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Steam’s big Halloween horror event is almost here. Here’s everything you need to know about Steam Scream V Fest. When Is Steam Scream Fest 2026? Steam Scream V Fest runs October 26 – November 2, 2026. It’s the fifth edition of Steam Scream, so it’s “V” as in five. What Is Steam Scream Fest? Steam Scream is Valve’s annual horror event, timed around Halloween. It’s a store-wide spotlight on horror games, and past editions have brought horror sales, featured new releases, and plenty of demos. If you’ve been sitting on a horror wishlist all year, this is usually the week to clear it out. ...

There’s a reason horror keeps coming back to the shopping mall. George Romero put zombies in one in 1978. Dan Bell built a whole YouTube series around walking through empty ones. The internet’s liminal-space obsession runs on photos of abandoned food courts. And this October, The Consumed puts you on the night shift at one. So what is it about a dead mall that gets under our skin? 1. It Was Built for Crowds A mall only makes sense full of people. Its wide concourses, endless benches, and food court seating for hundreds were all designed around a crowd. Take the crowd away and the building starts to feel wrong, like a stage after the play has closed. That gap between what a space is for and what’s happening in it is the core of liminal horror. Your brain keeps expecting people, and nobody comes. ...

The first thing that made me laugh in The Consumed wasn’t a line of dialogue. It was the signage. The Hargrove Galleria is lined with storefronts that look just like the mall you grew up in, until you actually read them. Every name is a parody, turned just far enough to say the quiet part about the brand it’s mocking. The game’s whole thesis is that the mall is a cathedral and the brands are saints, so the store names are where that satire starts. ...

You don’t need to spend $70 to have a great scary night. Some of the best horror games of the last few years cost less than a pizza, and most of them can be finished in an evening. Here are ten great horror games that are under $10 on Steam at regular price. Plenty of them go even cheaper during sales, and Steam Scream V Fest (October 26 – November 2) is coming up fast. ...

October is the best month of the year to be a horror fan, and 2026 is stacked. Here are the new horror games coming out this month, in release order, plus one that just landed in case you missed it. Release dates can shift, so double-check the store page before you plan your Halloween around one. Just Released: Silent Hill: Townfall (September 24) Platforms: PC, PS5 If you haven’t gotten to it yet, this is the big one. Townfall is a first-person psychological horror game set in a Scottish seaside town. It’s a new Silent Hill, which means fog, dread, and a place that seems to know exactly what’s wrong with you. ...

The Consumed is coming soon, and I keep seeing the same questions about it. Here are the answers in one place. I’ll update this page as new details are announced. Wishlist The Consumed on Steam When does The Consumed come out? October 23, 2026, on Steam. How much does The Consumed cost? $7.99 (USD). Is The Consumed part of Steam Scream Fest? Yes. The Consumed will be featured in Steam Scream V Fest, Steam’s horror event, running October 26 – November 2, 2026, just after launch. ...

The Consumed launches October 23, and if you’re like me, the wait is the worst part. So here’s a list of games that hit the same nerves: night shifts, empty liminal spaces, cameras as weapons, and low-poly dread. Several of these aren’t just similar. The developers name them as direct inspirations, and I’ve marked those. Each one gets a quick note on why it’s here, so you can pick the ones closest to what you’re excited about. ...

Let’s get it out of the way: The Consumed is a game where you play a night security guard working five nights in a building where something is very wrong. If your first thought was Five Nights at Freddy’s, you’re not alone. It was mine too. The comparison is fair, and FNAF fans should absolutely have The Consumed on their radar. But the two games build their night shifts very differently, and the differences are what make The Consumed its own thing. ...

When people ask me what The Consumed is like, the shortest answer I’ve found is: it’s the Backrooms meets Resident Evil. That sounds like two things that shouldn’t go together. The Backrooms is about wandering through empty, endless space where nothing happens, and that’s the scary part. Resident Evil is about managing scarce resources while something very much does happen to you. The Consumed puts both in one dead mall, and it works better than it has any right to. ...

I already wrote a quick explainer on The Consumed. This post is about where it comes from. If you’ve spent any time in the strange corners of the internet over the last ten years (analog horror tapes, Backrooms lore, dead-mall YouTube, vaporwave albums with a Roman bust on the cover), The Consumed will feel like someone gathered all of it into one building and handed you the keys. Literally: you’re the night security guard. ...