The best jump scare indie games, ranked by reviews
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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.
indielist tracks 5 jump scare indie games on Steam, holding 109,101 reviews at an average of 93% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Five Nights at Freddy's with 52,676 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.
The ranking
- Five Nights at Freddy's · 52,676 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 · 23,407 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
- Five Nights at Freddy's 4 · 16,622 reviews · 93% positive · 2015
- Five Nights at Freddy's 3 · 11,155 reviews · 90% positive · 2015
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 · 5,241 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
How this list is built
Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are modeled estimates, not official sales data.
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