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Screen Rant lists 10 horror-themed games for Halloween gatherings
The list suggests 10 horror-themed games for people who want to play with friends at Halloween.
It includes options for playing online or together in the same room.
Ritual Party lets up to four players try to summon cosmic monsters while facing obstacles and a time limit.
Escape Academy is a co-op puzzle game set in a spooky school where players solve escape-room challenges.
The Dark Pictures Anthology offers story-based horror in which players’ choices can have deadly consequences, with a local mode that lets friends take turns controlling characters.
We Are So Dead is an online game for two to six players, where a ghost must help the others cleanse a haunted house but cannot speak to them.
The choices suit different kinds of gatherings, from cooperative puzzles to group horror stories.
Screen Rant published a list of 10 horror-themed games suited to Halloween gatherings.
The article recommends games for groups, including options for local and online cooperative play.
Its examples include Ritual Party, Escape Academy and The Dark Pictures Anthology.
Ritual Party supports up to four players and is in Early Access.
The Dark Pictures Anthology has five titles, with a hot seat-style local co-op system.
- Who
- Screen Rant published the list, written by Yuliya Geikhman.
- What
- The article lists 10 horror-themed games for Halloween parties and gatherings.
- When
- Published October 10, 2026, at 8:00 PM EDT.
- Where
- Screen Rant.
- Why
- To suggest horror-themed games people can play with friends at Halloween gatherings.
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- List size
- 10 games
- Ritual Party
- Up to four friends can play together
- Ritual Party status
- Early Access
- The Dark Pictures Anthology
- Five titles
- Escape Academy
- Supports local and online co-op
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