Spooky Season Challenge
Your world, your characters, your wildest fantasies 😘.
Share your creations, connect with other fans, and win some Yams! Delicious.
- Submission dates
- Oct 28 – Nov 6
- Submissions close in
- --d --h --m --s
- Top prize
- 20,000 Yam
How it works
Create a game → Share it → Get players → Earn rewards → Get featured.
Create your game
Make a Halloween-inspired game on Yam. Spooky, romantic, chaotic, funny, dramatic, or completely unexpected.
Publish it
Publish on Yam and make sure players can open and play it.
Share it
Send your link to friends and followers, and post it on your social accounts and in fandom communities like Discord servers or Facebook groups.
Get players
Every person who plays your game during the challenge adds to its leaderboard score. Each player counts once.
Win prizes
The three games with the most unique players win prizes.
Rewards
Recognition, distribution and Yam.
🥇 Grand Prize
20,000 Yam
- 🎬 A custom promo video, and we push your game to a wider audience beyond your followers
- 🌟 Featured on homepage
🥈 Crowd Pleaser
10,000 Yam
- 📣 Dedicated social media spotlight
- 🌟 Featured on homepage
🥉 Rising Star
5,000 Yam
- 🌟 Featured on homepage
⭐ Staff Picks
For creativity, quality and how well they fit the Halloween theme.
1,000 Yam each
- 🌟 Featured on homepage
Need an idea?
Starting points, not requirements. Tap one to start a game with it.
You don't have to make a horror game. Romance, fantasy, comedy, chaos — we're here for all of it. Show off your creativity.
🕸️ Spooky & Supernatural
Your favorite character is secretly a ghost.You accidentally summon something you cannot control.A mysterious curse changes everything.You wake up in a world where nothing is quite right.🖤 Romance & Chaos
Your fictional crush has a dangerous secret.You're trapped in a haunted mansion with your favorite characters.A Halloween party turns into a disaster of romantic proportions.Your ex, your crush, and your worst enemy all show up at the same party.🔪 Horror & Survival
Everyone in the group is hiding something.You have one night to escape a cursed location.Every choice makes the situation worse.Someone in your party isn't who they claim to be.😈 Villains & Questionable Decisions
Become the villain in your own story.Make a deal with a character you absolutely should not trust.Explore what happens when the bad guy gets what they want.See how far you can go before everything falls apart.🤡 Unhinged & Unpredictable
The most chaotic Halloween party imaginable.A supernatural dating show where everyone is a walking red flag.A ridiculous horror-comedy adventure.Something so weird that players have to experience it for themselves.✨ Anything Goes
Have an idea that doesn't fit any of these? Perfect. We want to see it.
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FAQ
Who can join?
Which games count?
How are winners picked?
- Player engagement: We rank games by how many unique players start playing them between Oct 28 and Nov 8. Each player counts once, and every player counts equally. The game with the most unique players ranks first.
- Staff Picks: The Yam team will also choose 3 games based on our own criteria, including creativity, quality and how well they fit the Halloween theme.
- You can enter as many games as you like, but each creator can win only one prize.