Jump Scare games on Steam
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Steam tag · 450 games · 65 released in the last 12 months · median 80% positive across 144 games with 10+ reviews · 175,195 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
0.24% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (65 games), 0.29% the 12 before (55). By year: 2014: 0.35%, 2015: 0.21%, 2016: 0.1%, 2017: 0.09%, 2018: 0.04%, 2019: 0.05%, 2020: 0.02%, 2021: 0.01%, 2022: 0.11%, 2023: 0.2%, 2024: 0.3%, 2025: 0.28%, 2026: 0.22%.
Most reviewed Jump Scare games
- Five Nights at Freddy's · 2014
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 · 2014
- Five Nights at Freddy's 4 · 2015
- F.E.A.R. · 2010
- Five Nights at Freddy's 3 · 2015
- Slender: The Arrival · 2013
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin · 2009
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 · 2023
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER · 2025
- We Escaped a Twisted Game · 2025
- Wasteland Bites · 2026
- Angel Engine · 2026
- Witchblood · 2026
- Aooni2 · 2026
- GUTTED: Infested Crypts · 2026
- Five Nights In Saransk · 2025
Often paired with
Horror, First-Person, Psychological Horror, Atmospheric, Adventure, Dark, 3D, Survival Horror, Exploration, Mystery