Spooky season is upon us and so, as the nights drawn in there’s little better to do than scare yourself silly with a bunch of horror games.
It’s been another stellar gaming year for horror hounds and with that in mind, the following list is exclusively fully of titles that were released in 2025.
From a fog-drenched village in Japan to a spooky old hotel on the coast of Ireland, here’s seven video games you should play this Halloween.
Cronos: The New Dawn
Although not as impressive as its work on the Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team’s Cronos is a dark and gloomy survival horror that borrows from two of the genre’s foundational titles: Dead Space and Resident Evil.
It’s set in a post apocalyptic Poland that has been beautifully constructed. We play as The Traveller, a strange protagonist who stomps around in a beefy costume that looks like an old diving suit. She’s been dispatched by an equally strange company called The Collective; her mission is to search for the survivors of a catastrophic event that struck Earth in the 1980s where people were transformed into ghastly monsters.
Release date: September 5
Available on: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC
Silent Hill f
After the success of 2024’s Silent Hill 2 remake (which was developed by the aforementioned Bloober Team and published by Konami), Konami returned with another dollop of psychological torment in this year’s Silent Hill f. Set in a small Japanese village in the 1960s, we play as a teenager called Hinako Shimizu who is struggling with the weight of expectation placed upon her by an authoritarian father and her friends.
She storms out of the family home at the start of the game just as a thick fog descends upon the local area, bringing with it a raft of abominable creatures. Fighting these monsters is underwhelming but f delivers on atmosphere: there’s an incessant feeling of dread while the unfamiliarity of its wonderfully designed location and time period makes the whole experience intentionally disorienting.
Release date: September 25
Available on: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC
Alien: Rogue Incursion
Alien: Rogue Incursion became the first virtual reality game in the Alien franchise when it came out at the end of 2024 – this year the standard version (no VR headset required) landed on consoles and PC.
It’s a setup that’ll be familiar to anyone who has seen the films: an ex-colonial marine called Zulu lands on a planet that’s infested by the gnarly Xenomorphs. Accompanied by just her android buddy, she embarks on a mission to expose the nefarious plans of big corp Weyland-Yutani while battling the acid-spewing aliens. It’s not the most polished first person shooter and it plays better in VR mode, but it’s a compelling addition to the Alien universe.
Release date: September 30
Available on: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, OC
Bye Sweet Carole
If Disney made a survival horror game, it’d look a lot like Bye Sweet Carole. Its striking hand drawn art style is inspired by classic animated movies, while its gameplay merges platforming, exploration and puzzle-solving.
This dark fairytale is set in an orphanage called Bunny Hall at the turn of the 20th century. Our protagonist is Lana, a young girl who embarks on an adventure to track down her best friend. Along the way she’s tormented by an evil owl and forced to face off against the villainous ruler of a fantastical kingdom.
Release date: October 9
Available on: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 1/2, PC
Little Nightmares 3
The development torch was passed to Supermassive Games (the studio behind Until Dawn) for Little Nightmares 3 after the franchise’s original creator, Tarsier, departed. It manages to nail the macabre atmosphere of past games perfectly in this third instalment.
This time the story follows the plight of two diminutive heroes, Low and Alone, who are searching for an escape from the nightmarish universe known as The Nowhere. While there are some frustrations in Little Nightmares 3, its Tim Burtonesque visuals and gloomy world are again, absorbing. Then there’s the Carnevale, a new location that brings a stunning new spectacle to the game.
Release date: October 10
Available on: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 1/2, PC
The Outlast Trials
Last year’s The Outlast Trials put a multiplayer spin on developer Red Barrells’ long-running first-person horror series. Set in an experimental facility at the height of the Cold War, Trials has a team of players working together (or it can be played solo) to complete various objectives while hiding from a bunch of deranged hunters.
It’s worth a revisit this year as a new update has just arrived in the game called Invasion. It allows a random player to infiltrate your game as a knife-wielding maniac – just in time for a Halloween party.
Release date: October 21
Available on: PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S/One, PC
The Séance of Blake Manor
When a guest goes missing at a grand old hotel on the coast of Ireland, a private investigator called Declan Ward is ushered in to solve the mystery. The Séance of Blake Manor puts a folk horror twist on the crime genre while also touching on themes of colonialism and religion; it’s all wrapped up in a superb visual style that looks more like a motion comic than a video game.
As Ward, we have to investigate the titular manor by searching for clues and interviewing guests while also managing an inventory of notes and items. A clock ticks away whenever you’re actively chasing a lead, so you’ll have to juggle your time like any good detective would too.
Release date: October 27
Available on: PC
