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Halloween games for kids

Halloween games a younger player can enjoy: pumpkins, costumes and friendly ghosts, with frights that stay mild. Ranked by what players score them.

The top 30 of 33 Halloween games for kids, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. HorrorVale key art: Alice in a witch hat and skeleton face with her green zombie dog, a haunted town and full moon behind them 2D horrorHorrorValeMade around Halloween: a skeleton heroine in a witch hat, pumpkin health meters, pumpkin-headed foes and a town of friendly monsters under a full moon. 99% on Steam (436 reviews)50 h or morePaidPC
  2. Trick & Treat art: a smiling blonde witch in a wide navy hat with a pumpkin earring rests her chin on white-gloved hands among falling confetti 2D horrorTrick & TreatIt begins on Halloween Eve with a witch and her pumpkin-hatted maid out trick-or-treating, and the maker calls it a Halloween adventure. 96% on Steam (2,425 reviews)about 1.5 hFreePC, Mac, Linux
  3. Blackout cover: Marilyn in a witch hat holds up a lit match while a figure with a knife through his head stands in a dark doorway behind her 2D horrorBlackoutIts makers released the polished version for Halloween 2021 and tag it Halloween: you play a girl in a witch costume, and a carved pumpkin glows in the fireplace. 96% on itch.io (1,352 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  4. Dead Estate art: a witch with a rocket launcher, a bearded man in a green cap and a dark-haired girl with a shotgun among ghouls, skulls and a hulking pig-faced brute 2D horrorDead EstateThe maker calls it a roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on Halloween, with pumpkins, costumes and a witch's shop, and its itch.io page wishes players a happy Halloween. 95% on Steam (6,688 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  5. The Séance of Blake Manor: key art of Declan Ward in a dark coat reading a letter before the moonlit manor, with carved standing stones and glowing turnip lanterns Multiple endingsThe Séance of Blake ManorSet in the days before All Hallows' Eve 1897, as mystics prepare a Grand Séance for Halloween night 95% on Steam (4,152 reviews)16 h or morePaidPC, Linux
  6. Costume Quest art: four children in homemade costumes, a girl in a unicorn-horn hat, a knight, a cardboard robot and an astronaut with a glowing wand, on a suburban street at night HalloweenCostume QuestIt is set on Halloween night: you trick-or-treat door to door in homemade costumes that become champions when monsters answer. 94% on Steam (4,129 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Xbox
  7. Clay-Scape! key art: a worried yellow clay figure in a red clay room with a plant on a shelf and a purple-doored cabinet, under the title CLAY-SCAPE EscapeClay-Scape!It was made for Scream Jam 2021, a horror jam that asked for games made this Halloween, and its page signs off with a happy Halloween. 94% on itch.io (731 ratings)about 1 hFreeBrowser
  8. Cryptid Farm title art over the farm: the pale, black-eyed snatcher crawls over fallen farmers in the soil while a farmer in a straw hat stands by the farmhouse Co-opCryptid FarmPumpkins grow among the crops and pumpkin-headed scarecrows stalk the field, and the Steam version came out the week before Halloween 2024. 97% on Steam (195 reviews)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC
  9. Beary the Hatchet key art: the bear-masked clerk leans on a gas station counter by a bloody knife, the goth fan at her shoulder, a jack-o'-lantern and a bear trap below the title Multiple endingsBeary the HatchetSet on Halloween 199X during a gas station shift, and made for the Spooktober 2023 visual novel jam. 96% on itch.io (217 ratings)about 1.5 hPay what you wantPC
  10. Costume Quest 2 art: four cartoon children in Halloween costumes, a candy corn with big glasses, a caped hero in goggles, a bearded wizard and a dinosaur, on a glowing clock circle HalloweenCostume Quest 2Set on Halloween night: you trick-or-treat for candy in costumes that become warriors, to stop a dentist from banishing Halloween forever. 90% on the PlayStation Store (2,633 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
  11. Death Trips cover: a long hotel corridor of white doors and red carpet above the title in glitching letters ShortDeath TripsMade in two days just to celebrate Halloween, and tagged Halloween on itch.io. 90% on itch.io (794 ratings)about 3 minPay what you wantPC, Mac
  12. Halloween Chronicles: Monsters store art: a frightened woman behind a window flanked by a mummy, a vampire and a black cat among jack-o'-lanterns, under the banner Solve a Halloween Mystery HalloweenHalloween Chronicles: MonstersSet on Halloween night in a town full of jack-o'-lanterns and monsters, and gentle enough to play with older children during the season. 84% on Google Play (1,460 ratings)Free to playiPhone, Android, PC
  13. Perceptions of the Dead key art: Tyrone in a green hoodie back to back with Jill, who holds up her phone, in a beam of green light Visual novelsPerceptions of the DeadLive with Jill Count is set on Halloween, as a streamer visits a haunted hospital, and the game was released on 31 October 2017. 91% on Steam (336 reviews)FreePC, Linux
  14. Contrition cover: the title in white capitals with crosses for the Ts over a dark red lattice of crosses PsychologicalContritionIt is set on Halloween night, with a Halloween radio play in the sacristy, and was made for Halloween 2020. 96% on itch.io (127 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  15. SPOOKWARE: Watch Party key art: the SPOOKWARE logo on a VHS tape with a Watch Party tag, over a graveyard and a pink car carrying skeletons PS1SPOOKWARE: Watch PartyReleased free for Halloween 2021, its makers called it a collection just in time for Halloween, full of skeletons, Ouija boards and graveyards. 93% on Steam (102 reviews)about 30 minFreePC
  16. Start Survey? itch.io cover: a grayscale desk seen through a rounded CRT frame, a laptop asking Start Survey? with Yes and No, beside a Rubik's cube, a clock at 12:20 and a bottle PsychologicalStart Survey?Made for Haunted PS1's Horrifying Halloween jam in 2019, though the game itself is a quiet survey at a desk rather than a Halloween night. 88% on itch.io (1,008 ratings)about 8 minPay what you wantPC, Mac, Linux
  17. Can A Cute Ghost Story Be Spooky? cover: a smiling white cartoon ghost beside the title on purple, with a red striped party hat PsychologicalCan A Cute Ghost Story Be Spooky?Released on 21 October 2020 as a parody Halloween horror game, about a cute ghost in a cemetery, and free to play in one evening. 90% on itch.io (174 ratings)about 30 minPay what you wantPC, Mac, Linux
  18. Invasion of The Halloween Fiends key art: the title carved into a grinning orange jack-o'-lantern over a dark suburban street PS1Invasion of The Halloween FiendsIt is set on Halloween night and built around handing out candy to costumed trick-or-treaters. 95% on Steam (126 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC
  19. Halloween Forever art: pixel-art Pumpkin Man leaps over a graveyard where a hockey-masked ghoul with a chainsaw, zombies, skeletons and a hooded figure wait 2D horrorHalloween ForeverMade for Halloween: you play a living pumpkin who spits candy corn through graveyards, crypts and haunted castles, and the developer says they wish Halloween could never end. 84% on the PlayStation Store (181 ratings)about 30 minPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch
  20. Halloween Chronicles: Evil Behind a Mask key art: a masked, cloaked figure with glowing green eyes reaches out in a glowing green forest HalloweenHalloween Chronicles 2: MasksSet on Halloween night: you come to celebrate with your father and Uncle Oswald at his shop of Halloween goods, and pumpkins, costumes and trick-or-treating fill every scene. 78% on Google Play (1,400 ratings)Free to playiPhone, Android, PC
  21. Reaplaced key art: Grea, a reaper in a dark hooded cloak, swinging a scythe among glowing blue soul flames Visual novelsReaplacedIt was made for the Spooktober jam and takes place at a Halloween costume party, with jack-o'-lanterns on the porch and the house dressed for the night. 91% on Steam (57 reviews)about 2.5 hFreePC, Mac, Linux, Browser
  22. Dread X Collection 3 key art: a castle on a red autumn hillside under a grinning jack-o'-lantern moon PS1Dread X Collection 3Released for Halloween 2020; Chip's Tips has you preparing a Halloween party and SPOOKWARE @ The Video Store is a Halloween horror-movie marathon. 92% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC
  23. Jake's Halloween Night art: a scratchy drawn jack-o'-lantern with Halloween written across its grin over dark hills 2D horrorJake's Halloween NightSet on October 31 as Jake gets his pumpkin-filled house ready for a Halloween party. 90% on Steam (48 reviews)about 20 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac
  24. Trick Or Treat cover: a pumpkin-headed scarecrow in a witch's hat beside the title in dripping red letters, in a village square at night HalloweenTrick Or TreatIt is set on Halloween night among jack-o'-lanterns and was made and updated for the season, with its updates landing each October. 100% on itch.io (40 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC
  25. Hide and Shriek key art: a grinning skull with green eyes over the title, in a school corridor with pumpkins and paper ghosts, two startled players at the sides Co-opHide and ShriekIt is set on Halloween night, a school tradition of scaring each other, with pumpkins and Happy Halloween banners in every hall. 82% on Steam (5,335 reviews)about 10 minFreePC
  26. spookY2K key art: a girl with long pigtails winks and makes a peace sign beside a boy in a leopard-print jacket and purple headband, over a purple cobweb background Multiple endingsspookY2KSet entirely at a Halloween party in 1999, among guests in costume in rooms decorated with pumpkins and cobwebs. 100% on itch.io (31 ratings)12 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  27. What Grows in the Night title art: the scarecrow girl sits among red pumpkins beneath a cross-shaped post with a crow on it, a shooting star in the dusk sky Multiple endingsWhat Grows in the NightMade for the 2020 Spooktober visual novel jam around Halloween, and set on a farm of jack-o'-lanterns, crows and a scarecrow. 90% on itch.io (51 ratings)about 1 hPay what you wantPC, Mac, Linux
  28. PROJECT: Halloween key art: Leena, a girl with a halo, small red horns, one angel wing and one bat wing, before a dark red and purple city AnimePROJECT: HalloweenMade for the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam and about an AI built to make the whole world enjoy Halloween. 83% on Steam (53 reviews)about 20 minFreePC, Mac, Linux
  29. Key art: a boy holding a jack-o'-lantern candy bucket in front of costumed party kids, a pirate among them, beside the game's long title Multiple endingsHelp! I Took My Little Brother to a Halloween Party and the Popular Kids Want to Sacrifice Him to a Demon!It takes place on the night of 31 October 2004 at a high school Halloween party, everyone in costume, and was made for the Spooktober visual novel jam. 86% (16 ratings)about 1 hFreePC, Mac, Linux
  30. The Last Crown: Midnight Horror key art: ghost-hunters Nigel and Lucy in black and white with green ghostly smoke and photographs of a sheeted ghost Puzzle horrorThe Last Crown: Midnight HorrorThe whole game is one Halloween night in Saxton, with jack-o'-lanterns, party games, masks and trick and treat. 80% on Steam (129 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC

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More kinds of horror

  1. Short horror games621
  2. Psychological horror games530
  3. Horror games with multiple endings417
  4. Horror puzzle games341
  5. Survival horror games259
  6. 2D horror games254
  7. PS1 horror games233
  8. Stealth horror games180
  9. Horror escape games164
  10. Surreal horror games145
  11. Horror visual novels137
  12. Anime horror games132
  13. Haunted house games131
  14. Mystery and detective horror games127
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  6. Mac horror games391
  7. Linux horror games261
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  10. Switch horror games317
  11. Mobile horror games188
  12. VR horror games69
  13. Browser horror games236
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