Halloween is nearly here, and that means different things to different people. For some, it means picking the right costume to impress at work, school, or a weekend party. For others, it means making sure your kids have their costumes finalized and their candy bags (or pillowcases) ready to go. For others, it might just mean turning off the porch light and waiting for strangers to stop knocking on your door.
But for me, and I bet for you if you’re reading this, it means deciding which horror games to play for spooky season. I’m never one to let October pass me by without playing something new and creepy, or digging into the darkest corners of Steam to uncover some hidden gems of horror’s past, and after spending the last few weeks playing some of 2022’s under-heralded haunts, I’m ready to pass what I’ve found onto you in the hopes that you too can be creeped out and loving it as I have been.
This list foregoes stuff like Dying Light 2, The Quarry, and The Last of Us Part I, because I suspect they need no introduction for most players. This list also looks past games that launched earlier than this year, as well as those that launch later than Halloween 2022, because those games have either already had their shot or they soon will–and I hope to cover as many as I can in due time.
For this roundup, I’m looking only at games that launched, offered major updates, or hit early access sometime in 2022 that you can play this month, before Halloween. For horror fans, this is arguably the best time of the year, as the masses join us in our obsession, if only for a few nights or weeks. The emphasis on horror is a lot of fun, though, so use this list to find something new to sink your teeth into, to recommend to a friend, or to promptly uninstall after it’s ruined your sleep patterns for a night or two.
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