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Halloween: The Game is a 1v4 horror game for PC from IllFonic, available on Steam and the Epic Games Store.
One player takes the mask as Michael Myers. Four others play Haddonfield residents trying to live through the night, warn their neighbors and get the police on the phone.
The town itself is what separates it from other killer versus survivor games. Haddonfield is full of computer-controlled residents who react to what is happening around them, so a match has more people in it than the five players. Michael can work through them quietly, and the heroes can try to move them somewhere safer.
It launched on September 8, 2026, built in Unreal Engine 5. It needs 64-bit Windows 11, has full controller support, and plays cross platform with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. There is also a separate single player campaign set on Halloween night 1978.
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What You Need to Know
- It costs $39.99. The $59.99 Digital Deluxe Edition adds cosmetics, two extra civilian characters and a digital comic, and it is what gave buyers the four day head start before launch.
- Windows 11 is the listed minimum, not Windows 10, and an SSD is required rather than suggested.
- The single player campaign is a real mode, not a tutorial mission. It runs through Halloween night 1978 from Michael’s side.
Quick Facts
Quick Facts
| Price | $39.99, or $59.99 Digital Deluxe |
| Released | September 8, 2026 |
| Developer | IllFonic |
| Publisher | IllFonic Publishing, with Gun Interactive |
| Genre | Asymmetrical horror, 1v4 |
| Players | Online 1v4, plus a single player campaign |
| Stores | Steam, Epic Games Store |
| Also On | PS5, Xbox Series X and S, cloud gaming |
| Storage | 45 GB, SSD or NVMe required |
How to Download Halloween: The Game on Windows
Steam and the Epic Games Store both sell it, and the two versions play together. Set the download going before you plan to play, because it is 45 GB and it wants to land on a solid state drive.
- Step 1. Open the Halloween: The Game page on Steam or the Epic Games Store page.
- Step 2. Confirm your age on the store page. Steam gates this one behind an age check.
- Step 3. Pick the standard edition unless you want the Deluxe cosmetics and the two extra civilians.
- Step 4. Sign in to your Steam or Epic account, or make a free one, then pay.
- Step 5. Clear 45 GB on an SSD or NVMe drive and start the install from your library.
- Step 6. Let the launcher finish any update before you press play.
- Step 7. Plug in a headset. Voice chat is how the residents coordinate, and it is half the fun on Michael’s side too.
- Step 8. Play the single player campaign first. It teaches the systems without four other people depending on you.
💡 PC too weak, or you want it on a laptop with no gaming graphics card? Halloween: The Game is in the GeForce NOW catalog, so you can stream the copy you bought on Steam or Epic. It is not on Boosteroid or Amazon Luna.
Price and Editions
| Edition | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $39.99 | The whole game. Every map, the 1v4 mode and the single player campaign. |
| Digital Deluxe | $59.99 | Adds the Inmate skin for Michael, two extra playable civilians called Alexis and Richard, a digital comic, and it carried the four day head start before launch. |
The twenty dollar gap buys you looks and two more characters to pick from, not an advantage in a match. If you are unsure whether the loop will hold you, buy the standard edition and treat the Deluxe extras as something to add later.
Steam’s refund policy is the backstop on either one: under two hours played and under fourteen days since buying gets your money back. Two hours is roughly four or five matches, which is enough to know whether you enjoy being hunted.
What Is Halloween: The Game?
Halloween: The Game is an asymmetrical horror game, which means the two sides are not playing the same game at all. One player is Michael Myers, hunting alone. Four players are residents of Haddonfield on Halloween night 1978, and their job is to survive it and get other people out with them.
Michael cannot be killed. The residents can stun him, knock him down and buy themselves seconds, and that is the whole of their defense. He moves at a walk, which sounds harmless until you learn what Shape Jump does: he turns into a fast shadow that is invisible to the naked eye, so the distance you thought you had is not the distance you have.
The residents have real work to do rather than a generator to hold a button on. They look for a working phone to call the police, find shelter, guide computer-controlled townsfolk out of harm’s way, and try to leave by car. The town is a sandbox, so a house is a hiding place, a resource and a trap depending on who reaches it first.
A Haddonfield street at night. Every building here is a hiding place, a shortcut or a dead end.
The single player campaign, The Night He Came Home, is the other half of the package. It runs the events of the original 1978 film from Michael’s point of view and adds story material around them, and it is where you learn the systems before you take them into a match. IllFonic has built this kind of game before, on Friday the 13th, Predator: Hunting Grounds and Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, and Gun Interactive co-publishes here after doing The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Official Trailer
Watch IllFonic’s own launch trailer for Halloween: The Game to see Michael stalking a lit suburban street, a resident on the phone to the police, and what a Shape Jump looks like from the wrong end of it.
Key Features
Haddonfield is full of computer-controlled residents who react to the night as it goes wrong. They are people to save, people to hide among, and people who can give your position away.
Michael’s signature move turns him into a fast shadow you cannot see coming. It is what stops a slow walking killer from being easy to outrun, and it is the ability everyone learns to fear first.
Reach a phone and call the police, get a car running, find shelter, or move townsfolk out of the neighborhood. A run rarely goes the way the team planned it in the first minute.
The Night He Came Home retells Halloween night 1978 from Michael’s side. Most games in this genre ship the tutorial and call it a story mode. This one is a mode you can play for its own sake.
PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series players share one matchmaking pool. A 1v4 game needs five people before anything starts, so one shared pool matters more here than in most games.
The maps revealed before launch were Haddonfield Heights, Haddonfield Town Center and Orange Grove Estates. Each is a different street layout to learn rather than a new coat of paint.
Is This Game for You?
You will love it if
- ✅ You like asymmetrical horror and want one built on a whole neighborhood
- ✅ You have friends to play with, or a headset and no fear of strangers
- ✅ You care about the 1978 film and want the mask, the score and the town treated seriously
- ✅ You want a single player mode you can finish without anyone else online
- ✅ You want the killer role to feel patient rather than fast
You might not if
- ❌ You are on Windows 10, which is below the listed minimum
- ❌ You only have a mechanical hard drive, because an SSD is required
- ❌ You want to play offline whenever you like, since the main mode needs a full lobby
- ❌ You dislike games where one bad teammate ends the round for everyone
- ❌ You are in Australia or New Zealand, where it has no classification and cannot be sold
🎮 Our Take
The interesting choice here is the town. Filling Haddonfield with computer-controlled residents turns a five person match into something that behaves like a neighborhood having a very bad night, and it gives both sides something to do that is not just chase and hide. Michael being unkillable and slow on foot is the right call too. He is a problem you manage rather than a threat you fight, which is what the films were about in the first place.
The risk is the one every game in this genre carries. A 1v4 match needs five people who all want to be there, and the mode lives or dies on how many of them stay six months from now. If you want it, the honest advice is to buy it while the lobbies are full rather than waiting for a sale and hoping. If you mostly want the story, the campaign alone is a thinner reason to spend $39.99, so wait for a discount on that basis.
Why Play on PC?
- Higher framerates. Spotting a shadow moving at the edge of a streetlight is easier when the picture is not dropping frames, and PC lets you trade settings for speed.
- Graphics control. This is a dark game in a dark town. Being able to tune shadows, contrast and effects yourself is a real advantage that consoles do not offer.
- Mouse aim. Turning fast to check behind you is the most common movement in the game, and a mouse does it quicker than a stick.
- Voice setup. Sorting out a headset, push to talk and audio levels is simpler on a desktop, and this game leans on voice more than most.
- Two stores to buy from. Steam and Epic both carry it, so you can buy on whichever one is running a better price and still play with everyone.
System Requirements
- OS: Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel LGA 1200 or newer, or AMD AM4 Zen 2 or newer
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1660, Radeon RX 590 or Intel Arc A770
- Storage: 45 GB on an SSD or NVMe drive
- OS: Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel LGA 1700 or newer, or AMD AM5 or newer
- Memory: 32 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce RTX 3000 series or Radeon RX 7000 series
- Storage: 45 GB on an SSD or NVMe drive
Tips for Beginners
Play the campaign before you queue
The Night He Came Home teaches you how Michael moves, what Shape Jump does and how the town is laid out. Learning that with four strangers watching is a worse experience for everyone.
As a resident, do the boring job first
Find a working phone and get the police called before you go looking for anyone. Heroics with three minutes left are how a team loses a night it had already won.
Never assume you have outrun him
Michael walks, so distance feels safe. Shape Jump erases it without a sound or a visible body, which means the safest habit is to keep checking behind you while you work.
As Michael, take the quiet kills
Working through the townsfolk in empty streets costs you nothing and tells the players very little. Chasing the first person you see announces where you are to the whole map.
Stagger him, then leave
You cannot kill Michael, so a stun is a head start and nothing more. Spend it moving toward your objective, not standing there to see whether you can land a second hit.
Halloween: The Game Screenshots
A look at the mask, the town and the light you get to work with. Click any shot to open it full size.
Halloween: The Game FAQ
Is Halloween: The Game on Xbox Game Pass?
Is there crossplay between PC, PlayStation and Xbox?
Can I play Halloween: The Game on my own?
Do I need an SSD to run it?
Why can I not buy it in Australia or New Zealand?
What are the system requirements for Halloween: The Game on PC?
Support and Community
- r/HalloweenTVG, the official subreddit, where IllFonic posts patch notes and players trade clips and match advice
- The official Halloween: The Game Discord, the fastest way to find a lobby and to reach the team directly
- Steam Discussions, useful when you hit a crash or a matchmaking problem somebody else has already solved
- Official news and updates, the studio’s own posts on what each patch changed
- IllFonic, the developer’s own website, and the source for most of the facts on this page
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