Last updated on September 28, 2026
October is the month when even people who “don’t scare easily” end up playing with the lights on. And if you’re looking for something for Halloween night, you’ve got plenty to choose from: classics that made history, a few recent releases that are genuinely worth it, and co-op games where you’ll scream louder on Discord than in the game itself.
We’ve split the list by how you want to play, alone or with friends. Every game comes with a link to its key, so you don’t have to go hunting.
Quick picks
- The scariest: Alien: Isolation, because you have nothing to fight back with.
- Best with friends: Phasmophobia, the ghost-hunting classic.
- For a big group on a small budget: R.E.P.O., with up to six players and guaranteed chaos.
For a night alone, with the lights off
1. Silent Hill 2
James Sunderland arrives in Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his wife, who has been dead for three years. The remake keeps everything that made the original so unsettling and makes it even harder to forget. For us, it’s the best psychological horror remake so far.
If you also want Silent Hill f, which shows up further down the list, the Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill f bundle gets you both games with a single key.
2. Resident Evil 4
The 2005 original changed what survival horror looks like, and the 2023 remake is, honestly, just as good. Leon Kennedy arrives in an isolated European village where the locals are controlled by a parasite, on a mission to rescue the president’s daughter.
It leans more on action than pure horror, but the tension never lets up, and the knife parry makes combat far more interesting than in the original. If you only have room for one Resident Evil in your library, Resident Evil 4 Remake is the one we’d pick.
3. Alien: Isolation
More than ten years after launch, we still haven’t found a game that keeps us this tense. You’re Amanda Ripley, stuck on a space station with a single Xenomorph you can’t kill. You hide in lockers, hold your breath and hope it didn’t hear you.
If you want pure horror without relying on weapons, Alien: Isolation is the game to play with the lights off.
4. Silent Hill: Townfall
Townfall swaps the American fog for a small town on the Scottish coast, and it’s the first major Silent Hill played entirely in first person. Critics loved it, and some say the series hasn’t looked this good in 25 years.
The story is heavy and personal, the kind that stays with you long after you close the game. For a solo night, Silent Hill: Townfall is the freshest pick on the list.
5. Resident Evil Requiem
The ninth mainline entry brings Leon back alongside Grace, a new character, and lets you switch between first-person and third-person view at any time.
Ammo is scarce, so sneaking is often smarter than shooting, especially with a huge enemy on your trail in the style of Mr. X or Nemesis. If you’ve missed hearing heavy footsteps down the hall with no idea where to run, Resident Evil Requiem brings that feeling back.
6. Silent Hill f
Silent Hill f takes the series to 1960s Japan, to a mountain town where red flowers are as frightening as the monsters. You play as Hinako, an ordinary teenager, and the horror comes more from folklore and what’s hidden in her past than from cheap jump scares.
If you’ve already played Silent Hill 2, you can also get Silent Hill f on its own.
7. Dead Space
The Dead Space remake is sci-fi horror at its most brutal. You’re Isaac Clarke, an engineer stranded on the mining ship USG Ishimura with a crew turned into Necromorphs, and the only way to stop them is to cut off their limbs, one by one.
For a night with friends
8. Phasmophobia
If there were an official Halloween game, it would probably be Phasmophobia. Up to four ghost hunters head into abandoned houses, schools or hospitals and try to figure out which spirit is haunting the place.
The best part is that the ghost can hear you when you talk into your mic, so any scream can come back to bite you. And if you have a VR headset, it’s a whole different experience.
9. Lethal Company
You collect scrap from abandoned moons for a company that doesn’t seem to care much about you, and what you find out there isn’t always friendly. Half the fun is hearing everyone else yelling over the radio when they bump into something in the dark.
It’s cheap, and Lethal Company is perfect for a group of friends who don’t take themselves too seriously.
10. R.E.P.O.
This is where you’ll laugh more than you scream. Up to six players haul valuables past monsters, with physics so chaotic that a broken vase or a teammate tumbling down the stairs becomes the highlight of the night.
On Eneba, R.E.P.O. comes as a Steam Gift, which means you get an official Steam gift link instead of a regular key.
11. Dead by Daylight
Four survivors, one killer and a map you need to escape. What sets it apart from the rest of the list is that you can be the hunter too, with characters from Halloween, Silent Hill or Resident Evil.
Matches are short and competitive, so Dead by Daylight is the kind of game where you say “one more round” and suddenly it’s morning.
12. Little Nightmares III
Less blood, just as unsettling. Little Nightmares III brings online co-op to the series for the first time: Low has a bow, Alone has a wrench, and the puzzles won’t get solved unless you talk to each other. It’s a great pick for two players who want a calmer night, and if you play solo, the AI takes over the second character.
Before you buy
Check the key’s region before paying so you know it will activate on your account, and take a quick look at the seller’s rating. It takes ten seconds and saves you from most problems.
If you haven’t found the right game yet, the rest of the horror deals are on Eneba. And if your favorite is missing from the list, tell us in the comments what you’re playing this Halloween.
I’m passionate about books and video games. These two great passions represent, for me, a boundless universe where I can “escape” from reality whenever I need or want to. There are so many stories, worlds, and landscapes where I can instantly teleport that I don’t think a whole lifetime would be enough to explore them all (though it would be my greatest dream to be able to).
