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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 3 of 3 Halloween games for kids, ranked by player and critic scores

The 3 best, 2026

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

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  1. Psychological horror games137
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  3. Horror games with multiple endings115
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  5. Stealth horror games85
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  9. PS1 horror games41
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