10 Best Halloween-Themed Levels In Video Games

Halloween levels can provide an exciting change in atmosphere in otherwise non-scary video games. With a ton of eerie elements to draw from, these levels are often filled with spooky surprises and lots of creativity. While they may not scare anyone's socks off like a horror game, they delight players with interesting designs and creepy atmospheres.

These levels are filled with haunted mansions, zombie apocalypses, and macabre monsters that scream Halloween. Whether they're scary as heck or innocent fun, with plenty of tricks and a few treats, they're sure to bubble up some good old-fashioned Halloween spirit.

10 Nina's Nightmare Is Like A Terrifying Amusement Park

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Crash Team Racing Nina's Nightmare track overview with haunted mansion

The attention to detail throughout Nina's Nightmare makes it feel like the player is racing through the Halloween section of an amusement park. Dilapidated windmills, trees with gnarled branches arching over the track, and the giant moon in the sky shining through dark clouds help create the spooky aesthetic.

Racers weave their way through fields of tombstones and past the intimidating Pumpkin Lord with its giant stomping legs. There's also a haunted mansion filled with eerie portraits, including one that parodies The Addams Family.

9 Mad Monster Mansion Is A Fiendishly Fun Frightfest

Banjo Kazooie

Mad Monster Mansion is chock-full of sights and sounds to chill the spine, among which is a giant hand playing a foreboding melody on an organ. A ghostly cellar, a talking toilet, and a ouija board are just some of the other petrifying things to be found in the level.

Aside from the interior, there's an abundance of fun stuff outside, including a hedge maze, a well, and a haunted church. In exchange for 20 Mumbo Tokens, Banjo can even transform into a pumpkin to access different areas of the level.

8 Halloween Without Teachers Lets The Kids Loose

Bully

What makes this mission so fun is that there are no authority figures around, allowing the player to do whatever they want. They can get in fights, play pranks, and there are lots of large pumpkins to find and destroy, which is hugely satisfying.

The kids get dressed up as pink bunny rabbits and astronauts, among other things, and protagonist Jimmy Hopkins dons a skeleton costume. The school also gets all dressed up for the spooky season with crafted skeletons and ghosts lining the hallways.

7 The Mills Reverie Adds A Demonic Dimension

Hitman 2

The concept for this level is interesting and terrifying in equal measure. It takes place within ex-mercenary Orson Mills' nightmare. The player wakes up at the beach, on a bed with human skulls at the foot of it, wearing a pumpkin on his head and a trenchcoat.

The barren landscape is populated by dead trees, patches of long grass, and tombstones. The nightmarish setting, sacrificing enemies in satanic rituals, and being able to throw mini pumpkins at the guards add a cool twist to the game.

6 Halloween Town Is An Eccentric Journey Into Night

Kingdom Hearts

Halloween Town is a world that appears throughout the Kingdom Hearts series. The aesthetics are beautifully dark, with the world managing to capture the eccentric gloominess of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Characters from the movie show up and move the story along, and players can even have Jack Skellington as a party member.

Goofy, Donald, and Sora get ghastly makeovers, too, which adds to the charm. In Kingdom Hearts II, players even get to go to Christmas Town as part of the world.

5 Creepy Castle Is A Macabre Mansion Of Madness

Donkey Kong 64

Creepy Castle from Donkey Kong 64 certainly lives up to its name. The raging storm, together with the somber music, creates an unnerving atmosphere that's a world away from chomping on bananas in the jungle.

This enormous floating castle has a library, mad museum, and haunted ballroom to explore and is filled with bloodcurdling enemies like bats, Ghost Books, and skeletal Kritters. There's also a mine cart ride hidden in the catacombs where Donkey has to avoid the attacks of the Resident Demon.

4 Halloween Is The Treat That Keeps On Giving

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The great thing about Halloween in Animal Crossing is that it lasts a whole month. Players can set about decorating their house and island with jack-o'lanterns, tombstones, and whatever other hair-raising artifacts they can find.

They can also dress up their characters in whatever terrifying costume they want. Other things to do include growing pumpkins, buying Halloween candy, and finding Wisp's spirit pieces. And on Halloween night, there's Jack's Halloween Event, where players play Trick or Treat with other villagers and can get lots of spooky items.

3 Pumpkin Hill Puts A Different Spin On Halloween Levels

Sonic Adventure 2

Pumpkin Hill offers an eclectic take on Halloween, not least because of its hip-hop background music. The twilit sky creates an ominous, almost apocalyptic atmosphere, while the pumpkin mountains in the background provide a chilling backdrop.

The level is replete with Boos that appear out of nowhere, surprising the player. There are also trees with multiple faces and dancing tombstones, as well as a ghost train. Lots of different elements come together here to put a different spin on the Halloween level.

2 Big Boo's Haunt Is Filled With Terrifying Tricks

Super Mario 64

Big Boo's Haunt in Super Mario 64 is found within a small cage that Mario has to shrink down to enter. Set among a dark forest and howling wind, the level marks an ominous departure from the lighthearted tone of the rest of the game.

The piano that comes alive and starts chomping at Mario has to be one of the scariest parts of the level. There are plenty of other terrifying tricks besides, including giant eyeballs, flying chairs, and of course, Big Boo himself.

1 Level 7 Turns Springfield Into A Zombie-Infested Nightmare

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

The Simpsons hit and run level 7 Homer driving with bones behind car

The Treehouse of Horror Simpsons episodes are some of the best, and this level is based on them. Aliens have invaded, and Buzz Cola is in the water supply, turning Springfield into a zombie apocalypse town. Homer has to deliver as much nuclear waste as possible to the UFO as it's the aliens' weakness.

The music has an eerie vibe and Homer can drive the zombie car or a hearse. Krusty Burger transforms into Zombie Burger, and the Kwik-E-Mart is the Spook-E-Mart, and all manner of tombstones and jack-o'lanterns litter the map.

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