The Best Halloween Mobile Games in 2026: Scary, Cozy and Spooky Picks

The best Halloween games for Android in 2026, sorted by how scared you want to be: horror classics like Granny and Five Nights at Freddy's, cozy spooky games for kids and adults, zombie action and spooky puzzles, with Google Play data for every pick.

The best Halloween mobile games in 2026 depend on how scared you want to be. For real horror, Eyes, Granny and Five Nights at Freddy's are the classics. For spooky but cozy, try Halloween Farm, Idle Ghost Hotel or Zombie Catchers. For zombies the whole family can play, Plants vs. Zombies 2. We picked 24 games from Google Play's US store on October 10, 2026, and checked each one's rating, installs, price and Offline tag.

The list

Installs are Google Play's rounded counts, ratings are out of 5, and "Offline tag" means Google Play itself lists the game as playable without a connection.

Scary picks: real horror

Eyes - The Horror Game

A short-session horror classic with more than 100 million installs: you search dark rooms for bags of money and find your way out while a monster hunts you. Play alone, even offline, or in online co-op with friends. Rated 4.47.

Granny

The game that made mobile hide-and-seek horror huge: more than 500 million installs. You have five days to escape a house while Granny listens for every sound you make. Simple, tense and free with ads.

Five Nights at Freddy's

Five nights as a night guard, watching cameras and doors while animatronics move closer. It costs $2.99, has no ads and keeps a 4.70 rating, the highest of the horror picks. Its sequels are on Google Play too.

Ice Scream 1 and Death Park

Two well-rated chase-horror series with a lighter, cartoon look: in Ice Scream you rescue your friend from Rod, a creepy ice cream man (100M+ installs, 4.40), in Death Park you escape an abandoned amusement park and its killer clown (10M+, 4.57). Good first scares for teens.

Very Little Nightmares and Fran Bow

Two paid, story-driven picks for players who prefer dread to jump scares: Very Little Nightmares is a puzzle adventure in the Little Nightmares world ($6.99, Everyone 10+), Fran Bow a dark, disturbing point-and-click tale ($1.99 for the first chapter, 4.61).

Horrorfield

Online hide-and-seek horror: one player is the killer, up to seven survivors try to escape. It needs a connection and is rated 4.14.

Cozy and cute spooky games

Halloween Farm: Monster Family

A farming game in a Halloween world: harvest magic plants, raise spooky animals, craft sweets and costumes and decorate a haunted village. More than 10 million installs, rated Everyone, tagged Offline.

Idle Ghost Hotel

An idle management game where you run a hotel for ghosts and keep its spooky guests happy. Rated 4.66; a relaxed pick for anyone who likes idle games.

Zombie Catchers

You hunt zombies with harpoons and gadgets, then turn them into juice in your own little factory. More than 100 million installs and a 4.62 rating, and the zombies are more silly than scary.

Ghost Invasion: Idle Hunter

Miniclip's idle ghost-hunting game, the best rated pick on this list at 4.80: you capture invading spirits, beat bosses and keep upgrading your hunter's gear.

Hotel Transylvania Adventures

A platformer with the characters of the Hotel Transylvania films, rated Everyone and 4.62: a good Halloween game for younger players.

Stardew Valley

Not a Halloween game, but every year on the 27th of Fall its town holds Spirit's Eve, a spooky festival with a haunted maze. A one-time $4.99 with no ads and no in-app purchases.

Zombies and monsters

Plants vs. Zombies 2

The family favorite: plant your defenses and stop silly zombies crossing the lawn. More than 100 million installs, rated Everyone, tagged Offline.

Zombie Tsunami

An endless runner where you lead a growing horde of zombies through the city, with more than 500 million installs and a 4.59 rating.

Into the Dead 2

A first-person zombie survival runner, rated 4.55 and Mature 17+, for older players who want the real thing.

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare and Vampire Survivors

Two for strategy and action fans: in Dead Ahead you defend your bus against raid after raid of zombies with a team of survivors (4.46), and Vampire Survivors is the hit monster-swarm roguelite where hundreds of creatures come at once (4.44, free with ads).

Don't Starve: Pocket Edition

A gothic survival game in a creepy wilderness, for $4.99 with no ads. Darker and harder than it looks.

Spooky puzzles

• Witch Match Puzzle: Halloween is a match-3 with a Halloween theme, rated 4.61 and tagged Offline.
• Haunted Merge: Horror Story mixes merge puzzles with a light-hearted horror story, rated 4.74.
• SILT is a dark, wordless underwater puzzle adventure, free to try with one purchase to unlock the rest (4.73).

Games with a Halloween event

Some games change for Halloween every year instead of being spooky all year. Pokémon GO has held a Halloween event every October since 2016, when it was the game's very first event; ghost-type Pokémon show up more often while it runs. Our word game Lantern Isles has its own event from October 15 to 31, described below.

Our spooky games

We make three games that fit the season:

• Lantern Isles: Word Puzzle turns spooky from October 15 to 31: the islands get their Halloween art and a Halloween postcard to uncover. Every solved level gives 1 token, an island's guardian level 3 and the Daily Challenge 2; the postcard's 12 tiles cost 68 tokens in all, and the full postcard pays 500 coins and unlocks a Halloween outfit for Lumi the firefly. It is free, with ads between islands and optional purchases.
• Dark Tower: Idle Villain TD lets you play the villain: raise a cursed tower and crush waves of holy knights and angels with Dark Cards and spells. Rated Everyone 10+, free with optional reward videos and purchases.
• Idle Summoner: Pixel RPG sends a legion of pixel monsters, from Slime to Lord of the Abyss, against the castles of the underworld. Free with ads and optional purchases.

How to choose

• Want real scares? Eyes, Granny or Five Nights at Freddy's.
• Easily scared, or playing with kids? Halloween Farm, Zombie Catchers, Hotel Transylvania Adventures or Plants vs. Zombies 2.
• Like idle games? Idle Ghost Hotel or Ghost Invasion: Idle Hunter.
• No ads? The paid picks: Five Nights at Freddy's, Very Little Nightmares, Fran Bow, Stardew Valley and Don't Starve. For the free ones, see our list of Android games with no ads.
• No Wi-Fi tonight? Pick a game with the Offline tag in the table.

FAQ

What is the scariest mobile game?

It depends on what scares you. By installs, the biggest horror games are Granny (500M+) and Eyes (100M+); for slow dread and jump scares in short sessions, Five Nights at Freddy's has the highest rating of them all (4.70).

What are good cozy Halloween games?

Halloween Farm: Monster Family, Idle Ghost Hotel, Zombie Catchers and Ghost Invasion: Idle Hunter are spooky in look and relaxed in play. Stardew Valley adds its Spirit's Eve festival every fall.

Are there Halloween games for kids?

Yes. Halloween Farm, Hotel Transylvania Adventures and Plants vs. Zombies 2 are rated Everyone, and the BBC's Hey Duggee: The Spooky Badge is made for preschoolers, with no ads and no purchases.

Which Halloween games work offline?

Eyes, Granny, Five Nights at Freddy's, Ice Scream 1, Death Park, Halloween Farm, Idle Ghost Hotel, Zombie Catchers, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Zombie Tsunami, Vampire Survivors and Don't Starve carry Google Play's Offline tag.

Which mobile games have Halloween events?

Pokémon GO has had one every October since 2016, and our Lantern Isles runs its Halloween event from October 15 to 31.

Sources

• Google Play store pages (US), October 10, 2026.
• Pokémon GO Hub, Ranking all Pokémon GO Halloween events.
• Stardew Valley Wiki, Spirit's Eve.
• ONI Games: Lantern Isles: Word Puzzle game code (the holiday event), October 2026.