The Jump Scare Zone

Horror games using sudden shocks, loud stings, and surprise appearances.

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The Wheelchair Man - Steal $5,000 from an abandoned apartment complex while avoiding a demented man.

Jun 7, 2026

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Wasteland Bites - Wasteland Bites is a horror-based food truck sim. Cooking up questionable cuisine in your post-apocalyptic food truck is tough. Fending off mutants, UFOs, rabid dogs, and things lurking in the dark? That's the real challenge. A chaotic mix of cooking and survival in a long gone world.

Apr 3, 2026

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Horror · Cooking · Simulation · Time Management · Post-apocalyptic · Jump Scare · Point & Click · Survival Horror · First-Person · Resource Management · Psychological Horror · Adventure · 2.5D · Shop Keeper · Dark Comedy

$9.99 -25% $7.49 on Steam More Detail

Angel Engine - Cage an angel. Ransack Heaven. In a far-flung dystopian future, the Angel Engine Initiative carries on as the last hope for humanity. Seal yourself in your operating room, perform surgery on comatose test subjects, and pray you make it out alive.

Mar 6, 2026

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Survival Horror · Resource Management · Time Management · Quick-Time Events · Psychological Horror · Puzzle · Horror · Difficult · First-Person · Simulation · Medical Sim · Story Rich · 3D · Point & Click · Jump Scare

$7.99 on Steam More Detail

Greed Stays Home - A horror walking sim that emphasizes atmosphere, tension, fear, and immersive storytelling, all heightened by well-timed jump scares. The game takes place in a village frozen in time, stuck somewhere in the mid-20th century.

Jan 23, 2025

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Horror · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric · Story Rich · Dark · Supernatural · Mystery · Realistic · First-Person · Linear · Historical · Dark Fantasy · Jump Scare · 3D

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

CROWDED. FOLLOWED. - You have the briefcase. Now it's after you. It's not going to stop. Be careful—it may take the form of someone else. A short horror game by NIGHT DIAL.

Oct 24, 2024

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Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror · Supernatural · Thriller · First-Person · Jump Scare · Retro · Singleplayer · Adventure · Short · Pixel Graphics · Stylized · Resource Management · Exploration

$5.99 on Steam More Detail

Rodland of Pipes - Crawl through pipes, navigate the maze, listen carefully and get out before Rodland finds you.

Aug 7, 2024

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Horror · Point & Click · Underground · Surreal · Hand-drawn · Difficult · Supernatural · Atmospheric · Survival Horror · First-Person · Exploration · Singleplayer · Action-Adventure · 3D · Action

$8.99 on Steam More Detail

Befriended Curse - Witches, curses, and fairy tales meet horror in this classic walking sim with an eerie atmosphere and well-paced jumpscares.

Jul 30, 2024

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Horror · Supernatural · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator · First-Person · Dark Fantasy · Dark · Thriller · Jump Scare · Exploration · Realistic · Mystery · Simulation · 3D

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

Pomberito - Survive 5 nights in the heart of northeastern Argentina as a local farmer and reveal the truth behind the haunting tales of the Pombero in a world where folklore meets terror.

Jun 24, 2024

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Horror · Singleplayer · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person · Multiple Endings · Atmospheric · Jump Scare · Mystery · Simulation · Action-Adventure · 3D · Minimalist · Thriller · Dark

$5.99 on Steam More Detail

Fork Road - Fork Road is a first-person immersive atmospheric game with new gameplay , Be prepared to face fears you've never faced before

Jun 11, 2024

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Indie · Horror · Jump Scare · Walking Simulator · Singleplayer · First-Person · Survival Horror · Zombies · Puzzle · Adventure · Psychological · Atmospheric · Exploration · Immersive Sim · Casual

$3.99 on Steam More Detail

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Night Bus - Night Bus is a thrilling public transit simulator that costs less than a bus ticket! It's your first night on the job: Pick up passengers, take their fares, enjoy the beautiful countryside, and please ignore That Which Has No Eyes.

Apr 8, 2024

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Horror · Indie · Driving · Thriller · Psychological Horror · Multiple Endings · Retro · Jump Scare · Dark · Singleplayer · 1990's · Atmospheric · Interactive Fiction · Stylized · First-Person

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

Wick - Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.

Dec 17, 2015

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Horror · Indie · Adventure · Action · Survival Horror · First-Person · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Multiplayer · Survival · Singleplayer · Jump Scare

$5.99 on Steam More Detail

The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game - The Voidness is a SCI-FI psychological horror game where it takes place inside the void where it's filled with just gloom - the only way to see is by scanning the environment with your range finder device, however you are not alone. Don't breathe ... as they are listening.. and watching.

Oct 30, 2023

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Action · Psychological Horror · Adventure · Simulation · Survival Horror · Sci-fi · Aliens · Action-Adventure · Puzzle · Walking Simulator · Exploration · Space · FPS · 3D · Cinematic

$11.99 on Steam More Detail

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!