Halloween: The Game

About Halloween: The Game

Halloween: The Game is an asymmetric multiplayer horror game from IllFonic, the studio behind Friday the 13th: The Game, published by IllFonic Publishing with Gun Interactive. It came out on 8 September 2026 for PC (Steam and the Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, built in Unreal Engine 5. It is set in the world of the 1978 film: the town of Haddonfield on Halloween night, families getting ready for the holiday, and the masked killer Michael Myers coming home.

In the main mode one player is Michael and four play survivors. Michael picks a target and stalks residents through yards, houses and streets. Watching people from a distance fills a stalking meter that unlocks kills using the house around them, such as a television or a fireplace, and Shape Jump moves him unseen to any dark spot where no survivor is near. The town fights back: frightened residents call the police, and the more of them are convinced, the stronger the patrols become.

The survivors cannot kill Michael. A group can knock him down with flashlights, firecrackers, guns and melee weapons, but he gets back up. Their job is to warn the residents, protect them and lead them off the map or hide them until the round timer runs out, and they can arm and command residents along the way. A match is scored on how many people got out, so you can die and still win. Laurie Strode is one of the playable survivors.

The single-player story is six missions played entirely as Michael, from his escape from Smith's Grove Sanitarium up to Halloween Eve. GameSpot finished it in about two hours and found that it mostly teaches you how to play Michael; there is no matching tutorial for the survivors.

Critics were split between praise for the atmosphere and the resident-saving hook and complaints about bugs, unreliable resident behaviour, long matches and weak progression. Steam players rate it Mixed, and it does better on the PlayStation Store. It suits people who want to play Michael Myers on Halloween, or to survive him with friends.

How to play Halloween: The Game

1. Choose a mode: an online match as Michael or as one of the four survivors, or the single-player story, which also teaches you how Michael plays.
2. As Michael, watch residents from a distance to fill the stalking meter, keep to dark places so you can Shape Jump between them, and strike before the town calls the police.
3. As a survivor, find residents, warn them and lead them off the map, or hide them until the round timer runs out. You score for every person who gets away, even if you die.
4. You cannot kill Michael. Flashlights, firecrackers, guns and melee weapons can knock him down when the group works together, which buys time to run.

Tips

• As a survivor, lock doors behind you and know your way out of each house before Michael arrives; a window is often the fastest exit.
• Carry a pocket knife: it frees you from Michael's grab without having to win the quick-time event.
• Stay near your team: survivors' weapons work best with friends close by, and only a group can knock Michael down.
• As Michael, use the dark: Shape Jump only works where it is dark and no survivor is nearby.
• Private matches give full XP, so you can practise with friends without losing progress.

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