Halloween Forever

Halloween Forever

Released Oct 2016

Something mysterious is happening in the pumpkin patch this Halloween! You control Pumpkin Man, a humanoid pumpkin thing animated by occult forces on a quest to discover why things are so creepy. And you vomit candy corn.

91% positive · 181 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

Halloween Forever launched out of Early Access on October 25, 2016 and has received a steady stream of updates since then. Over its post-launch life, the developer shipped several rounds of new playable characters — including a holiday Santa Pumpkin update in December 2016, three additional characters in September 2018, and a free DLC update in October 2020 that added four more characters (Ms. Succubus plus three guest characters from other indie games) alongside full localization into nine languages. The most recent developer communication was a bug fix on February 15, 2021 that resolved a crash affecting the 2020 characters when playing in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Since that post, there have been no further announcements, content drops, or developer communications. The store description does not reference any planned content, and no unreleased DLC is listed. The 2020 free DLC was presented as a celebratory Halloween release rather than the start of an ongoing content roadmap, and the 2021 bug fix was purely maintenance. With no outstanding commitments, no announced future content, and a last developer communication on February 15, 2021 — now well over four years ago — the game appears to have concluded its post-launch support. The final substantive content arrived with the October 2020 free DLC, and the February 2021 patch resolved the remaining known issues from that release.
Evidence
Free DLC update added four new playable characters and nine new language localizations. Framed as a Halloween celebration gift, not the start of a content roadmap.
news post · Oct 19, 2020 source content shipped
high
Final developer communication: a bug fix resolving a crash with the new characters in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. No future content mentioned.
news post · Feb 15, 2021 source ambiguous
medium

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Details

Publisher
Poppy Works
Achievements
38
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Something mysterious is happening in the pumpkin patch this Halloween! You control Pumpkin Man, a humanoid pumpkin thing animated by occult forces on a quest to discover why things are so creepy. And you vomit candy corn.

Adventure through three weird, spooky worlds in search of your destiny. Meet chainsaw maniacs, undead sorcerers, spooky bats, and lots of skeletons on your way. Can you survive the horrors that await you within these spooky tombs?

I'm building Halloween Forever in Gamemaker. All artwork and animations were created using Photoshop. Halloween Forever supports play using both keyboard and controllers via XINPUT/Steam's controller settings.

Thanks again for checking out my game. I love Halloween and wish it could never end. Happy Halloween Forever!
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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