Halloween: The Game PC Requirements & Online Needs

Halloween: The Game asks for Windows 11 64-bit, 16 GB of RAM, DirectX 12, a broadband internet connection and 45 GB on an SSD or NVMe drive at the minimum tier. The recommended tier doubles the RAM to 32 GB and moves to an RTX 3000 or RX 7000 series card — and, unusually, it targets 4K at 30fps rather than a higher frame rate.

Here’s the full published spec set, the frame-rate oddity worth understanding before you buy, and what that “Broadband Internet connection” line does and doesn’t tell you about playing solo.

The published Steam requirements

These are the two tiers exactly as IllFonic lists them on Steam. Both tiers open with the same note: “Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.”

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 11 64-bit	Windows 11 64-bit
Processor	Intel LGA 1200+ / AMD AM4+	Intel LGA 1700+ / AMD AM5+
Memory	16 GB RAM	32 GB RAM
Graphics	GTX 1660+ / RX 590+ / Arc A770+ (1080p@30fps)	RTX 3000 series / RX 7000 series (4k@30fps)
DirectX	Version 12	Version 12
Network	Broadband Internet connection	Broadband Internet connection
Storage	45 GB available space	45 GB available space
Additional Notes	SSD/NVME Required	SSD/NVME Required

That is the complete published spec set as of August 25, 2026. There is no extended sheet — no 1440p tier, no 4K/60 tier, no ray-tracing or VRAM breakdown. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5, and specs have only been published on Steam; the Epic Games Store is the other PC storefront, but no separate spec sheet exists for it.

The 4K@30 oddity: there is no 60fps PC target

This is the part that trips people up. Conventionally a recommended tier means “the same resolution, but smooth” — 1080p60 where the minimum was 1080p30. Halloween: The Game does not do that. The minimum tier is annotated (1080p@30fps) and the recommended tier is annotated (4k@30fps). Both quote 30fps. The upgrade you’re buying with an RTX 3000-class card is four times the pixels at the same frame rate.

We’re recording this as published rather than trying to explain it away. IllFonic has published no 60fps PC target at any tier, and the phrasing on the store page is unambiguous about the 30fps figure appearing twice.

Two related things worth flagging:

• The only 60fps claim anywhere in first-party material is on Xbox. The Xbox Series X|S store listing carries a “60 fps+” capability badge alongside “4K Ultra HD” and “HDR10”. That badge sits next to PC specs that only ever quote 30fps. It’s a storefront capability tag, not a verified performance mode, and no first-party source reconciles it with the PC figures.
• Whether the PC targets assume upscaling is unconfirmed. There is no DLSS, FSR, XeSS or frame-generation mention at either tier, and no note saying the targets are native. Take “4K@30” at face value and nothing more.

If you were planning your build around a 1080p/60 assumption, don’t. Nothing published supports it.

Your CPU requirement is a socket, not a chip

The processor rows are the other thing that reads oddly: Intel LGA 1200+ / AMD AM4+ for minimum, Intel LGA 1700+ / AMD AM5+ for recommended. Those are motherboard socket families, not CPU models. IllFonic has named no specific processor at either tier.

That’s a platform-generation floor rather than a performance floor, and the gap inside it is enormous. An LGA 1200 Pentium and an LGA 1200 Core i9-11900K both technically satisfy “minimum.” Practically, treat the socket line as “your platform is recent enough” and not as any kind of performance guarantee — and don’t trust spec-comparison sites that fill in model numbers, because there are none to fill in.

Storage, OS and the SSD rule

45 GB at both tiers, and the drive has to be solid state. “SSD/NVME Required” appears in the Additional Notes at both minimum and recommended — this is a hard requirement, not a suggestion. A mechanical hard drive isn’t an option here.

Windows 11 64-bit is listed at both tiers, and Windows 10 does not appear anywhere in the requirements. IllFonic hasn’t published a statement excluding Windows 10 in so many words; it simply isn’t in the spec sheet.

For comparison, Xbox publishes an approximate console install size of 39,852,052,480 bytes — roughly 39.85 GB — for the base game. PlayStation lists no download size at all.

“Broadband Internet connection” — so can you play offline?

The broadband line appears in the specs themselves, at both tiers, which is what makes this worth asking about the PC version. Here’s the honest answer: IllFonic has not stated whether the game is playable fully offline, and you should not assume it is.

What is actually confirmed:

• A standalone single-player campaign exists. Steam’s own copy calls it “Singleplayer Slashing” and describes a standalone singleplayer story following the events of “The Night He Came Home” through Michael Myers’ eyes. Steam’s category list includes “Single-player” alongside the online tags, and Xbox’s capability list includes “Single player.”
• PlayStation’s listing points toward offline solo play working. The PS Store US listing carries “Online play optional” and a player count of 1, while also noting “PS Plus required for online play.” That’s suggestive, but it’s a storefront metadata field, not a design statement.
• No first-party source spells out whether the campaign needs a connection at launch. That remains an open question, and both PC tiers listing broadband is the reason it’s worth asking.

The bots question

You may have read that the multiplayer mode can be played offline against bots. This is a secondary report, not a confirmed feature. VGC reported from a Gamescom 2025 session that players who don’t like playing online will still be able to play the multiplayer mode with bots instead of humans, and JoBlo has listed “offline bot combat” among the game’s modes. VGC also flagged that whether leveling and progression work against bots is unclear.

Crucially: no page on halloweengame.com and no storefront listing mentions a bots mode. It came from a 2025 preview session and has never been stated first-party. If solo bot matches are the reason you’re buying, that’s a reason to wait for confirmation rather than pre-order on it.

For online play proper, the format is 1v4 asymmetrical — up to five players in a lobby, one as Michael Myers and up to four as Heroes of Haddonfield.

Still unpublished for PC

Question	Status
Steam Deck verification	Not published
Denuvo or any third-party DRM	Not published
Anti-cheat middleware	Not published
Preload date, time or size	Not published on any storefront
Whether spec targets assume upscaling	Not published
Server model, matchmaking, region locking	Not published
Cross-save / cross-progression	Not listed anywhere

Cross-play is confirmed from Microsoft’s side only — Xbox’s capability list includes “Xbox cross-platform multiplayer” and “Xbox cross-platform co-op” — but no first-party page states the full matrix, including whether Steam and Epic players pool together.

Steam’s own feature list for the PC version does confirm Steam Achievements, full controller support, DualShock and DualSense controller support, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing.

The game launches September 8, 2026 on Steam and the Epic Games Store, with Digital Deluxe buyers getting in four days early on September 4 at 9 AM PT.