Halloween: The Game Steam news

• Latest observed players3.6K · 5 October 2026 - 20:03:45 UTC
• SteamPulse tracked peak27,368
• Units sold (VGI)No data available
• Revenue (VGI)No data available
• Review scoreNot available
• Total reviewsNot available
• Release dateSep 8, 2026
• DeveloperIllFonic
• PublisherIllFonic Publishing, Co-Publisher: Gun Interactive

Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: IllFonicPublisher: IllFonic Publishing, Co-Publisher: Gun Interactive

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Halloween: The Game Steam news

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• Patch Preview 1.1.0 - 2 October 2026

  It’s October and that means it’s almost time for our favorite holiday - Halloween. While we’re incredibly excited to talk more about our future content plans for Halloween: The Game, we wanted to let players know what they can expect from our first Quality of Life update next week. Patch 1.1.0 will be released on Tuesday, October 6th and focuses on addressing a wide range of issues and concerns reported by our passionate community. From bug fixes and optimization enhancements to balance changes and gameplay improvements, this update continues to deliver on our promises of bettering the overall experience for our players. Below you will find some of the changes and fixes planned for this update. This list is far from comprehensive and our full patch notes will be released alongside Patch 1.1.0 on Tuesday, October 6th.Various Crash FixesFixed several crashes affecting players using specif…

• Patch Notes 1.0.4 - 26 September 2026

  This patch includes a variety of high priority crash fixes, adjustments and improvements for XBOX Series X|S players, as well as fixes to the recently introduced Grab issues.Earlier this week, we rolled out Patch 1.0.3 for Halloween: The Game. While this update brought a variety of fixes and improvements to the experience, it also introduced a couple frustrating problems stemming from our changes to Grabs/Struggling. As a special thanks to our community for enduring Michael’s inhumane grip strength and some lingering performance/optimization issues, especially on XBOX Series X|S, we are granting 10,000 Perk Points to all our current Halloween: The Game players. Grab StrugglingOur original goal with Patch 1.0.3. was to allow Civilians increased opportunities to Struggle Free from Grabs at Stalk Tier 2 and below. Unfortunately, these changes in combination with other bug fixes associated…

• Patch 1.0.3 - 22 September 2026

  Patch Notes 1.0.3It’s hard to believe that it’s already been two weeks since we welcomed players to Haddonfield with the official launch of Halloween: The Game. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who’s jumped into our asymmetrical horror sandbox so far, and our team continues to work tirelessly to refine the experience for our players. As we discussed in our What’s Coming Next? post last week, thanks to your thoughtful feedback, our team has identified and prioritized a list of pain points to tackle. In today’s 1.0.3 patch, we are very excited to address many of these issues by introducing a host of bug and crash fixes, balance adjustments, and gameplay improvements. Balance AdjustmentsAs we continue to play, monitor, and gather feedback, we’ve identified some balance adjustments we felt were necessary for this patch. Many of these changes are being rolled out to minimize frustratin…

• What's Coming Next For Halloween: The Game? - 17 September 2026

  It’s been just over one week since the official launch of Halloween: The Game. In that time, we’ve welcomed well over 1,000,000 players to Haddonfield and witnessed millions of ruthless Michael Myers kills and harrowing Civilian rescues. Your excitement and passion for our asymmetrical horror sandbox has been incredible, and our team is grateful to everyone who’s jumped in to share scares with friends. While we’ve worked rigorously to roll out a series of patches following our Early Access launch on September 4, our efforts to continue improving Halloween: The Game aren’t slowing down.Our community has done an outstanding job sharing their gameplay highlights, reporting pesky bugs, and providing ample feedback. We built Halloween: The Game with this passionate, engaged community in mind and greatly appreciate your thoughtful commentary. In an effort to better set expectations with our p…

• Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 8 Sep — 15 September 2026 - 15 September 2026

  * WARDOGS ; * Halloween: The Game ; * Bodycam ; * The Blood of Dawnwalker ; * How to Fish ; * Diablo® IV ; * Onimusha: Way of the Sword ; * Borderlands 4 ; * Valheim ; * NBA 2K27 ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB

• Halloween: The Game разошлась тиражом в миллион копий - 13 September 2026

  Разработчики Halloween: The Game сообщили, что хоррор привлёк миллион игроков с момента релиза, состоявшегося пять дней назад. Учитывая, что игру не добавляли в подписки, указанное число соответствует продажам.

• OVER 1 MILLION PLAYERS - 12 September 2026

  Earlier this week, we welcomed players from around the world to the haunting town of Haddonfield with our official launch.Today, we are thrilled to announce that over 1 million players have experienced the horror of Michael Myers in Halloween: The Game.

• Patch 1.0.2 - 11 September 2026

  Since our Early Access launch, our team has been working hard to quickly address reported bugs, improve performance, evaluate game feedback, and refine the overall experience for players. We’ve already implemented various server-side adjustments, one hotfix, and our Day One Patch. With the release of 1.0.2, we are excited to deliver our second hotfix. Today’s update tackles a wide range of issues affecting game performance and stability, player interactions, challenges, achievements, and Prestige, alongside numerous bug fixes and carefully considered balance adjustments. Thanks so much to everyone who’s jumped in and joined us in Haddonfield so far. We greatly appreciate all the feedback and remain committed to enriching the distinct horror sandbox of Halloween: The Game. Crashes, Stability, and InteractionsCrashes and StabilityPatch 1.0.2 introduces numerous crash fixes and stability i…

• Halloween: The Game вышла - первый патч исправляет баланс, ИИ и кроссплатформенную игру - 9 September 2026

  Halloween: The Game официально вышла, а вместе с релизом разработчики из IllFonic выпустили патч 1.0.1. Обновление исправляет проблемы раннего доступа, улучшает поведение NPC и вносит заметные изменения в баланс противостояния Майкла Майерса и гражданских. Одним из главных исправлений стала кроссплатформенная игра. Теперь участники одной группы должны корректно переходить вместе с лидером в лобби, сформированное системой подбора, вместо возвращения в главное меню или исключения из группы. Разработчики также переработали маршрутизацию NPC. Полицейские теперь реже застревают в объектах окружения, а жители должны лучше находить путь к зонам эвакуации. Кроме того, исправлены отдельные проблемы с заданиями и достижениями, из-за которых игроки могли не получать положенные награды. Отдельное внимание IllFonic уделила выносливости. Гражданским увеличили базовую задержку перед восстановлением за…

• Over 500k Players! - 8 September 2026

  Just hours after the official release of Halloween: The Game, we're thrilled to welcome over 500,000 new residents to Haddonfield!Thanks to everyone who's already jumped in and started slashing (or saving) the people of this once quiet, peaceful town.Launch is only the beginning of the Boogeyman's journey...

• Halloween: The Game Out Now - 8 September 2026

  The launch of Halloween: The Game is officially here, and we’re thrilled to welcome even more players to Haddonfield. Our teams strived to deliver a horror experience players can immerse themselves in, and we’re incredibly grateful for all the amazing players who joined us to kick things off during our Early Access weekend. Thank you for your excitement, kind words, and feedback so far. As a special thanks, we’re granting 5000 free Perk Points to every player who logged in to Halloween: The Game during Early Access (prior to 9 AM PST on 09/08/26)Points may take some additional time to appear on your account.We spent much of this past weekend monitoring your experiences, watching your hilarious gameplay highlights, sharing sandbox moments with players, and most importantly working to refine Halloween: The Game. Our Day One Patch includes a host of critical fixes, balance adjustments, and…

• Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 1 Sep — 8 September 2026 - 8 September 2026

  * The Blood of Dawnwalker ; * Onimusha: Way of the Sword ; * WARDOGS ; * Bodycam ; * How to Fish ; * Halloween: The Game ; * NBA 2K27 ; * STAR WARS Zero Company™ ; * Crimson Desert Enhanced ; * Red Dead Redemption 2 ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB

• The Halloween game has a sex minigame in it, except no it doesn't, because it was apparently removed - 6 September 2026

  If you've seen any slasher flick, you know the drill: every youth is horny, and the horny must die. Despite Halloween not being quite as trope-riddled as some of its stabbiest contemporaries, its recent asymmetrical PvP adaptation did include a minigame where two players could slip into a closet and bang each other for buffs—but after only a few days in a deluxe edition-exclusive early access, the feature has reportedly been removed... Read more.

• Early Access - Hotfix 1 - 5 September 2026

  The launch of Early Access for Halloween: The Game has been amazing so far and the team is so excited to finally be able to play the game with you all. Today we are rolling out our first hotfix for Halloween: The Game. This patch is primarily aimed towards addressing several crashes that have been occurring as well as a small list of other issues that the team was able to implement with this hotfix. We are currently working on a bigger patch that addresses many issues and concerns that are being reported from the playerbase. We will continue monitoring conversations and bug reports from the community, and we greatly appreciate all your feedback.Thank you for all your love and support. See you in Haddonfield!Join us on Discord!Early Access HotfixNumerous Crash FixesFixes to several challenges that were not tracking properlyFixed an issue where Offline Play was affected by the login queue…

• Halloween: The Game is banned in Australia because incentivized drug use is bad but incentivized ultra-violence isn't - 10 August 2026

  Halloween: The Game is the next multiplayer horror game from Illfonic, the studio behind Friday the 13th and Predator Hunting Grounds. Like Friday the 13th it's an asymmetrical affair: one player takes the form of psychotic masked serial killer Michael Myers, while everyone else plays the hapless survivors. It's set to release on September 9, but when it does, players based in Australia won't be able to buy it... Read more.

• Halloween teases single-player slash 'em up campaign in grisly new trailer - 6 June 2026

  symmetrical PvP is all the rage these days, especially among licensed horror games for some reason—a new 3v1 Saw game just got revealed yesterday —but what if I want to pick up my knife and carve up some innocent people without the social pressures of online competition?.. Read more.

• Remember that great Friday the 13th game that got shuttered? The same studio is doing it all again, except this time it's Halloween - 25 September 2025

  Developer Illfonic last month announced a game based on 1978 horror classic Halloween , and now we've got a look at it. The game looks a lot like the studio's own (excellent) Friday the 13th adaptation and is set in the small town of Haddonfield, recreated with real period style. It's primarily an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game, where the masked killer Michael Myers hunts down four residents, though this time around there will also be a singleplayer component recreating scenes from the film... Read more.

• Goodbye Jason Voorhees, hello Michael Myers: Friday the 13th developer and publisher return with a new multiplayer survival horror game based on Halloween - 20 August 2025

  Seven years after IllFonic and Gun Media had to say farewell to their hit multiplayer survival horror game Friday the 13th , they're back—except this time, it's Halloween. Announced at today's Future Game Show, Halloween is a "one-versus-many stealth horror experience" in which players don the creepy mask of Michael Myers to hunt down the citizens of Haddonfield, or work together as his potential victims in a desperate effort to stop him... Read more.

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