I set $5 as an arbitrary maximum price while browsing GOG's Halloween Sale, and the number of good games I got genuinely surprised me

FEAR — (Image credit: Monolith Productions)

The spooky season is upon us, and that means it's time for Halloween sales. Steam is the big one, of course, but GOG kicked off its own Halloween sale today, and I'm here to inform you that there are some very sweet—candy-like, you might say—deals to be found.

As something of a destination for older and more obscure games, a lot of the games on GOG are priced pretty low to start with. So what I like to do when the sales come along is mash its price-range slider way down to see what I can get for, say, under five bucks. And it's actually quite a lot.

The wonderfully demented Edna and Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes is down to less than $2
The unparalleled FPS FEAR: Platinum is $1
The original Frostpunk is down to just $3
The outstanding narrative puzzler Her Story is $1
The Portal-meets Lovecraft puzzler Magrunner: Dark Pulse (which I quite liked) is $2
The woefully underrated space sim Long Journey Home is $1
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut is $3
Far: Lone Sails is $2
A bunch of Batman: Arkham games are less than a fiver
Hob (so good) is $3

The list goes on.

Not all of these games are Halloween themed, strictly speaking, but they do share the common characteristic of being really good games for really cheap prices. As always, it's worth checking around (or using a site like isthereanydeal.com) to ensure you're getting the best deal, but some of these prices you're really not going to beat anywhere else.

GOG's Halloween Sale is live now and runs until November 4.

Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.