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Died Of Fear cover art

Died Of Fear

· Type B Negative · 2017-07-07

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 07, 2017 (Linux), Jul 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality” Edgar Allan Poe

Died Of Fear is an Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 38 reviews).

1
playing now
61%
positive of 38 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220172026Week of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Jul 2017Jun 2026Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2024 — avg 1 · peak 1Nov 2024 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2025 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2025 — avg 1 · peak 1Dec 2025 — avg 1 · peak 1Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 1Mar 2026 — avg 1 · peak 1Jun 2026 — avg 1 · peak 1

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.99$0.492017-07-082019-04-092017-07-08 — best price $0.992018-02-15 — best price $0.492018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-03-06 — best price $0.492018-03-13 — best price $0.992018-05-08 — best price $0.492018-05-22 — best price $0.992018-07-20 — best price $0.492018-08-03 — best price $0.992019-03-26 — best price $0.492019-04-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieRetroCasualGothicRunnerAdventureSide ScrollerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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