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Halloween

Developer
Illfonic
Publisher
Illfonic
Released
08 September 2026
Age rating
PEGI N/A

Platforms: PC

Genres:

On Halloween night, 1978, no one is safe from Michael Myers. Become the Boogeyman or fight back against the face of evil itself in Halloween.

Best gaming PC for Halloween in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Halloween today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Illfonic on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS TBD TBD
CPU TBD TBD
RAM 0 GB 0 GB
GPU TBD TBD
Storage 0 GB 0 GB
DirectX

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Halloween?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to TBD and your GPU is at or above TBD, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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