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Halloween: The Game

IllFonic · IllFonic Publishing · 2026-09-08

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Franchise: Halloween · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 08, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Sep 08, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 08, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

On Halloween night, 1978, no one is safe from Michael Myers. Become the Boogeyman or fight back against the face of evil itself in Halloween.

Halloween: The Game is an Action game released in 2026, priced at $39.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 13962 reviews).

14,130
playing now
66%
positive of 16k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
2,138
twitch viewers (latest)
8.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
96
Nexus mods (36k downloads)
4.20★
PlayStation Store rating (9,855 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$39.99
steam price (US)

14,130 players in-game as of 2026-09-17 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Halloween: The Game is an upcoming asymmetrical survival horror game developed by IllFonic and published by IllFonic and Gun Interactive. It is based on the 1978 film Halloween and is scheduled for release on September 8, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X and Series S. The game received generally positive reviews upon release, with praise for its gameplay and atmosphere, though some criticized it for its technical issues.

Trailer

Halloween: The Game trailer thumbnail

Halloween: The Game - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 4% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→unknown (Sep 17), unknown→thriving (Sep 10)

Estimated sales: 328k–738k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,409 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $31.99 at Fanatical (2026-09-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 0 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.2k6.2k20262026Week of 2026-09-04: 6,173 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 2,930 negativeWeek of 2026-09-11: 2,031 positiveWeek of 2026-09-11: 1,073 negativeWeek of 2026-09-18: 753 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 463 negativeWeek of 2026-09-25: 420 positiveWeek of 2026-09-25: 282 negativeWeek of 2026-10-02: 273 positiveWeek of 2026-10-02: 171 negativeWeek of 2026-10-09: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-10-09: 60 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

18k4.5k2026-09-15 01:00 — 18,482 players2026-09-15 03:00 — 16,409 players2026-09-15 05:00 — 11,952 players2026-09-15 07:00 — 7,385 players2026-09-15 09:00 — 5,449 players2026-09-15 11:00 — 5,385 players2026-09-15 13:00 — 6,622 players2026-09-15 15:00 — 8,338 players2026-09-15 17:00 — 10,754 players2026-09-15 19:00 — 12,868 players2026-09-15 21:00 — 13,418 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 13,620 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 8,055 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 14,313 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 10,240 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 6,861 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 4,872 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4,580 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 5,816 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 7,457 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 9,195 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 11,182 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 11,694 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 12,319 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 14,130 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#46#462026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #462026-09-16 — #462026-09-17 — #46
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1831832026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 183 new positive2026-09-16: 141 new negative2026-09-17: 158 new positive2026-09-17: 115 new negative2026-09-18: 179 new positive2026-09-18: 78 new negative2026-09-19: 138 new positive2026-09-19: 70 new negative2026-09-20: 145 new positive2026-09-20: 100 new negative2026-09-21: 149 new positive2026-09-21: 78 new negative2026-09-22: 92 new positive2026-09-22: 61 new negative2026-09-23: 98 new positive2026-09-23: 91 new negative2026-09-24: 160 new positive2026-09-24: 149 new negative2026-09-25: 51 new positive2026-09-25: 62 new negative2026-09-26: 111 new positive2026-09-26: 45 new negative2026-09-27: 68 new positive2026-09-27: 56 new negative2026-09-28: 57 new positive2026-09-28: 37 new negative2026-09-29: 40 new positive2026-09-29: 38 new negative2026-09-30: 40 new positive2026-09-30: 40 new negative2026-10-01: 47 new positive2026-10-01: 41 new negative2026-10-02: 47 new positive2026-10-02: 33 new negative2026-10-03: 49 new positive2026-10-03: 25 new negative2026-10-04: 34 new positive2026-10-04: 42 new negative2026-10-05: 39 new positive2026-10-05: 33 new negative2026-10-06: 25 new positive2026-10-06: 28 new negative2026-10-07: 45 new positive2026-10-07: 31 new negative2026-10-08: 95 new positive2026-10-08: 32 new negative2026-10-09: 30 new positive2026-10-09: 15 new negative2026-10-10: 29 new positive2026-10-10: 26 new negative2026-10-11: 32 new positive2026-10-11: 20 new negative2026-10-12: 27 new positive2026-10-12: 16 new negative2026-10-13: 26 new positive2026-10-13: 18 new negative2026-10-14: 25 new positive2026-10-14: 14 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

14k1302026-06-09 — 130 pageviews2026-06-13 — 262 pageviews2026-06-17 — 415 pageviews2026-06-21 — 300 pageviews2026-06-25 — 348 pageviews2026-06-29 — 384 pageviews2026-07-03 — 325 pageviews2026-07-07 — 868 pageviews2026-07-11 — 613 pageviews2026-07-15 — 712 pageviews2026-07-19 — 533 pageviews2026-07-23 — 415 pageviews2026-07-27 — 411 pageviews2026-07-31 — 338 pageviews2026-08-04 — 428 pageviews2026-08-08 — 483 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5,648 pageviews2026-08-16 — 811 pageviews2026-08-20 — 932 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,088 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,186 pageviews2026-09-01 — 2,350 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13,558 pageviews2026-09-09 — 9,933 pageviews2026-09-13 — 4,281 pageviews2026-09-17 — 2,136 pageviews2026-09-21 — 1,545 pageviews2026-09-25 — 1,148 pageviews2026-09-29 — 987 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1,209 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,129 pageviews2026-10-11 — 1,136 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10k2752026-10-01 01:34 — 3,095 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 1,488 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 2,224 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 6,966 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 1,389 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 1,878 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 4,861 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 1,916 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 10,171 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 5,108 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 2,872 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 2,236 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 1,376 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 2,832 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 2,574 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 1,429 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 1,102 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 4,540 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 1,156 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 2,292 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 3,262 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 2,226 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 1,450 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 953 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 1,193 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 2,120 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 766 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 1,322 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 1,594 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 1,925 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 2,549 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 1,023 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 679 viewers2026-10-13 00:12 — 5,598 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 949 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 856 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 2,215 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 381 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1,068 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 2,138 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)6840%51
Xbox Series (Xbox)1220%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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