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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Cry of Fear is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2013, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 87,326 reviews).

281
playing now
89%
positive of 88k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55
twitch viewers (latest)
13.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
IGDB user rating (91 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (3.5k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

281 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 281 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8,883 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,110/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week 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: 1,006 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 52 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8152192026-09-14 19:00 — 517 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 288 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 346 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 671 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 422 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 255 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 542 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 321 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 250 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 702 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 440 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 219 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 507 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 384 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 318 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 645 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 403 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 256 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 357 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 643 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 477 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 328 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 644 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 281 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k70Apr 2013Aug 2026Apr 2013 — avg 1,333 · peak 3,052Sep 2013 — avg 181 · peak 439Feb 2014 — avg 154 · peak 304Jul 2014 — avg 180 · peak 284Dec 2014 — avg 130 · peak 275May 2015 — avg 158 · peak 323Oct 2015 — avg 117 · peak 257Mar 2016 — avg 120 · peak 253Aug 2016 — avg 124 · peak 225Jan 2017 — avg 112 · peak 228Jun 2017 — avg 98 · peak 187Nov 2017 — avg 91 · peak 213Apr 2018 — avg 93 · peak 220Sep 2018 — avg 76 · peak 167Feb 2019 — avg 78 · peak 179Jul 2019 — avg 92 · peak 164Dec 2019 — avg 107 · peak 231May 2020 — avg 168 · peak 286Oct 2020 — avg 196 · peak 577Mar 2021 — avg 211 · peak 448Aug 2021 — avg 191 · peak 317Jan 2022 — avg 178 · peak 328Jun 2022 — avg 167 · peak 288Nov 2022 — avg 145 · peak 340Apr 2023 — avg 154 · peak 314Sep 2023 — avg 629 · peak 1,375Feb 2024 — avg 618 · peak 1,523Jul 2024 — avg 504 · peak 859Dec 2024 — avg 434 · peak 801May 2025 — avg 363 · peak 694Oct 2025 — avg 419 · peak 817Mar 2026 — avg 455 · peak 858Aug 2026 — avg 518 · peak 934
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1791792026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 179 new positive2026-09-21: 19 new negative2026-09-22: 12 new positive2026-09-22: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 20 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 18 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 17 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 27 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 15 new positive2026-09-29: 6 new negative2026-09-30: 27 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new negative2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 28 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 23 new positive2026-10-04: 7 new negative2026-10-05: 33 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 16 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 39 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 13 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 24 new positive2026-10-10: 11 new negative2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 29 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 19 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 14 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

4982182026-05-31 — 295 pageviews2026-06-04 — 276 pageviews2026-06-08 — 369 pageviews2026-06-12 — 244 pageviews2026-06-16 — 226 pageviews2026-06-20 — 271 pageviews2026-06-24 — 275 pageviews2026-06-28 — 218 pageviews2026-07-02 — 223 pageviews2026-07-06 — 277 pageviews2026-07-10 — 254 pageviews2026-07-14 — 227 pageviews2026-07-18 — 231 pageviews2026-07-22 — 313 pageviews2026-07-26 — 278 pageviews2026-07-30 — 271 pageviews2026-08-03 — 253 pageviews2026-08-07 — 292 pageviews2026-08-11 — 284 pageviews2026-08-15 — 276 pageviews2026-08-19 — 227 pageviews2026-08-23 — 243 pageviews2026-08-27 — 243 pageviews2026-08-31 — 291 pageviews2026-09-04 — 317 pageviews2026-09-08 — 328 pageviews2026-09-12 — 325 pageviews2026-09-16 — 269 pageviews2026-09-20 — 255 pageviews2026-09-24 — 311 pageviews2026-09-28 — 307 pageviews2026-10-02 — 263 pageviews2026-10-06 — 426 pageviews2026-10-10 — 407 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14602026-09-30 18:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 134 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 79 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 66 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 37 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 146 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 55 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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