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Jump Scare games on Steam

31 games carry the tag · 0 released in the last 12 months (vs 16 the year before) · median price $5.99

The verdict

Not enough estimated games in this niche for an honest verdict yet — a median under the coverage floor would be a lie with confidence. The counted facts below stand on their own.

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 1,691 stored reviews from 31 games.

Story & writing82% positive · 713 mentions · 30 games
Visuals & audio86% positive · 657 mentions · 31 games
Gameplay & mechanics78% positive · 474 mentions · 31 games
Price & value76% positive · 449 mentions · 31 games
Performance & stability60% positive · 303 mentions · 30 games
Content & longevity76% positive · 243 mentions · 30 games
Difficulty & balance80% positive · 136 mentions · 26 games
Controls & UI60% positive · 130 mentions · 27 games
Multiplayer & community89% positive · 90 mentions · 15 games

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 72% of the niche's 18,071 reviews; it takes 8 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Jump Scare games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 2023 5,330 Very Positive
DON'T SCREAM 2024 4,861 Mixed
PIT OF GOBLIN 2024 1,129 Very Positive
Fork Road 2024 976 Mostly Positive
Graveyard Shift 2023 765 Mostly Positive
Bite Night 2024 620 Overwhelmingly Positive
Pomberito 2024 454 Very Positive
NineHells 2024 413 Mixed
Buried 2023 411 Mostly Positive
The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game 2023 327 Very Positive

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Counts are measured (reviews, releases, prices); concentration is review-share, not an index; momentum is new-review pace between our own daily observations, computed across the segment's 400 most-reviewed games.