10 Horror Games for Halloween: From Resident Evil Requiem to Dead by Daylight

Horror games can make fear feel personal: you’re not just watching someone enter the dark, you’re deciding whether to follow. The best picks on this list turn that involvement into very different pleasures, from scarce supplies and careful exploration to co-op escapes, supernatural puzzles and live-action mysteries. Game Informer’s selection brings together 10 games the team has played recently, arranged in the source list’s release-date order, for spooky season and beyond. It isn’t meant to be an all-time ranking, and its range is part of the appeal: horror can be quiet, strange, action-packed or built around the choice to keep looking.

Village In The Shade

Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch and PC.

The Village in the Shade takes the familiar comforts of a life-simulation game and puts something unsettling just beyond the garden fence. Its creators previously made the Yomawari series, which paired cute visuals with unnerving encounters. Here, a child who has emerged from a hole in the ground is entrusted with running a farm. You can plant, harvest and tend animals, but the village has rules: stay inside at night, keep secrets and don’t leave.

That everyday routine gives the mystery room to work on you. The game asks you to care for the farm while inviting you to question who you are, what the village is and why you’ve ended up there. The contrast between chores and creeping unease is the hook; even a quick trip beyond the rules starts to feel like a choice with weight. Remember the turnips before heading out to investigate.

Tenebris Somnia

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch and PC.

Tenebris Somnia combines pixel-art survival horror with live-action scenes, drawing on both classic horror games and older FMV adventures. The story begins when a young woman visits her ex-boyfriend’s apartment and finds him trapped in a hellish dream. From there, survival depends on solving inventive puzzles and managing resources while dangerous monsters close in.

The filmed sequences add more than a change of visual style: they help tell a story about a relationship coming apart and the impact an indie horror film had on its creators. That mix gives the game an identity beyond its deliberately retro presentation. Game Informer’s review describes it as an entertaining, hair-raising throwback. Read the review.

Resident Evil Requiem

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2 and PC.

Resident Evil Requiem builds its identity around two very different ways to face the same genre. Its story alternates between Grace Ashcroft, who is new to the horrors of zombies and Umbrella viruses, and veteran survivor Leon S. Kennedy. Grace’s chapters put the emphasis on desperation: staying alive is the immediate challenge, and each threat can make the next step feel uncertain. Leon’s sections shift toward forceful, high-energy action, including encounters with chainsaws.

The change in perspective lets the game move from vulnerability to control, then back again. That rhythm is the main reason this entry stands out in the series: it brings tense survival and more explosive action into one connected experience. Game Informer calls it one of the best horror games ever made and praises how the two styles fit together. Read the review.

Reanimal

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2 and PC.

Tarsier Studios, the team behind Little Nightmares, returns to small characters in terrible danger, but Reanimal leans harder into outright horror. The side-scrolling adventure keeps some of the earlier series’ basic shape while leaving behind much of its whimsy. Its threats and disturbing animal imagery make the journey across the island a grim one; the source warns that some upsetting things happen to the creatures.

You can try to escape alone or play co-op with a friend, with either route built around the same threatening setting. Game Informer says its final sequence remained memorable months after release, and calls it worth the journey on its own. For players drawn to compact adventures that create a strong sense of peril, Reanimal looks like Tarsier’s most frightening outing yet. Read the review.

Silent Hill 2 (2024 Remake)

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Bloober Team’s remake takes on one of horror gaming’s most respected stories: James Sunderland’s troubled connection to his deceased wife. The 2001 original used the PlayStation 2 to create a town that seemed worth exploring even when every instinct urged you to turn back. The new version updates that experience while, in Game Informer’s view, preserving its emotional core.

The result is a story that works on two levels. James’s relationship gives the journey emotional complexity, while the town’s unsettling atmosphere keeps dread close at hand. Among recent entries in the series, Game Informer names this remake its favorite, ahead of Silent Hill f and Silent Hill: Townfall. Read the review.

Alan Wake 2

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Alan Wake 2 splits its story between the titular writer and Saga, a newcomer to the series who arrives in Bright Falls to investigate a murder that may be connected to a cult. Alan is trapped in the Dark Place, and his chapters unfold in a dreamlike version of New York City. They have the surreal mystery feel of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. Saga’s story, set in the Pacific Northwest, leans more directly into survival horror.

You don’t need to know much about the first game to get started: Alan is a writer with a high opinion of his work, his wife is missing, and he’s caught in a strange place. The dual structure gives Remedy Entertainment room to shift tone and play style, while its escalating turns keep the story difficult to predict. Game Informer calls it one of Remedy’s best games. Read the review.

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Platforms: Switch, PC, iOS and Android.

Square Enix’s Paranormasight series tells standalone stories about the occult. The first game, The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, puts a group of people in a spectral contest: they use powerful objects and specific conditions to curse one another, with a prize drawing them forward. Game Informer finds this entry scarier than the later Mermaid’s Curse.

Its mystery unfolds across a branching timeline that lets you switch between perspectives and see events from different angles. Stereoscopic environments and narrative puzzles make exploration feel active, rather than a matter of simply reading clues. One especially effective trick is to slowly rotate the camera and inspect what’s around you. It’s a strong showcase for how adventure games can make investigation itself feel unnerving.

Signalis

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch and PC.

Signalis strips survival horror back to its pressures: puzzles, limited supplies, tight inventory space and a steady sense of danger. Developed by rose-engine, this is an isometric indie adventure starring Elster, a Replika unit searching deep inside a remote complex for someone or something. Its retro-futurist structures create an evocative setting for a game that makes every resource and decision matter.

The familiar mechanics are only part of its pull. A stylish presentation and a deeply human emotional center give the journey force beyond its references to classic horror. Game Informer also featured the game in a discussion of indie releases. Hear the discussion. For players who want exploration and dread to do more work than action, Signalis is an especially compelling pick.

Immortality

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, iOS and Android.

Immortality turns the impulse to investigate a horror mystery into its central mechanic. Marisa Marcel is an actress who nearly starred in three films in the late 20th century, but then disappeared. None of the movies reached release, and you’re given access to their archived, unedited footage, including conversations behind the scenes.

You scrub through the clips and select people or objects to jump to other footage featuring the same subject. That simple interaction builds an unusual puzzle structure: each discovery gives you a new way to search, while making the mystery feel more disorienting. Game Informer included Immortality among its top games of 2022. Its blend of live-action material, curiosity and creeping unease makes it a good choice for horror fans looking for something outside the usual survival formula.

Dead by Daylight

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, iOS and Android.

Dead by Daylight has spent a decade building a lasting audience for its asymmetrical multiplayer horror. Its roster brings together original characters and familiar figures from horror culture, including Freddy Krueger, Ghostface, Pyramid Head and the Xenomorph. Each match gives players a different role: Survivors try to escape nightmare locations through stealth and cunning, while the Killer hunts them.

That split makes the game an ongoing social horror experience, with tension coming from other players as much as the setting. Game Informer describes its fanbase as dedicated and welcoming to newcomers, and the expanding roster gives long-time horror fans plenty of recognizable faces to encounter. For more on the game’s development and reach, read the six-page feature in Issue 368, page 42, available in the magazine archive with a free Game Informer account. From intimate mysteries to multiplayer chases, these picks show how many different ways games can put players inside a frightening story.