed compared to the earlier games, but the creepy atmosphere and visuals are exactly what you want on a Halloween night, and it is one of the few horror games that works well for players who prefer tension over gore.

Family-Friendly Pick: Luigi’s Mansion 3

• Platforms: Nintendo Switch (playable on Switch 2)
• Best for: Families, kids and anyone who wants spooky without the scares

Not everyone wants to be terrified on Halloween. Nintendo’s Luigi’s Mansion 3 sends Luigi into a hotel run by ghosts to rescue Mario and friends after King Boo tricks them into a vacation. With the slimy doppelganger Gooigi, you can play the adventure in local co-op, and there are competitive multiplayer modes too. It won Best Family Game at The Game Awards 2019 and is still the best spooky game for younger players.

Want something to do in your favorite live game, too? Fortnitemares 2026, Fortnite’s annual Halloween event, started on October 1 with Five Nights at Freddy’s, Freddy Krueger and Slender Man. Read our Fortnitemares 2026 overview for all the details. And if you would rather watch something scary, our Clayface review covers the DCU’s first true horror movie.

Final Words

The best Halloween game for you depends on how much you want to be scared. For the full survival horror experience, Resident Evil Requiem is the game of the year in the genre. For atmosphere and psychological dread, the Silent Hill trio of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill f and Townfall has never been stronger. If you are playing with friends, Phasmophobia and The Outlast Trials will give you the loudest night, and if the kids want to join, Luigi’s Mansion 3 is the safe bet. And keep an eye on October 30, when Look Outside finally arrives on consoles.

Which game are you playing this Halloween? Let us know in the comments.

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Pictures: Capcom (Resident Evil Requiem), Konami and Annapurna Interactive (SILENT HILL: Townfall), Saber Interactive (Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival), Devolver Digital (Look Outside), Kinetic Games (Phasmophobia)