80 Level Halloween Showcase: Bring Your Nightmares to Life
Monsters, haunted places, and things that should never crawl out of the shadows – show us your darkest creations in our Halloween Showcase Competition! Together with our partners, we’re celebrating the spooky season with 15 winners and Steam keys for Forest of Deceit, Blood Reaver, and Moros Protocol.
How to Enter
Join the 80 Level Discord community and post your artwork in #showcase-halloween before submissions close.
Submit a creation inspired by Halloween, horror, nightmares, monsters, or fear.
You don’t need to create something specifically for this competition – an existing piece from your portfolio that fits the theme and that you’re especially proud of is welcome!
Include a short description and a link to your portfolio or project page.
Explore the other submissions and return on voting day to support your favorites!
Please Note
- All submissions must follow the Discord Rules.
- AI creations are not allowed.
- Participants may submit multiple entries, but only the most-supported entry will count in the competition poll.
How We’ll Choose the Winners
Community Choice – 10 winners
The community will vote for its favorite eligible entries with reactions and comments. The 10 artists whose entries receive the most votes will win the Community Choice spots.
80 Level Choice – 5 winners
The 80 Level team will select five additional artists from the remaining eligible participants, choosing the creations that catch our eye through their originality, atmosphere, and interpretation of the theme.
Once all 15 winners have been selected, we’ll randomly distribute the game keys among them and announce the results according to the schedule above.
Prizes
15 artists will each receive one Steam key for one of these games:
Game keys will be randomly distributed among the 15 selected winners. Whether you’re chosen by the community or the 80 Level team, you’ll receive one key from the same prize pool.
A cursed forest, a deadly storm, and friends you can no longer trust. In this social deduction game for 4-8 players, build a shelter and expose the traitors before the woods claim you all – perfect for a Halloween gathering full of suspicion.
Face demonic hordes with guns and forbidden magic in this dark fantasy FPS for 1-4 players. Gather your squad for a blood-soaked Halloween battle – the monsters are coming, and surviving the next wave is far from guaranteed.
Trapped aboard a decaying warship in deep space, you have only your weapons and a mysterious voice to guide you. This retro-inspired sci-fi FPS roguelite turns dark corridors and monstrous enemies into a Halloween nightmare with nowhere to hide.
Competition Schedule
Submission deadline: October 25, 2026, inclusive.
Community voting: October 27, 2026.
Winners announcement: October 30, 2026.
Bring out your monsters, open the doors to your haunted worlds, and show us what keeps your imagination awake at night. Let’s make this Halloween frighteningly creative!