About This Game

• Take The Shape of Evil: Target, stalk, and terrorize the residents of Haddonfield as the iconic Michael Myers.
  
  

• Become a Hero of Haddonfield: Arm yourself with weapons and everyday household items to fend off the impending evil, alert the authorities, and rescue the innocent families of Haddonfield.
  
  

• Experience the Ultimate Horror Sandbox: An expansive array of dynamic map features, distinct gameplay systems, life-like NPC interactions, and player abilities elevates the horror sandbox like never before.
  
  

• Singleplayer Slashing: Immerse yourself in the haunting narrative events of "The Night He Came Home" through the eyes of Michael Myers in a standalone singleplayer story.
  
  

• Elevated Asymmetrical Multiplayer: Cooperate with up to four players as the Heroes of Haddonfield and face off against the one and only Michael Myers in unpredictable multiplayer matches unfolding within a living, breathing game world.
  
  

It’s Halloween night, 1978, the unsuspecting families of the quiet suburban town of Haddonfield are making holiday preparations, and evil has made its way home. Take The Shape of Evil as Michael Myers or save your neighbors as a Hero of Haddonfield in Halloween, the ultimate asymmetrical horror sandbox. 

As Michael, players wear the mask, become the Boogeyman, and stalk innocent residents with relentless obsession. Utilizing a nightmarish array of abilities, Michael leverages shadows and stealth to satisfy his bloodthirst. This doesn’t mean Haddonfield is going down without a fight. Frightened townsfolk will call the local authorities and even fight back when threatened, incentivizing Michael to avoid detection. And for the first time ever, fans of the transformative original film will have the option to witness the haunting narrative events surrounding "The Night He Came Home" through the eyes of Michael Myers in a standalone singleplayer story mode.

As a Hero of Haddonfield, it’s your job to alert the residents of Haddonfield to the impending evil and help them escape before falling victim to Michael’s unyielding pursuit. In dynamic and ever-changing 1v4 asymmetrical multiplayer matches, hero players must arm themselves with everyday household items, weapons, and knowledge to combat an unpredictable and unkillable enemy. Convincing townsfolk and contacting the police will lead to increasingly powerful and thorough neighborhood patrols. To even the odds, you can command and equip NPCs with weapons to outsmart or even overpower The Shape, providing precious windows for escape.

This immersive horror sandbox is powered by Unreal Engine 5 to deliver engaging and dynamic gameplay systems, life-like NPCs, hauntingly realistic visuals, cinema-quality lighting, and endless scares for you and your friends. Asymmetrical horror comes home in Halloween.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This is a horror-action game, based on the Halloween movies/franchise, in which players can assume the role of killer-protagonist Michael Myers (single-player mode) or play as Michael or civilians/victims (multiplayer mode). From a third-person perspective, players stalk and kill adult victims, using knives, axes, pitchforks, and environmental objects for more elaborate executions. Victims are slashed, stabbed, or hacked repeatedly, with executions resulting in more intense instances of violence: a character pushed into a table saw; a victim's head held in a fireplace over burning logs; a character's head smashed repeatedly by a refrigerator door. Combat/kills are highlighted by screams of pain, blood-splatter effects, and occasional gore (i.e., decapitation). Some female characters are depicted with exposed breasts, including a sequence in which a topless woman is viewed for a prolonged period. In one mini-game, players' character can hide inside a bedroom with another player—heavy breathing and moaning can be heard, as the screen depicts meters with hearts filling up. During the course of the game, players' character can smoke marijuana cigarettes, resulting in screen-distortion effects. The word “f**k” appears in the game.