Is Halloween on Steam?

No. Halloween is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Halloween on?

Halloween is available on Atari 2600.

When did Halloween release?

Halloween was first released on October 1, 1983.

Halloween

Oct 1, 1983ArcadeAtari 2600

Halloween — frequently asked questions

Is Halloween on Steam?: No. Halloween is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Halloween on?: Halloween is available on Atari 2600.
When did Halloween release?: Halloween was first released on October 1, 1983.

About Halloween

A homicidal maniac has escaped from a mental institution. On Halloween night, the killer returns to his home town to wreak havoc! You are babysitting for a family in a large, two story house. Somehow the vengeful murderer has gotten inside! Can you protect the children and yourself from the fury of his knife?

Summary via IGDB.

Halloween on Wikipedia

Halloween is a horror video game for the Atari 2600, released in October 1983 by Wizard Video. It is based on the 1978 horror film of the same name. The game was programmed by Tim Martin. When Games by Apollo went bankrupt, Martin and another former employee, Robert Barber, developed Halloween.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600
Developer: MicroGraphicImage
Publisher: Wizard Video Games
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Horror
Series: Halloween

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

49/100

from 5 ratings

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

$512

Complete

$2,096

Sealed

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Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Wizard Video	Standard	007	Very Rare
North America Wizard Video	No Label	007	Very Rare+

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA
Released: 1983
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1
Authenticity: High

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereHigh counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Wizard Video's movie tie-in, where a hand-written label can be more genuine than a printed one.

Tim Martin programmed Halloween with fellow ex-Apollo employee Robert Barber after Games by Apollo went bankrupt, and Wizard Video released it in 1983. It uses the 1978 film's poster as cover art and its main music theme, but the game never names any of the film's characters, including the killer.

Wizard reportedly liquidated leftover stock, some of it with no label or with HALLOWEEN written on a sticker by hand. That history makes it one of the stranger authentication problems on the platform.

What the press said at the time

Electronic Fun with Computers & Games Vol. 2 No. 1

November 1983

3 joysticks

“Wizard's Halloween is that rarest of video games licensed from another medium: It not only offers exciting gameplay, it's remarkably faithful to the spirit of the 1978 film”
— Electronic Fun with Computers & Games, November 1983

Electronic Fun rated games out of four joysticks.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Worth knowing

The film's theme music. Electronic Fun's November 1983 review noted "the movie's eerie theme music (which, by the way, has been perfectly reproduced for the game)".

Before you buy

High risk. Reproductions circulate, which is why RFGeneration published a 2013 authentication guide to Wizard Video carts. Genuine copies can be unlabeled or hand-labeled, so the sticker proves little either way. Check the shell and board instead: genuine Wizard carts have grip areas near the end label and no internal dust flap, and the board should be the off-white Apollo AP200. Reject glossy labels, which genuine Wizard labels were not, and any label with a Hozer logo or a torn bottom-right corner. AtariAge rates the two variants 7 and 8.