Halloween: The Game is the next franchise to get the gaming treatment

The newest horror-IP turned multiplayer video game is coming in 2026, and it’s Halloween! The original film, which released back in 1978, was a little independent slasher film from filmmaker John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with Halloween’s producer, Debra Hill. For those unaware, Halloween stars the then-unknown Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode and Nick Castle as The Shape/Michael Myers (while masked). Myers, who was committed to a sanitorium after killing his sister fifteen years ago, escapes the hospital and begins to stalk Strode and her friends.

While it doesn’t sound too scary, this was ’78, and Halloween, along with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Black Christmas, were what helped inspire the slasher genre. Though it’s not like this is Halloween’s first forray in the gaming world, as back in 1983, Wizard Video, a home video distribution company, released Halloween for the Atari 2600 (in the same year, they also released The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). However, while the game features the title, the game itself doesn’t actually mention any character from the movie, even Myers himself. But hey, at least you could hear the main musical theme, now in Chiptune form.

But now we’ve got a game of the movie that’s coming out in the 21st-century! There’s a decent amount of information on what Halloween: The Game will offer. This new entry is developed by IllFonic and published by Gun Media, the same teams that developed and published Friday the 13th: The Game (can you see the trend?). The trailer debuted during the Future Games Show, and there’s already a Steam page for the game, too.

There will be some necessary differences between the gameplay elements of Halloween and Friday the 13th, especially since IllFonic is known for creating multiplayer games that feature supernatural elements. Halloween allows you to play in a single-player mode, and an offline bots mode too. Currently, it seems that the single-player mode allows players to experience the first film as Myers, rather than Strode or another resident of Haddonfield.

But, in turn, you can experience what it’s like to be the “Hero of Haddonfield” in the 1v4 asymmetrical multiplayer mode. While that might not be single-player, you could treat it like one with the use of the bots. It’s a big improvement from what Friday the 13th offers (particularly since it lost its dedicated servers many years ago), hopefully there is some variety asides from the movie and the killer.

Admittedly, I’m not a horror buff, this does pique my interest. Furthermore, getting to hear that killer theme song sure as hell is making me a tad excited. Considering that John Carpenter is an executive producer for the game, hopefully this will be a decent shot.