About

Scooby Doo Creepy Run is a browser-based Flash video game where players take on the role of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and must run away from a skeleton as fast as possible until they reach the end of the level. The game was published to Kongregate by funnychasegames, also known as 123Chase, on December 3rd, 2013, and is set to a 2005 remix of the Usher, Lil Jon and Ludacris song "Yeah!" known as "Usher Scooby Doo Party Break."

The game went viral in late April and early May 2026 after a video of streamer RatBagTrash playing it and calling it a "hidden gem" went viral on TikTok and Instagram Reels, inspiring memes about the game and song on sites like TikTok and X / Twitter.

History

On December 3rd, 2013, funnychasegames released the browser-based game Scooby Doo Creepy Run on Kongregate.^[1] The game's description reads, "Help shaggy to escape from graveyard by avoiding the obstacles on the way. Beware of chasing ghost." The game is played by holding right on the keyboard to run, holding left to stop, jumping with up and ducking with down. As players run, they must avoid obstacles and run from a skeleton.

On June 26th, 2021, YouTuber^[2] arthur chase posted a video where he beats all three levels of the game, gaining over 13,000 views in five years.

The game's soundtrack is a remix of Usher's "Yeah!" featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris that is known as "Usher Scooby Doo Party Break." The remix was posted to YouTube^[3] as early as September 12th, 2008, by user DaKleneRobat, gaining over 91,000 views in 18 years. The song seems to predate this upload, with the video claiming it was first made in 2005.

Online Presence

2026 Virality

On April 30th, 2026, a clip of streamer RatBagTrash playing the game was posted to his Instagram^[4] and TikTok^[5] pages, gaining over 120,000 likes on the former and 1.8 million views on the latter in a week. The clip caused the game to go viral on social media.

On May 5th, TikToker^[6] @bixtohq posted a video of himself playing the game and reacting to the song in particular, garnering over 374,000 views in three days.

On May 6th, TikToker^[7] @d0kf posted a video based on the game where he runs in place the same way as the skeleton, garnering over 315,000 views in two days.

On May 7th, 2026, X^[8] user @shagLSSJ posted a meme using "Usher Scooby Doo Party Break" where the sprites from the game are shown running through SpongeBob SquarePants scenery, writing, "scooby doo party break 2005 has been haunting me since the morning help," garnering over 7,600 likes and 1,600 reposts in a day.

On May 8th, X^[9] user @frydayeveryfri posted an edit of Scooby Doo Creepy Run footage that replaces Shaggy with the Annoying Orange, garnering over 1,100 likes in under a day.

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