The best games for Halloween 2025

about 1 month ago, by Enzo

October is synonymous with Halloween, and the date is fast approaching. Many gamers take advantage of this time of year to immerse themselves in video games that fit the theme. While some prefer titles that offer pure horror, others are more comfortable with less terrifying options that still have a spine-chilling atmosphere. Let's take a look at our selection of the best games to play for Halloween 2025.

Pumpkin Jack is a small 3D adventure and platform game with fantastic landscapes, in which you control a pumpkin-headed lord. For once, your goal is to make evil triumph over good, which offers an interesting perspective on this title. Staying with small projects, Blood West is an immersive stealth FPS set in a very dark Western atmosphere. The player takes on the role of an undead gunslinger, condemned to wander the arid lands until he manages to purge his curse.

Darkest Dungeon is a tactical role-playing game released in 2016. It stands out for its dark fantasy universe, which is gloomy and oppressive, where the player leads a team of adventurers exploring dungeons infested with monsters and madness. Its originality lies in its sanity system, which can cause heroes to descend into madness and seriously complicate the success of their mission. Originally released in 1998 on PlayStation and remade in 2019, MediEvil is also included in this selection. You play as a clumsy knight who has been resurrected by mistake and is trying to repair his reputation by confronting an evil sorcerer and his army of undead.

Cooperative games are also part of this selection. For a game that focuses much more on storytelling and multiple choices, look no further than The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan. Its multiple story branches allow for interesting replayability, coupled with constant pressure to avoid killing your characters. Sons of The Forest is a survival game set on a mysterious island filled with terrifying creatures. Visually impressive, the environment and atmosphere are very well done and allow for total immersion. GTFO (or Get The Fuck Out, to give it its full name) rounds off this list of cooperative games. The title combines breathless suspense and explosive action, but nevertheless requires strategy and discretion to avoid wreaking havoc amid waves of sleeping monsters.

Banishers: Ghost of the New Eden is a beautiful production that deserves to be mentioned. You play as a couple of ghost hunters investigating a haunted state filled with entities that must be fought and banished. There are no screamers in this game, but there is a poignant narrative with dramatic moral dilemmas that will have inevitable consequences on your adventure.

Konami's latest title, Silent Hill F, was released very recently and has been well received. While at first glance it may look very similar to Silent Hill 2 Remake, the approach is actually different and aims to propel the series in a bold and unprecedented direction. Concentration and mental health gauges and the need to learn enemy attack patterns are the order of the day and offer a different perspective. In a slightly slower but similar vein, Cronos: the New Dawn and Dead Space bring a slightly more futuristic dimension while remaining steeped in horror.

Last but not least, Alan Wake 2 is an excellent production from 2023, combining cinematic storytelling, supernatural investigation, and constant tension. While the title did not enjoy immediate commercial success, it was praised by critics for its excellence in plenty of areas. Praised for its staging, deep storyline, and exceptional visual atmosphere, it has also won numerous awards, including several Game Awards.

This selection of titles offers a wide variety of choices in terms of gloomy atmospheres and will soon be complemented by an article presenting the best horror games to play in 2025. If you're a fan of psychological terror, supernatural creatures, or well-placed jump scares, your heart is sure to race. Turn off the lights, plug in your headphones, and choose the game that has caught your attention the most. Then, let the horror begin...