Turn Off The Lights And Play These 11 New Horror Games Releasing In October

I'll take a new horror game any day of the year, but I love it when a studio releases one specifically in October. For a few years now, I've been highlighting the new horror games launching every October, and there's always an exciting handful thanks to the teams that feel as I do; Halloween season just feels so right for sinking into a new horror game. October 2026 is much like past iterations, with lots of new experiences ready to give you bad dreams. Below, you can check out a calendar of new horror games debuting over the next few weeks, along with highlights from earlier this year that you may have missed. Don't let the season pass you by. Turn off your lights, throw on a headset, and enjoy. Earlier 2026 favorites First, let's recap some standout horror games you may have overlooked earlier this year. Since it's horror season, I'd bet many, if not all, of these will be on sale soon. Destined to be the biggest horror game of the year is Resident Evil Requiem, Capcom's latest in a series that hasn't missed in many years. I'm far from the biggest Resident Evil fan in the world, but I also can't imagine ever skipping out on a new one. Reanimal was another early one this year, and…