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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Horror, Singleplayer, Indie, Simulation.

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Desktop Jumpscares is a game-overlay that scares you with crAaAaAzzzy jumpscares anywhere on the go. You can customize sounds, frequency, images, and some other fun options to guarantee you crap your pants

Reviews: Very Positive — 93% — of 107 reviews
Released: 2022-07-30
Developer: WarPromo
Genres: Simulation
Platforms: Windows

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    96% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: Durultay Games
    Windows

    Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!

    Why similar: Horror 71.4%, Simulation 24.5%, Singleplayer 4%

  2. #2 One Night Two Crazies
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2016
    Dev: chris_antoni
    Windows

    Enjoy a simple, fun, and occasionally frightening simulation. Fun for all ages provided you can handle the scares. No gore, no violence. Just girlish yells followed immediately by nervous laughter.

    Why similar: Simulation 100%

  3. #3 A Dump in the Dark
    95% matchMixed68% of 421 reviews2018
    Dev: Oubliette
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Your cheeks will quiver in fear, as ghastly ghouls accost your rear. You will gape in horror, as you face the dark. Only your rump can guide you through.

    Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Simulation 45.6%

  4. #4 Toilet Simulator
    94% matchMostly Positive70% of 618 reviews2019
    Dev: Kurlik Kurkil StudiosPub: Kavkaz Sila Games
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 13%

    Immersive and associative first person experience

    Why similar: Simulation 53.2%, Memes 43.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  5. #5 Nightmare Puppeteer
    93% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2020
    Dev: Imagination Rabbit
    Windows

    Cursed animation generator programmed by a madman. Manual or full ai mode. Things will happen... YES.

    Why similar: Moddable 60.4%, Simulation 21.3%, Horror 18.3%

  6. #6 DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER
    92% matchMixed53% of 2,124 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital Cybercherries
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A very simple co-op jumpscare horror experience where you and friends walk through a pitch black forest and try to stay quiet. Reach 8:00 AM without screaming or making a loud noise, or everyone dies. You will scream, shout, and probably laugh.

    Why similar: Horror 69.4%, Simulation 30.6%

  7. #7 DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
    91% matchVery Positive90% of 540 reviews2023
    Dev: BLOCK 211
    Windows

    Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.

    Why similar: Memes 55.3%, Horror 28.9%, Simulation 15.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  8. #8 Desktop Kanojo
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,643 reviews2020
    Dev: Neko Game
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    This is a desktop mascot that can be placed anywhere on your desktop to bring more fun to your desktop

    Why similar: Software 46.2%, Utilities 43.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  9. #9 DON'T SCREAM
    90% matchMixed65% of 4,758 reviews2024
    Dev: Digital Cybercherries
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.

    Why similar: Horror 63.7%, Simulation 36.3%

  10. #10 Cockroach!
    89% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: ColaCatGames
    Windows

    A cockroach crawling around on your computer desktop — and it even bursts with goo when clicked!

    Why similar: Horror 57.8%, 2D 31.5%, Singleplayer 10.6%

  11. #11 Hide and Shriek
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 5,323 reviews2017
    Dev: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!

    Why similar: Horror 79.9%, Memes 19.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  12. #12 Chair F*cking Simulator
    88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,076 reviews2020
    Dev: SoSorrySoft
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 29%

    Use our innovative patented funky fresh ChairF*cker simulation tech to meet the chair of your wildest dreams.

    Why similar: Memes 47%, Horror 27.8%, Simulation 22.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  13. #13 Spectator
    87% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
    Dev: Minechan
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

    Why similar: Horror 49.6%, Simulation 44.5%, Singleplayer 6%

  14. #14 Desktop Girlfriend
    86% matchMostly Positive71% of 721 reviews2022
    Dev: DigitalDreamPub: DigitalDream
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Desktop Girlfriend is a desktop interactive girlfriend game that allows users to interact with their virtual girlfriend in various ways, such as interactive games, customizing her hairstyle, hair color, and more.

    Why similar: Utilities 85.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Singleplayer 2%

  15. #15 Boo! Are you scared? The Chests Game
    85% matchVery Positive93% of 234 reviews2025
    Dev: Inanity Catchers Team
    Windows

    Boo! Are you scared? Don't be afraid, I'm a friend. Play the «Chests» card game for souvenirs with your new friend.

    Why similar: Memes 62.3%, Horror 35.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  16. #16 Death Tractor
    86% matchMixed70% of 92 reviews2015
    Dev: Exato Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    This totally serious, 100% accurate to life corn harvesting simulation experience will get your adrenaline pumping and nerves excited. You'll never be able to farm for corn in the same light again! How much corn will YOU harvest before your eventual death by tractor?

    Why similar: Simulation 100%

  17. #17 Score the Fear
    82% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
    Dev: AquaEternity
    Windows

    The little ghost that appeared before your eyes seems to want to become a proper evil spirit. He'll scare you in a variety of ways, so rate him on whether he was scary or not.

    Why similar: Horror 91.1%, Singleplayer 8.9%

  18. #18 Horror Tycoon
    84% matchMixed62% of 119 reviews2022
    Dev: Smidge Games LLC
    Windows

    Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.

    Why similar: Horror 50.1%, Simulation 44.1%, Singleplayer 5.8%

  19. #19 Five Nights In Saransk
    82% matchMixed69% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: Pine Games
    Windows

    You wake up in the middle of the night in your cozy one-room apartment and notice something wandering around your five-story panel building. Your only task is to prevent these strange creatures from getting inside.

    Why similar: Memes 47.5%, Horror 31.4%, Simulation 20.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  20. #20 In The Gym (Memes Horror Game)
    84% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2023
    Dev: Performance Artist
    Windows

    Emotional horror about survival in a gym.

    Why similar: Memes 60.5%, Simulation 24.9%, Horror 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  21. #21 screamdown
    83% matchMixed53% of 245 reviews2023
    Dev: Aaron Hamilton
    Windows

    Scream through your mic at opponents to send them flying into the void in this PvP horror game.

    Why similar: Horror 100%

  22. #22 DeathOmen
    79% matchVery Positive82% of 107 reviews2025
    Dev: Jeff WinnerPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows

    DeathOmen is a short psychological horror Experience that challenges players to maintain their sanity over the nights in a mysterious house that hides mystery and fear, disturbing events and jumpscares.

    Why similar: Horror 90.9%, Singleplayer 9.1%

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    81% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2021
    Dev: Owen6936
    Windows

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    Windows

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    79% matchMixed67% of 3,018 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 121.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  26. #26 Netbreak
    76% matchMixed69% of 57 reviews2025
    Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
    Windows

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  27. #27 MOMO.EXE
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,112 reviews2018
    Dev: Dymchick1
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 13%

    Horror game where you need to do different tasks from horror creature received by your phone. And remember: Don't chat with MOMO!

    Why similar: Memes 59.3%, Horror 38.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  28. #28 The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
    77% matchVery Positive80% of 3,604 reviews2019
    Dev: Pie On A Plate Productions
    Windows · Linux

    Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

    Why similar: Horror 53.9%, Memes 22.4%, Simulation 19.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%

  29. #29 Super Duper Party Pooper
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 450 reviews2016
    Dev: K Bros Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Have you ever wanted to poop on party goers but were too socially awkward to just go for it? Well, Super Duper Party Pooper is about to change all that, the player will find themselves in the middle of a raw human story of existential panic.

    Why similar: Memes 59.6%, Simulation 40.4%

  30. #30 Los Penguinos
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2024
    Dev: HeroPub: Immortal Hero
    Windows

    Los Pinguinos is a horror game about a security guard who accidentally got a very dangerous job.

    Why similar: Memes 46%, Horror 26.2%, Simulation 25.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  31. #31 Lights Off: Director's Cut
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2024
    Dev: Insanctum Games
    Windows

    Play through a common childhood fear about turning the lights off and going to bed. This time extended, remastered, and re-imagined.

    Why similar: Horror 94.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%

  32. #32 Muddy Heights® 2
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 434 reviews2016
    Dev: Rageborn Studio, LLC
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    Poop you way to victory...again! In Muddy Heights 2, you play as a person who has had a little bit too much to eat and needs to relieve himself by any means possible. Poop off various heights onto people and vehicles to score points. Complete level goals to gain cash to buy more food.

    Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

  33. #33 Ultimate Custom Night
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 61,937 reviews2018
    Dev: Scott Cawthon
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

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  34. #34 Scary Game
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 409 reviews2025
    Dev: KanGames
    Windows

    You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?

    Why similar: Horror 88.3%, Singleplayer 11.7%

  35. #35 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,820 reviews2017
    Dev: Albino Moose Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

    Why similar: Horror 95.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%

  36. #36 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,034 reviews2024
    Dev: Raycastly
    Windows

    Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

    Why similar: Horror 93.5%, Singleplayer 6.5%

  37. #37 Richie's Plank Experience
    74% matchVery Positive80% of 626 reviews2017
    Dev: Toast Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    Why similar: Simulation 83.4%, Horror 16.6%

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    73% matchMixed66% of 209 reviews2022
    Dev: Virtue Enforcer
    Windows

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  39. #39 Italian Brainrot: In Prison
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: ShLeksPub: Immortal Hero
    Windows

    A horror survival game set in a prison corrupted by the madness of the Italian Brainrot movement. Watch the cameras, shut the doors, and save power to survive the monsters. Each night grows more terrifying and unpredictable.

    Why similar: Horror 88.9%, Singleplayer 11.1%

  40. #40 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 15,344 reviews2015
    Dev: Lag Studios
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

    Why similar: Horror 94.2%, Singleplayer 5.8%

  41. #41 Mutilate-a-Doll 2
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,733 reviews2019
    Dev: Rava Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A highly customizable virtual stressball and physics sandbox about mutilating ragdolls in various ways using an overwhelming amount of weapons and tools.

    Why similar: Simulation 55.7%, Moddable 24.5%, 2D 15.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

  42. #42 SCARY MAGIC ZOMBIE
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2024
    Dev: OP37K
    Windows

    EVIL SCIENTISTS have created a SCARY MAGIC ZOMBIE! Play as a top secret spy, who enters the zombie facility, and collects information about the zombie. But be cautious! The zombie is very dangerous!

    Why similar: Horror 66.1%, Simulation 27.9%, Singleplayer 6%

  43. #43 CPU Invaders
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 766 reviews2017
    Dev: Microblast GamesPub: SA Industry
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Simulation 62%, 2D 29%, Singleplayer 9%

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    70% matchVery Positive86% of 714 reviews2019
    Dev: GopStop InteractivePub: Kavkaz Sila Games
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 10%

    Гыгы

    Why similar: Simulation 50.2%, Memes 47.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  45. #45 The Closing Shift
    69% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2025
    Dev: Bird Box Games
    Windows

    A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.

    Why similar: Simulation 60.7%, Horror 38.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  46. #46 Feelings Adrift
    72% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2016
    Dev: Denis Murias
    Windows

    (Rework in progress)Feelings Adrift is an amusement park with some plays. Each attraction have different environments and different goals. Some more scary than others but always with same intention, make good experience in game with scenes completely frightening.

    Why similar: Horror 92.7%, Singleplayer 7.3%

  47. #47 I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,664 reviews2017
    Dev: Mutant Entertainment Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    Why similar: Memes 58.3%, Simulation 23.8%, Horror 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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    68% matchVery Positive94% of 230 reviews2021
    Dev: Weakfish Studio
    Windows

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    Why similar: Memes 57.5%, Simulation 39.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  49. #49 Cassiculus
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 174 reviews2024
    Dev: Craig LawrencePub: LockleyGames
    Windows

    This terrifying first-person horror experience immerses the player into a world of isolation, fear, paranoia and claustrophobia as you make your way through the Oberon Cave. Throughout the game, you will experience atmospheric environments, disturbing audio and horrifying visuals.

    Why similar: Simulation 49.4%, Horror 47.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%

  50. #50 ЕСТЬ ДВА СТУЛА
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,954 reviews2018
    Dev: CensoredPub: Kavkaz Sila Games
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 9%

    Тюремные Загадки

    Why similar: Memes 47%, Simulation 36.5%, Horror 15.5%, Singleplayer 1%

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    66% matchVery Positive89% of 5,295 reviews2021
    Dev: MSCHF Product Studio Inc
    Windows · Mac

    Buy chairs. Sit down. Accumulate Sit Points through the all-new Sit Point System. Spend your Sit Points on new chairs! The possibilities are endless. Chair Simulator has all your favorite chairs, from Eames, Starcke, Bertoli, Corbusier, Thonet, Emeco, Panton, Jensen, Breuer, Van Der Rohe and more!

    Why similar: Memes 35.1%, Horror 33.8%, Simulation 28.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  52. #52 Smile Dog
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Sweet Sennin Games
    Windows

    You’ve got mail. You shouldn’t have opened it. A classic creepypasta brought to life as a cozy horror, where one email is all it takes for things to go wrong.

    Why similar: Horror 49.4%, Simulation 40.7%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  53. #53 Crawlspace
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 129 reviews2021
    Dev: Kiririn
    Windows

    You've been tasked with crawling into a crawlspace to retrieve some dolls. what could go wrong? Made exclusively for VR

    Why similar: Horror 89.9%, Singleplayer 10.1%

  54. #54 SEEING THINGS
    65% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
    Dev: Robot Invader
    Windows · Mac

    Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!

    Why similar: Horror 65.8%, 2D 26%, Singleplayer 8.2%

  55. #55 Ultimate Arena
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 995 reviews2016
    Dev: Triverske
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Pick and create characters to fight to the death in this action-packed nonsensical arena simulation.

    Why similar: Moddable 39.4%, Horror 25.1%, Simulation 20.7%, 2D 13%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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