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Cry of Fear cover art

Cry of Fear

Team Psykskallar · 2013-04-25

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 25, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

510
playing now
89%
positive of 87k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
IGDB user rating (91 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

510 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Cry of Fear is a 2013 indie survival horror video game developed and published by the Swedish game development studio Team Psykskallar. It is derived from a mod for the video game Half-Life developed by the same team a year prior. Cry of Fear follows the story of Simon Henriksson, a 19-year-old Swedish male suffering from depression and anxiety, exploring the city of Stockholm.

Trailer

Cry of Fear trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 510 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,056 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,132/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,180 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,815 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,430 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,719 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,252 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,128 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,347 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,485 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,669 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,194 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,147 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,195 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,470 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,424 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,192 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,212 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,279 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,013 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,031 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,030 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,093 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,054 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 156 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7682892026-08-06 21:00 — 652 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 352 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 561 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 713 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 418 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 586 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 718 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 422 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 612 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 731 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 289 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 577 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 626 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 511 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 712 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 591 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 355 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 533 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 768 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 351 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 472 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 650 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 454 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 417 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 585 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 370 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 339 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 628 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 510 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

3692142026-05-31 — 295 pageviews2026-06-03 — 262 pageviews2026-06-06 — 328 pageviews2026-06-09 — 300 pageviews2026-06-12 — 244 pageviews2026-06-15 — 300 pageviews2026-06-18 — 264 pageviews2026-06-21 — 249 pageviews2026-06-24 — 275 pageviews2026-06-27 — 252 pageviews2026-06-30 — 246 pageviews2026-07-03 — 216 pageviews2026-07-06 — 277 pageviews2026-07-09 — 280 pageviews2026-07-12 — 294 pageviews2026-07-15 — 222 pageviews2026-07-18 — 231 pageviews2026-07-21 — 322 pageviews2026-07-24 — 338 pageviews2026-07-27 — 277 pageviews2026-07-30 — 271 pageviews2026-08-02 — 300 pageviews2026-08-05 — 223 pageviews2026-08-08 — 295 pageviews2026-08-11 — 284 pageviews2026-08-14 — 315 pageviews2026-08-17 — 265 pageviews2026-08-20 — 278 pageviews2026-08-23 — 243 pageviews2026-08-26 — 291 pageviews2026-08-28 — 276 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.0k02026-08-18 14:12 — 4,025 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam CloudValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Norwegian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opIndieActionHorrorAdventureAtmosphericMultiplayerFirst-PersonFree to Play

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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