As sunny days shorten and a crisp autumn breeze creeps in, we tend to reach for our favorite seasonal media. Whether you’re a fan of family-oriented Halloween hits like Hocus Pocus or cult horror classics like Evil Dead, your spooky season go-to is sure to get you in the trick-or-treat mood. That same applies to gamers: on the all-ages end, games like Luigi’s Mansion or Five Nights at Freddy’s; the Amnesia and Fatal Frame franchises for gasp-worthy gore or well-executed jumpscares. It’s officially October 1, and that means crunch time is now — Halloween is just weeks away, so there’s no better time than now to add scary or otherwise Halloween-y games to your Steam library. These 10 selections are well-reviewed and affordable additions to your Autumn gaming repertoire. Every scary Steam game on this list is, at the time of writing, available on the platform for $10 or less.
Take a beta-blocker and a deep breath — it’s time to build up that scare tolerance!
R.E.P.O.
PRICE: $6.99
STEAM REVIEWS: Overwhelmingly Positive (90,000+)
“An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator’s desires.”
Vampire Survivors
PRICE: $3.74
STEAM REVIEWS: Overwhelmingly Positive (122,000+)
“Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you.”
Inscryption
PRICE: $7.99
STEAM REVIEW: Overwhelmingly Positive (71,000+)
“Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards…”
Follow us on MSN for more content you love.
Left 4 Dead 2
PRICE: $1.99 (!!!)
STEAM REVIEW: Overwhelmingly Positive (217,000+)
“Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008. This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.“
Mouthwashing
PRICE: $9.09
STEAM REVIEW: Overwhelmingly Positive (21,000+)
“The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.”
Resident Evil 2 (2019)
PRICE: $9.99 (!!!)
STEAM REVIEW: Overwhelmingly Positive (47,000+)
“A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.”
Summer of ’58
PRICE: $2.24
STEAM REVIEW: Very Positive (1,000+)
“In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp “Yunost”. Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.”
Who’s Lila?
PRICE: $5.99
STEAM REVIEW: Overwhelmingly Positive (1,500+)
“In Who’s Lila, a specifically trained face-recognizing neural network allows you to make this choice! In dialogue, instead of choosing a text option, input facial expressions by moving parts of the character’s face. The neural network will then analyze the emotion and output the result, thus progressing the plot.”
PAGER
PRICE: $7.99
STEAM REVIEW: Very Positive (70+)
“PAGER is a 1-bit 3D Kafkaesque Psychological Horror game set in a 90s office building. A surreal mix of humor and horror. This is your first day at work. Obey the pager to survive and climb the corporate ladder.”
SOMA
PRICE: $2.99 (!!!)
STEAM REVIEW: Overwhelmingly Positive (21,000+)
“From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.”
Follow us on MSN for more content you love.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.