Halloween: The Game Reviews: Steam 64%, Metacritic 75
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam summary | Mixed |
| Total Steam reviews | 2054 |
| Positive | 1314 |
| Negative | 740 |
| Positive share | 64% |
| Metacritic critic score | 75 (8 reviews) |
| Snapshot taken | 2026-09-05 |
Counters read:
What players praise
- Variety. The most upvoted positive thread ('the honest truth') argues it beats Dead by Daylight and Texas Chainsaw on options: perk rolls, arming NPCs, blinding and subduing Michael, or just running him in circles.
- Story mode as a tutorial. GameSpot's launch-week tips piece and several Steam posts treat the campaign as the way to learn Michael before going online.
- The NPC town. Previews single out convincing residents, calling police and the escalating police presence as what separates it from the genre.
What players criticise
- Performance. 'Please optimize this game for performance' and a 10-reply FPS-fix thread lead the complaints; the workaround is running at desktop 1080p.
- Crossplay. Two threads on day one report PC and PS5 friends unable to stay in one lobby.
- Keybinds. Two threads assume rebinding is impossible; it requires switching to a Custom profile first.
- Match flow. Complaints that matches continue after all players die, that NPC AI is weak, and that respawning armed officers make late matches lopsided.
- Comparisons. A share of negative reviews call it a Dead by Daylight or Friday the 13th reskin; the 'honest truth' thread argues those players are playing it like DbD.
How to read this page
This page reports other people's numbers. We do not score games ourselves. The Steam counter above is from the first 24 hours of paid Early Access, before the day-one patch, and will move; the date is printed so you can judge how stale it is.
The fixes behind the performance complaints are on system requirements; the crossplay threads are summarised on the crossplay page.
Review questions
Is Halloween: The Game worth it?
We do not score it. The split on day one: 64% of 2,054 Steam reviews positive and a Metacritic 75 from 8 critics. Players praising it cite the NPC town and the story mode; players panning it cite performance, the crossplay lobby bug and expecting Dead by Daylight’s loop.
What is the Metacritic score for Halloween: The Game?
75 from 8 critic reviews when read on September 5, 2026, before the full launch. The count will grow after September 8.
Is Halloween: The Game like Dead by Daylight?
Both are 1v4. Halloween adds a town of NPC residents to convince and evacuate, escalating police, and a killer who cannot die but can be detained. Several negative Steam reviews call it a DbD reskin; the most upvoted positive thread argues those players are playing it like DbD.
Steam review summary API for app 3219630 and the Metacritic game page, both read 2026-09-05, one day into Early Access.