Characters

Last verified: Sep 18, 2026 · Launch edition

Halloween: The Game launches with one killer and ten playable Heroes of Haddonfield — plus two more civilians locked to the Digital Deluxe Edition. This characters list covers every confirmed fighter on both sides of the 1v4: Michael Myers, the four reimagined legacy characters from the 1978 film, and the six new Haddonfield residents IllFonic created for the game.

CONFIRMED ROSTER AT LAUNCH

Officially: the Standard Edition features 10 playable Civilians (Jennifer, Tanya, Rachel, Eric, Marcus, Thomas, Bob, Lynda, Annie and Laurie), and the Deluxe Edition adds Richard and Alexis. All 12 civilians carry the same four stats — Athleticism, Personality, Resourcefulness and Capability — with unique values and signature traits per character.

LAUNCH STATS & TRAIT VALUES

All 12 launch civilians cover several clear roles. Stats below are listed as Capability / Athleticism / Personality / Resourcefulness; the final column highlights either measurable trait effects or the clearest role indicated by the stat spread.

THE LEGACY CHARACTERS

Bob Simms, Annie Brackett, Lynda van der Klok and Laurie Strode are reimagined from the original film "in close collaboration with Malek Akkad and Compass International Pictures," according to IllFonic. They appear interactively in singleplayer story sequences inspired by iconic film scenes, and are fully playable in multiplayer with their own outfits and challenge unlocks.

Art Director Cole Gray on the approach: "We aren't just adapting a widely adored movie; we're building an entire world around it… Reimagining these characters from the ground up allowed us to seamlessly weave them into a fresh, cohesive landscape that respects the era while presenting new ideas."

Completing singleplayer challenges unlocks alternate costumes and cosmetics for them — including "some iconic looks fans of the original film will greatly appreciate." The Deluxe Edition also grants Advance Access to the "Final Girl" Laurie Strode cosmetic.

THE NEW HADDONFIELD CAST

IllFonic built six original residents to fill out the survivor roster. Their official profiles, summarized from the "Heroes of Haddonfield" blog series:

Thomas Armitage

At 21, the star college football player still comes home every weekend to see his little sister, visit friends and help at his dad's furniture business. Officially a "courageous leader on and off the football field" — a natural fit for the Personality stat and for organizing rescues.

Jennifer Aarons

Quiet, kind and "demonstrably type A," Jennifer is spending gap years at the local bookstore to save for college — with a recent detour into Haddonfield's nightlife eroding that fastidious shell. The planner archetype: knows the exits before anyone else asks.

Tanya Harrison

The record store's "Music Matchmaker" and the center of the town's social scene. She turned down a job at Strode Realty to stay behind the counter — underneath the bubbly exterior is a charming, dark sense of humor.

Rachel Calahan

Studying funeral service education to become a mortician in the family business, Rachel is fascinated by death and the unknown, loves punk music and sarcasm, and keeps a small circle from the occult section of the bookstore. She may prefer the dead's company — useful on Halloween night.

Marcus Navarro

Born and raised in Haddonfield, Marcus spent years away with his father after his parents' divorce and came back a brooding lone wolf on a motorcycle. He rides over to the Rabbit in Red Lounge to shoot pool with the Castle Hill Rooks — but he'll protect the people he cares about, like his grandmother Gloria.

Eric

The sixth new civilian is confirmed on the official launch roster but IllFonic hasn't published his profile yet. We'll add his full breakdown here as soon as official material lands.

HOW TO UNLOCK CHARACTER COSMETICS

Cosmetics are the long game in Halloween: The Game. Every civilian has outfit, hair/headwear, eyewear and makeup or blemish slots, and each piece unlocks a different way — some by simply playing the character, others through that hero's Progressive Challenge Collection, singleplayer Chapter Challenges, Passive Challenge tiers or Prestige levels. The map below reflects the launch build; where the live game differs, trust the in-game challenge screen.

Outfits

Everyone starts with Outfit 1. Outfit 2 is always tied to the character's own Progressive Challenge Collection, while Outfit 3 usually comes from a story-mode chapter challenge — except the newer civilians, whose collections carry both.

Hair, eyewear, makeup & blemishes

The remaining slots follow a repeating pattern rather than a fixed list, so it helps to know which system feeds which slot:

• Hair and headwear: Hair 1 is free; Hair 2 comes from a Progressive Challenge Collection entry; Hair 3 from a Chapter Challenge (or a character's own level track for the newest heroes).
• Eyewear: spread across Profile Level thresholds (for example Eric opens a pair at Profile Level 4, Marcus at 10, Tanya at 20), Passive Challenge tiers, Progressive Challenge entries and a Prestige Level 5 capstone.
• Makeup and blemishes: unlocked through Profile Level thresholds, Passive Challenge tiers, Progressive Challenge entries, a character Level 10 milestone and a Prestige Level 4 capstone.

In practice this means every civilian's wardrobe is fed by the same four systems: play the character, clear its Progressive Challenge Collection, finish story-mode chapters and their challenges, and climb Profile and Prestige levels. Michael's own skins are covered in the Michael Myers section below and the killer guide.

Progressive Challenges under review

Because Outfit 2 for every hero — and a good share of their hair, eyewear and makeup slots — sits behind that character's Progressive Challenge Collection, a challenge that will not track is a cosmetic that will not arrive. The developers' week-one status post confirms most post-launch tracking problems are resolved, but four named Progressive Challenges are still being investigated for unclear instructions or inaccurate progress:

The same post names the wording problem behind a lot of the reports: weapon Progressive Challenges do not always state that the matching weapon has to be equipped for progress to count. If a challenge looks stuck, re-read its requirement with that in mind before assuming it is broken. The developers also confirm they are evaluating the quantities some Progressive Challenges ask for — so a long grind is more likely to get shorter than harder.

MICHAEL MYERS

The killer side of the roster is Michael Myers — the Shape, the Boogeyman. He brings the full kit covered in the killer guide: Killer Sense and Shape Jump as starting traits, three ability slots (Reality Tear, Blackout, Detection Pulse and more), starting weapons with tints, and executions. His customization is extensive: Killer Skins and Tints, including the pre-order Phantom skin, Deluxe's Inmate skin, the physical edition's Samhain skin and Clown skin, and a legendary look for clearing every singleplayer challenge.

His movement was brought to life with the original 1978 Shape, Nick Castle, back in mo-cap alongside stuntman TJ Storm, with John Carpenter attached to the project as original director.

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