Tis almost All Hallows’ Eve and naturally, the thoughts of all good video game players are turning to horror. 2026 has already been a bloody good year for the genre with Resident Evil Requiem and Silent Hill: Townfall leading the rabble. But this autumn sees a festering surge of indie horror releases, featuring everything from cursed card games to Nazi-hunting penguins. Here are eight terrifying titles we think you should sample while jack-o-lanterns burn and spirits walk the moonlit streets.
Mixing dark fairytales with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay, Allogloom follows a young girl who must leave her isolated village alone to hunt for her lost mother. The game’s eerie picture book aesthetic and doll-like characters have the feel of a 1970s Czech animation, making for a surreal and disquieting experience. Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival (PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox) This latest extension of Barker’s seminal horror novella The Hellbound Heart received mixed reviews, but then so did the Hellraiser films, and they were largely awesome.
You play as Aidan, looking to rescue his girlfriend from the nightmarish realm of the Cenobites and their S&M obsessed followers. Gory, kinky and ridiculous it is quite literally a hell of a ride. You’re working in a quiet Scottish takeaway, frying and serving fish, chips and pizza, when your boss asks you to start serving a “special” dish.
But what is it, and what’s that strange gurgling noise coming from the cellar? Created by lone developer James Muirhead with dialogue in Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig), this is more of a short interactive horror movie than a game, but its glitch-ridden, low-poly visuals and dark humour keep you serving until the gruesome finale. Based on the real-life witch-hunts of the 17th century, this atmospheric immersive adventure has you playing as a young woman accused of devilry and now running for her life through woods, rivers and abandoned mines as her hunters pursue.
Poetic and strangely beguiling, fans of the classic folk horror movie Witchfinder General, will feel oddly at home. Fans of deck-building card battlers are spoiled for choice these days, but The Killing Stone is the perfect choice for Halloween. Set in a remote 17th-century mansion, you must play an ancient card game against the devil to win back the soul of your beloved mistress.
The set-up is familiar but there are lovely occult touches, and you get to explore the gloomy house in first-person between bouts, leaning its dark lore. An engrossing fireside treat. A Nazi base in the desolate Antarctic is beset by Lovecraftian entities, driving its inhabitants to madness.
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