Best Horror Games to Play With Friends (Online, Couch, Free)

Halloween is coming and your friends want something scary. Scout went looking: nine horror games that work for a group, four friends online, a couch full of non-gamers, just the two of you, or free, and the catch in each one. Phasmophobia · R.E.P.O. · The Quarry · Little Nightmares III · Dead by Daylight · Left 4 Dead 2 · SCP: Secret Laboratory · DEVOUR · The Outlast Trials CHAPTERS 0:00 Which horror game fits your group? 0:22 Phasmophobia (the ghost hunters) 1:12 R.E.P.O. (loved Lethal Company) 2:01 The Quarry (a couch of non-gamers) 2:47 Little Nightmares III (just the two of you) 3:32 Dead by Daylight (one of you is the killer) 4:15 Left 4 Dead 2 (shoot back) 4:58 SCP: Secret Laboratory (the free one) 5:44 DEVOUR (one quick round) 6:26 The Outlast Trials (nothing scares them) 7:13 Quick picks Checked October 22, 2026. Player counts, co-op modes, Early Access status and what is free come from each game's official store page or developer / publisher site; check the official page before you buy. Several of these games are rated for mature players. SOURCES Phasmophobia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/73... + https://www.kineticgames.co.uk/ R.E.P.O.: https://store.steampowered.com/app/32... The Quarry: https://store.steampowered.com/app/15... Little Nightmares III: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13... + https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/little-n... Dead by Daylight: https://store.steampowered.com/app/38... Left 4 Dead 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/550/ SCP: Secret Laboratory: https://store.steampowered.com/app/70... DEVOUR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/12... The Outlast Trials: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13... Footage (with game audio): official trailers and gameplay trailers from each game's developer / publisher (Steam store pages and official channels), shown for commentary; trailer voices removed. MUSIC "Heroic Age" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: https://incompetech.com Follow XP Scout. You tell Scout what you love playing, he finds what you should play next. #horrorgames #coopgames #xpscout