The release date for the Halloween video game is now set, and we have a little bit of the gameplay to see for Halloween
Usually, it takes a lot longer to get a release date after an announcement like we had for the Halloween video games, but here we are. Wasting no time at all, IllFonic and Gun Interactive will have the game ready for us all on September 8th, 2026. Okay, that is a bit of a wait still, and a little odd to not give us the announcement on Halloween specifically. I am going on a limb and guessing they just wanted to get ahead of things that might be coming for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, well before then. We just get to know, now, that we will be able to start playing the game just a little before the spooky season kicks off next year. Maybe even get to decorate a little earlier than we normally do around here as well. Okay, now I’m further excited.
Along with the excitement for the release date for Halloween, we can also get excited that we have some of the first real gameplay to look at for the game. It is another of the multiplayer asymmetric stealth games that will be coming, so we might know some of the basics. Even if this one will, somehow, have a deeper single-player mode than we have had in these titles, too. Maybe that will all be around the fact that our main goal, besides surviving Michael Myers, will be to alert the neighbors and get the cops to show up. That seems to be the core gameplay loop in Halloween for the survivors, and I can see that working in a single-player mode too. Along with how Michael will just be stalking house to house to kill them all, while using the “Shape Teleport” to move about the map unseen. It feels a little like Friday The 13th did, but maybe the teams have perfected all of this by now.
Halloween — Gameplay & Release Date
As revealed during PlayStation’s State of Play conference, Halloween, the asymmetric stealth horror game with single and multiplayer modes from developer and publisher IllFonic, co-published by Gun Interactive, and created in partnership with Compass International Pictures and Further Front, steps into a nightmare on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026.
Death comes to Haddonfield in Halloween, a chilling tribute to the iconic John Carpenter’s classic film. Survive or slay across the tense streets and dark corners of Haddonfield in this asymmetrical horror sandbox, taking on the role of either a desperate Civilian or the infamous Michael Myers himself. In each high-stakes cat-and-mouse match, every decision means life or death.
As a Civilian, protect the townsfolk by guiding them to safety, scavenging for weapons and supplies, and finding a phone to call the police before it’s too late. Danger lurks around every corner, and survival depends on strategy, teamwork, and quick thinking. Meanwhile, Michael Myers stalks the shadows, using terrifying abilities like Shape Jump to move unseen across the map and strike without warning in a heart-pounding experience.
Halloween will haunt PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
Did you expect to have a release date for Halloween this soon after announcement, and well before the actual date? Do you think the single-player mode will flow the same as the multiplayer, just with an AI controlling Michael? Do Michael’s abilities feel a little like what we have seen in their other games before now? Will we get to see any of the iconic characters coming back as playable or summoned help in the matches? Stalk on down to the comment section to give us all of those thoughts out there for this. As a massive fan of Halloween, I know I will keep on trying to bring all that I can for this game. Please keep a close eye on the site to see and hear all about it, as we burn the next year trying to get to the release of this one.