Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Jump Scare on Steam.
Share of Jump Scare games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Jump Scare games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approximately $8.2M | 5.4K | 95% | $39.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $8.2M | 59.4K | 94% | $4.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $375.3K |
| 2025 | 47 | approximately $2.6K | approximately 2% | approximately 0% | approximately $1M |
| 2024 | 45 | approximately $825 | approximately 4% | approximately 2% | approximately $1.8M |
| 2023 | 26 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 8% | approximately 4% | approximately $8.5M |
| 2022 | 10 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $37.9K |
| 2021 | 1 | approximately $401 | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $401 |
| 2020 | 1 | approximately $6.9K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $6.9K |
| 2019 | 3 | approximately $0 | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $16.6K |
| 2018 | 3 | approximately $4K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $64.1K |
| 2017 | 6 | approximately $10.4K | approximately 33% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.4M |
| 2016 | 3 | approximately $81.5K | approximately 33% | approximately 0% | approximately $436.6K |
| 2015 | 4 | approximately $1.7M | approximately 75% | approximately 50% | approximately $6.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Jump Scare launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | F.E.A.R.Steam | approximately $5.2M | 19.6K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 4 | Slender: The ArrivalSteam | approximately $4.9M | 9.4K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 5 | approximately $3.4M | 15.5K | 93% | $7.99 |
| 6 | approximately $3.4M | 23.9K | 94% | $7.99 |
| 7 | approximately $3.2M | 11.4K | 90% | $7.99 |
| 8 | DON'T SCREAMSteam | approximately $1.2M | 4.5K | 65% | $7.99 |
| 9 | approximately $845.1K | 4K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 10 | approximately $656.6K | 2.7K | 50% | $7.99 |
| 11 | Scanner SombreSteam | approximately $506K | 4.6K | 90% | $6.99 |
| 12 | IMSCAREDSteam | approximately $340.1K | 4K | 95% | $3.99 |
| 13 | Year WalkSteam | approximately $215.6K | 2K | 90% | $5.99 |
| 14 | DaylightSteam | approximately $168.4K | 1.6K | 50% | $4.99 |
| 15 | Wasteland BitesSteam | approximately $165.4K | 475 | 94% | $9.99 |
| 16 | PIT OF GOBLINSteam | approximately $122.5K | 1.2K | 84% | $5.99 |
| 17 | approximately $114.4K | 332 | 83% | $11.99 |
| 18 | WickSteam | approximately $100.9K | 709 | 86% | $5.99 |
| 19 | PomberitoSteam | approximately $99.5K | 459 | 93% | $5.99 |
| 20 | Angel EngineSteam | approximately $96.1K | 346 | 79% | $7.99 |
| 21 | Graveyard ShiftSteam | approximately $94.1K | 781 | 75% | $6.99 |
| 22 | Fork RoadSteam | approximately $93K | 901 | 75% | $3.99 |
| 23 | Sophie's CurseSteam | approximately $81.5K | 509 | 82% | $4.99 |
| 24 | Silent Still 2Steam | approximately $66.6K | 402 | 67% | $4.99 |
| 25 | Rodland of PipesSteam | approximately $64.4K | 290 | 99% | $8.99 |
| 26 | approximately $63K | 919 | 94% | $4.99 |
| 27 | approximately $58K | 816 | 67% | $4.99 |
| 28 | CROWDED. FOLLOWED.Steam | approximately $55.1K | 301 | 92% | $5.99 |
| 29 | approximately $42K | 1.3K | 39% | $1.99 |
| 30 | 98xxSteam | approximately $41.7K | 488 | 81% | $2.99 |
| 31 | Bite NightSteam | approximately $34.9K | 656 | 97% | $3.49 |
| 32 | Damned 2Steam | approximately $32.3K | 144 | 88% | $13.99 |
| 33 | Para EyesSteam | approximately $29.4K | 152 | 96% | $9.99 |
| 34 | approximately $27.2K | 106 | 88% | $9.99 |
| 35 | At Tony'sSteam | approximately $26.4K | 206 | 78% | $3.99 |
| 36 | WitchbloodSteam | approximately $24.9K | 129 | 82% | $9.99 |
| 37 | Befriended CurseSteam | approximately $24.4K | 306 | 93% | $4.99 |
| 38 | approximately $23.6K | 221 | 87% | $4.99 |
| 39 | Waffle Cone WillieSteam | approximately $22.8K | 58 | 84% | $11.19 |
| 40 | Dave.EXESteam | approximately $21.7K | 75 | 96% | $14.99 |
| 41 | Night BusSteam | approximately $21.6K | 275 | 87% | $4.99 |
| 42 | Greed Stays HomeSteam | approximately $19.8K | 258 | 89% | $4.99 |
| 43 | DON'T LOOK AWAYSteam | approximately $16.9K | 288 | 74% | $2.99 |
| 44 | The DerailedSteam | approximately $16.7K | 138 | 83% | $6.99 |
| 45 | Last NeighborSteam | approximately $16.6K | 318 | 75% | $2.99 |
| 46 | DeathOmenSteam | approximately $16.2K | 117 | 80% | $6.99 |
| 47 | Feelings AdriftSteam | approximately $15K | 85 | 61% | $6.99 |
| 48 | LazarettoSteam | approximately $14.9K | 101 | 77% | $6.99 |
| 49 | Silverpine CreekSteam | approximately $13.6K | 51 | 73% | $6.99 |
| 50 | Don't Look BehindSteam | approximately $11.8K | 91 | 60% | $4.99 |