Halloween: The Game Best PC Settings for FPS

Update Halloween: The Game before tuning it. Patch 1.1.0 adds PC shader precompilation at startup, so let that preparation finish before judging gameplay. Then start with ray tracing and frame generation off, work down from Medium where you need more headroom, and protect the dark-scene detail that helps you spot movement.

A faster preset is only useful if you can still read dark corners and react cleanly. Keep Texture Quality where it is unless memory use, texture pop-in or texture hitching gives you a reason to lower it. On an RTX GPU, DLSS Quality is worth comparing with a native-resolution reference once you have a stable baseline.

Updated October 8, 2026: Patch 1.1.0 is the latest official update listed when this guide was checked. Its announced changes are current; the settings table below carries forward the launch-menu starting point. It is not a newly measured 1.1.0 preset.

Let the new shader preparation finish first

Patch 1.1.0, released October 6, says shaders now precompile at PC startup. Give that work time to finish before comparing routes or changing graphics settings. A busy startup and a hitch during an otherwise settled match are different problems, and mixing them into one FPS result makes the next change harder to choose.

The developer also reports improved DLSS, FSR and XeSS performance, improved CPU and GPU performance across maps, and added DLSS-G support. Those changes make an old tuning result worth revisiting. They don’t establish how much faster your PC will run, or promise that every hitch is gone.

Apply settings changes and follow any Restart Required! message. That prompt was added in 1.1.0 for settings that need a restart; the notes do not identify a complete list. Restart when asked before deciding a change did nothing.

Best Halloween: The Game settings to start with

Start with Ray Tracing and frame generation off. Put Global Illumination Quality, Reflection Quality, Shadow Quality, Effects Quality, Foliage Quality and Post-Process Quality at Medium. If gameplay is still too slow, try Low on one of those settings and judge both the picture and performance before moving to another.

Medium gives you somewhere sensible to begin without stripping the whole scene down at once. Treat the table as a shortlist: ray tracing is optional image quality, textures need a memory-related reason to change, and lighting deserves attention because this is a game played in dark streets and interiors.

Choose clarity or responsiveness before chasing a bigger counter

For multiplayer response, establish how the game feels with frame generation off. For a sharper balanced image, keep native output resolution and compare the available upscaler against that reference. Quality mode is the DLSS starting recommendation carried forward from the launch guide; check thin objects and moving edges before choosing a more aggressive mode.

Rendered FPS counts the frames the game actually renders. Presented FPS can also include generated frames. DLSS-G support in the new patch gives you another option to investigate, but a larger presented number does not by itself show fresher input or lower latency. Get the underlying gameplay to a point you’re happy with, then decide whether generated frames improve the experience.

Keep Haddonfield readable

Turning everything to Low can change the lighting, foliage and post-processing that shape a dark scene. The cheapest-looking picture is a poor bargain if it makes movement harder for you to read. Check the same shadowed corner and outdoor sightline when you lower a setting; keep the change only if the resulting image still works for you.

Gamma belongs to that visibility decision. Set it so shadow detail is clear on your display. Motion Blur: Off is a useful preference for clearer movement. Neither recommendation here comes with a measured FPS gain.

Textures deserve a separate decision. A consistently low frame rate alone isn’t a reason to lower every texture. Pop-in or hitches while textures load, together with memory pressure, make Texture Quality a more useful candidate. There is no fixed VRAM threshold in this guide that guarantees a particular texture setting.

Make one comparison you can trust

After startup preparation, use the same route for each comparison. Repeat your movement and camera turns, keep resolution fixed, and match weather and NPC activity as closely as the game allows. Do one warm-up run, then compare three runs with one setting changed. Look at average FPS, uneven frame delivery, image quality and input response; keep a change that helps repeatedly.

Frame pacing describes how evenly frames arrive. It explains why a steadier result can be preferable to a higher average with obvious hitches. If your frame rate wanders, compare Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited with a cap your PC can hold during the route. A sustainable cap may help pacing; a cap above the performance you can sustain cannot make the missing frames appear.

Keep frame generation off for that baseline. If you compare it later, separate rendered and presented FPS in your notes. Otherwise you can mistake a higher output counter for an improvement in the work the game itself is rendering.

Fix the symptom that remains

Once preparation is complete, the pattern of the problem matters more than another wholesale preset swap.

• Consistently low FPS: try the Medium-to-Low shortlist above. A lower internal resolution or an available upscaler is worth comparing if rendering load is the limit; it will not solve every CPU limit or intermittent hitch.
• Hitches after startup preparation: look for the trigger along a repeatable route. Note new areas, texture loading, weather and NPC activity. Our PC game stuttering guide helps with checks beyond this game’s menu.
• Texture pop-in or loading hitches: compare a lower texture setting and watch GPU memory use. Keep the other settings steady so the result answers the texture question.
• Crashes: install current updates first. Patch 1.1.0 lists fixes for certain AMD-hardware crashes, Story Mode crashes and execution crashes. A remaining crash needs its own report; lowering shadows is not an established cure.
• Multiplayer connection trouble: distinguish an interrupted connection from uneven local frame delivery. A graphics preset cannot repair a lost connection.

If crashes persist, send the build, PC specifications, driver version and what happened before the crash to official Halloween support (opens in a new tab). Those details give support something concrete to investigate.

Halloween: The Game PC system requirements

The official CPU entries specify platform generations rather than individual processor models. Both tiers call for Windows 11 64-bit, DirectX 12, broadband internet and 45 GB of SSD/NVMe storage.

The listings do not disclose the preset, render scale, upscaler, frame-generation mode or ray-tracing state used for their 1080p/30-FPS and 4K/30-FPS targets. Treat them as publisher targets with unspecified rendering conditions. The socket wording also doesn’t identify every individual processor that meets the target.

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