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Don't Be Afraid

Limo Games · Eneida Games · 2020-12-17

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 26, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 28, 2022 (Xbox One), Jan 28, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Don't Be Afraid is a $9.99 Action, Adventure, Indie and Simulation game released in 2020, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1010 reviews).

8
playing now
82%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.00★
PlayStation Store rating (322 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

ABOUT THIS GAME You’ve been kidnapped by a child killer and placed in a house filled with puzzles. Try to break the system, escape and end the nightmare. Your name is David, you are 11 years old... and this is the end of your innocent childhood. You have woken up in a dark, cold room. Despite the darkness, you are trying to recognize the surroundings, but in vain. You don't know, where you are. Frightening sounds can be heard all around you, the feeling of helplessness fills in your soul. You are too afraid to walk alone in this terrifying space... but you have to. Your memories are slowly(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 70 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,010 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Fanatical (2024-11-01) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 93 of 187 observed days · $9.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220202026Week of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.99$0.992020-12-172026-10-142020-12-17 — best price $11.892021-11-01 — best price $13.992022-02-14 — best price $4.992022-08-29 — best price $9.992023-04-30 — best price $9.992023-08-29 — best price $7.972023-11-01 — best price $2.092023-12-11 — best price $1.992024-01-18 — best price $2.002024-02-19 — best price $7.342024-03-28 — best price $2.992024-04-29 — best price $7.652024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-07-24 — best price $9.992024-09-02 — best price $9.992024-10-11 — best price $7.892024-11-11 — best price $2.262024-12-18 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $0.992025-03-15 — best price $9.992025-04-23 — best price $1.992025-06-02 — best price $1.602025-07-25 — best price $1.532025-09-11 — best price $1.702025-10-20 — best price $1.992025-11-14 — best price $7.342025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-17 — best price $1.992026-02-16 — best price $1.532026-03-27 — best price $7.342026-04-28 — best price $7.342026-06-01 — best price $1.502026-07-16 — best price $1.992026-08-16 — best price $9.992026-09-09 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
83%
earned "David alone in home"
25.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)81413%26
Xbox One (Xbox)48027%25
PS4 (PlayStation)38442%26
PS4 (PlayStation)23443%26
PS4 (PlayStation)3664%26
Switch (Nintendo)90%0
PS4 (PlayStation)0—26

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreIndieActionHorrorSurvivalAdventureRealisticSimulationStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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