Steam Halloween Sale goes live with scary-good deals on horror games and movies

Valve has finally pulled the proverbial coffin lid back on its annual Steam Halloween Sale, unleashing amazing deals on a huge collection of horror games and movies.

From big AAA games to indie gems, expect to save up to 80% on the best scary games of recent memory.

The sale went live just minutes ago at the time of writing, and will go on through Halloween to 10am PT, 1pm ET or 6pm BST on November 1 – or 5am AET on November 2.

The most serious savings to scare up

Since we’re most concerned with games that everyone can play, we’ll focus on the most impressive deals on horror games for traditional PCs. Here are the best Steam Halloween Sale deals on the top-most games both AAA and indie:

Doom for PC33% off right now

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/379720/DOOM/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">Doom for PC
Doom, arguably one of the best shooters of 2016 (and chock-full of demonic jump scares), is available for a cool <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/379720/DOOM/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">33% off right now. Pick it up now for the lowest price it’ll likely be on PC for the rest of the year.

Resident Evil 7 for PC50% off on Steam

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/418370/RESIDENT_EVIL_7_biohazard__BIOHAZARD_7_resident_evil/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">Resident Evil 7 for PC
Resident Evil 7, the revival of the franchise that everyone had been waiting for and launched early this year, is now a whopping <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/418370/RESIDENT_EVIL_7_biohazard__BIOHAZARD_7_resident_evil/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">50% off on Steam. Grab this modern gem before it's full – and we mean absolutely full – price again.

Alien: Isolation for PC70% off right now

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/214490/Alien_Isolation/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">Alien: Isolation for PC
Alien: Isolation, indisputably the most tonally accurate game to use the storied license and just downright horrifying, is a massive <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/214490/Alien_Isolation/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"">70% off right now. Swipe this one up for a relative pittance before it reverts to its already-reasonable asking price.

The Amnesia Collection90% off during this sale

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/sub/36631/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">The Amnesia Collection
The Amnesia Collection, a series of games from indie developer Frictional Games that arguably jumpstarted the horror game renaissance, can be had for an enormous <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/sub/36631/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">90% off during this sale. If you consider yourself a horror game fan, then this is a must-have deal, full stop.

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/1729/FNaF_Franchise_Bundle/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">Friday Night at Freddie’s Franchise Bundle
This bundle of all the Friday Night at Freddie’s games will catch you up with the indie craze right quick, and make you jump out of your seat way more than once. Grab this collection of scary games for a giant <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/1729/FNaF_Franchise_Bundle/?snr=1_614_615_halloween_threesection" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" data-link-merchant="store.steampowered.com"" target="_blank">80% off before it's too late.

Joe Osborne

Joe Osborne is the Senior Technology Editor at Insider Inc. His role is to leads the technology coverage team for the Business Insider Shopping team, facilitating expert reviews, comprehensive buying guides, snap deals news and more. Previously, Joe was TechRadar's US computing editor, leading reviews of everything from gaming PCs to internal components and accessories. In his spare time, Joe is a renowned Dungeons and Dragons dungeon master – and arguably the nicest man in tech.