The spookiest month of the year is halfway over, but like a wave of the undead, new horror game titles just keep coming. To keep you from being shocked or jump-scared, The VanCougar has compiled a list of the most anticipated horror games coming out this October 2025, across the entire spooky season.
Developed by Meangrip Game Studios and Little Sewing Machine
Price: $24.99
Release date: Oct. 9, 2025
This is the first game development for Meangrip Studios and Chris Darril, and together they have made a new horror puzzle platformer. The art style is inspired by old hand–drawn animations. Bye Sweet Carole takes you on an adventure to help find your missing friend, Carole, who has vanished from the Bunny Hall orphanage. With shifting mechanics to keep you on your feet and an atmosphere to fully immerse you in the horror themes, Bye Sweet Carole may host the most unique gameplay to be featured this October.
Little Nightmares III & Little Nightmares Enhanced/Remastered Editions:
Little Nightmares III is developed by Supermassive Games
Price: $39.99
Little Nightmares: PC Enhanced Edition is developed by Tarsier Studios
Price: $19.99
Release date: Oct. 9, 2025
The Little Nightmares series took off running with the release of the first Little Nightmares game in 2017, and now, 8 years later, the nightmare returns with the release of both a remastered version of the original Little Nightmares and an enhanced version for new players or returning ones. The new addition to the franchise, Little Nightmares III, is the first co-op game in this trilogy that takes you and a friend through the twisted carnival your characters call home.
Developed by Verdite Interactive
Price: $9.99
Release date: Oct. 13, 2025
Explore the empty halls of the once bustling Bariton Mansion, search for the presence of the old friend who called you here, and attend to the secrets that were left behind by the echoes of who once lived here. Resonant Dusk is a clear homage to the horror adventure games of the 1990s. The gameplay will consist of solving puzzles and piecing together the mysteries of the mansion through interactions with the spirits that haunt the halls.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodline 2:
Developed by The Chinese Room
Price: $59.99
Release date: Oct. 21, 2025
Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines 2 is a sequel that fans have waited 20 years for. You play as a vampire and haunt the streets, freshly awoken to the sights of modern Seattle. Use your supernatural powers to keep yourself fed and explore the streets as you rise to the top of vampire society, or denounce what goes bump in the night entirely.
Developed by Dual Effect
Price: TBD
Release date: Oct. 23, 2025
A much-anticipated sequel to the first game, Tormented Souls 2, is a survival horror game that leans into the original PlayStation 2 horror game aesthetics, reminiscent of classic Silent Hill, with modern graphics and controls. Explore the remote town of Villa Hess as you cope with the events of the previous game. Uncover the mysteries that your life is now seemingly shrouded in and protect the lives of yourself and your sister as you fight to survive.
Developed by ESDIP_GAMES and Everdark Labs
Price: TBD
Release date: Oct. 24, 2025
The first, in what is expected to become a series of games, Everdark: Undead Apocalypse, is a fast-paced first–person shooter with visuals inspired by 1980s horror movies. After a car crash leaves you stranded in the undead-infested town of Everdark, you fight your way to freedom using a variety of demon–slaying tools such as stakes, garlic, guns, crosses, and holy water.
Developed by ProbablyMonsters
Price: TBD
Release date: Oct. 28, 2025
Explore a ship that is barely kept afloat, deep in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle, as you attempt to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of your father. As the debut game of new developer ProbablyMonsters, this prologue is just the beginning to what promises to be a sprawling new horror franchise.
Developed by Tainted Pact
Price: TBD
Release date: Oct. 31, 2025
This single–player horror game is similar to a Resident Evil game experience. With a town filled with grotesque monsters who are transformed by a former CIA agent’s experiments. It is now your job to neutralize the situation.
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