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Jack-o'-lantern horror games

Carved pumpkins glow on porches, kitchen counters and farm fences in these games, and in some of them the grin belongs to the thing hunting you. You walk dark streets on Halloween night, hide from a killer in a house lit by candles in the pumpkins, or meet scarecrows and visitors whose heads are lanterns. The light is warm, but it shows little past the porch.

The top 3 of 3 jack-o'-lantern horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 3 best, 2026

  1. 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 QuestJack-o'-lanterns light the battles and the children carry jack-o'-lantern candy bags. 94% on Steam (4,129 reviews)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, Xbox
  2. Dread X Collection 3 key art: a castle on a red autumn hillside under a grinning jack-o'-lantern moon PS1Dread X Collection 3A grinning jack-o'-lantern moon hangs over the castle and a pumpkin glows in its courtyard. 92% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC
  3. 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 HorrorGlowing orange jack-o'-lanterns stand out in colour against the black-and-white rooms and streets 80% on Steam (129 reviews)about 2.5 hPaidPC

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