Steam Scream V is a good place to find horror games you might not have heard of before. I went through the event and picked 20 games that caught my attention. Some have strange creatures, some focus on staying hidden, and others have their own unusual stories. Here’s a closer look at all 20 games.
HANDS OVER
Release Date: October 30, 2026
Platforms: PC
HANDS OVER is a five-player horror game where friends compete in twisted mini-games and try to avoid being the next one punished. In one challenge, players press teeth one by one, hoping not to pick the wrong one. Influence cards add another layer to the game, letting players protect themselves, change the odds, or sabotage someone else’s turn. With everyone trying to stay at the table, even a small decision can put another player in trouble. If you enjoy multiplayer horror games where you can bluff, mess with your friends, and turn a simple challenge into a tense showdown, HANDS OVER is worth a look.
THE BUTCHER WARD
Release Date: November 2026
Platforms: PC
In THE BUTCHER WARD, you play as an electrician working the night shift at an abandoned hospital, fixing electrical panels, replacing fuses, and restarting generators to bring the building back online. The work gets harder when a butcher starts searching the corridors for you. You’ll have to watch your surroundings, hide when he gets close, and switch off your flashlight to avoid being spotted. As you repair more of the hospital, you can enter locked rooms and restricted areas, where clues reveal what happened before the building was abandoned. The discovery of a hidden slaughterhouse adds another disturbing layer to your attempt to finish the job and get out alive.
PSYCHO DEAD
Release Date: Q4 2026
Platforms: PC
PSYCHO DEAD is a third-person survival horror game set in a secret lab where Elixia must escape from creatures created through sinister experiments. Her main advantage is her psychic abilities, which let her use telekinesis to launch objects at enemies, crush them with pressure until they implode, and create barriers to block attacks. You can fight the stalkers head-on or use stealth to get past them while exploring the lab to uncover what caused the incident.
DREADMOOR
Release Date: November 9, 2026
Platforms: PC
DREADMOOR is a first-person fishing adventure set in a flooded world. Catch fish and trade them with merchants, search shipwrecks and abandoned buildings for scrap metal and blueprints, and craft harpoons, medicines, and survival gear. You can upgrade your trawler’s engine, reinforce its hull, and install equipment like a spotlight or afterburner. Mutated creatures can attack both on land and at sea, and you’ll have to fight them off.
Crime & Anomaly: Paranormal Horror
Release Date: 2026
Platforms: PC
Crime & Anomaly: Paranormal Horror is about Raskolnikov and the guilt he feels after committing a crime. Set in 1860s Saint Petersburg, the game lets you explore old apartments, find paranormal activity, and record strange events. You also collect clues and keep your Sanity Meter in check as you encounter disturbing visions and the ghost of the moneylender.
Urbexophobia
Release Date: October 30, 2026
Platforms: PC
In Urbexophobia, you enter cursed places to search for loot and find a way out without getting killed. You can play Hunt, Loot, or Escape Mode, each with a different goal. Hunt Mode has its own story and monsters for every location. In Loot Mode, you can grab more valuables by staying longer, but dying means losing everything you collected. Escape Mode requires you to find items and craft what you need to get out. The money you bring back can be used at the Casino to play slot machines or buy cosmetics for your character.
Day 31
Release Date: October 30, 2026
Platforms: PC
Day 31 is a zombie game where you’ve been bitten, and you’re slowly turning into one of the dead. Killing zombies gives you nerve, which you can trade with the Merchant for guns, ammo, and medicine that slows the change. You can carry only two guns at a time, so choose which ones you want to keep. You’ll also explore St. Harrow Hospital, restore its power, and open the elevator to reach the flooded basement. If you just want to fight zombies, Horde Mode lets you play without the infection timer.
Grave of Voices
Release Date: October 2026
Platforms: PC
Grave of Voices is about Ryan Morgan, a 21-year-old horror vlogger who visits a town called Ashfall to make a video but ends up trapped in its underground catacombs. He needs to solve puzzles, search for useful items, and find a way out while strange creatures hunt him. You can fight some enemies, but others can only be avoided by hiding or running away. You’ll also find notes and journals that tell you what happened to the town.
The Maze: In Dark
Release Date: November 4, 2026
Platforms: PC
In The Maze: In Dark, you enter an old factory to find important documents. It’s very dark, so you need your flashlight to see, but its light can attract “Him,” a creature carrying an axe. You can use CCTV cameras to check where he is and a terminal to find codes and open security systems. If the power goes out, the cameras stop working. Find the documents and escape without getting caught by Him.
The Lifeline
Release Date: November 12, 2026
Platforms: PC
The Lifeline is about escaping an abandoned hospital full of zombies. You don’t know how you ended up there, so you’ll need to search the rooms and corridors for a way out. Fight zombies with the weapons you find, watch out for traps, and be ready when they attack without warning.
Terminus: Day Zero
Release Date: November 24, 2026
Platforms: PC
Daisy’s parents are missing, the house is empty, and zombies are getting closer in Terminus: Day Zero. Playing as Daisy, a young girl who can’t fight back, you’ll need to hide under beds, shut doors, and stay quiet to avoid being caught. When hiding is no longer an option, she must make her way through a neighborhood filled with the dead and try to find her parents.
Ignite the Depths
Release Date: 2027
Platforms: PC
Ignite the Depths has four classes, each with a different way to fight. Some use fireballs, others fight with blades or protect the team with a shield. Breaking barrels and finding treasure helps you improve your character, and you can level up seven skills. Pickle and Po sell random buffs that can change how you play. The dungeons also have secret paths and ancient ruins to cross using parkour. You can play alone or with up to three friends, and each dimension has a powerful Lord to face.
EONA
Release Date: November 2026
Platforms: PC
Eona can switch between her human body and a puppet form, each with its own abilities. She needs both to get through Mélusine’s castle and reach places that are hard to access. The castle’s servants watch the halls and react to sounds, so getting past them without being caught is a challenge. Eona also has the Puppeteer’s Cross, which lets her control the servants and change their patrol routes. She must recover the Cross and face the evil fairy Mélusine to save her mother.
Project Hypnagogia
Release Date: November 2026
Platforms: PC
Project Hypnagogia is about a strange experiment in an abandoned hospital, where people’s worst fears become real. You play as Test Subject #17 and must find a way out while scary images chase you. Taking pills helps control your anxiety, but you still have to run and hide because you can’t fight back. You’ll need to find keys to open doors and fuses to restore power. The hospital’s laboratory also holds secrets about the other test subjects and why the hospital was closed.
Meat Engine
Release Date: December 17, 2026
Platforms: PC
In Meat Engine, you have to kill the Monarch, whose loss of power has caused chaos in its territory. You play as a Stillborn and use strange living weapons to fight mutated soldiers. The game also has a giant mass of living flesh called the Meat Engine, which travels through space looking for other living things. The full game will have eight levels, with different enemies and strange places to explore.
DOSMIC
Release Date: December 2026
Platforms: PC
DOSMIC is a puzzle-platformer about Nero’s search for Snoa in a strange world filled with giant creatures. He can double jump, glide, and fly to move through the world, but some areas require him to sneak past these creatures or fight otherworldly monsters. Along the way, he’ll come across different puzzles and hidden memory fragments that reveal more about his powers and Snoa.
SHOCK
Release Date: November 10, 2026
Platforms: PC
SHOCK is about Jack River, a war veteran who wakes up in an empty parking lot with no memory of how he got there. Jack has lost both legs and uses a wheelchair to move around. A strange machine-like creature is hunting him, so he must hide and move quietly to avoid it. Sometimes, he has to leave his wheelchair and crawl through small spaces. Jack can throw bricks to keep the creature busy and solve puzzles to escape. He also needs to find out how he ended up there.
Netherwake
Release Date: November 13, 2026
Platforms: PC
A strange fog appears, and a TV warning tells people to stay indoors. Your dog Wolfie runs into the forest, so you go looking for him. You reach a research facility under a mountain, where you must hide from strange creatures. You need to find keys and fuses and solve puzzles to open doors. Diaries and photos at the facility help you learn what happened there and what happened to your character’s family.
Please, Tell Me Why?
Release Date: December 22, 2026
Platforms: PC
Rin lives alone with her cat Bonya and streams live at night using the name Alice. In Please, Tell Me Why?, you explore her apartment and check different objects to learn about her past. Rin and Alice react differently to things, and strange events start happening inside the apartment. Power cuts make it harder to see around the apartment. You also try to find out what happened to Rin and who wants answers from her.
After 9:59
Release Date: December 21, 2026
Platforms: PC
Clara spends her first night alone in a new apartment on Halloween while her sister is away. Before leaving, the landlord gives her a list of strange rules to follow after 9:59 PM. She must not open the door, answer voices from the hallway or look through the peephole. Even if someone claims to be the landlord, she has to stay inside. You explore the apartment and deal with strange events while trying to follow these rules.
