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Enigma of Fear cover art

Enigma of Fear

Dumativa · 2024-11-28

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 28, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.

71
playing now
97%
positive of 10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
94/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 25h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

71 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Explore the Perimeter in any way you like with an open non-linear area, where you can let your curiosity and deduction guide all your next steps as you play.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 71 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 68 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (914 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,910 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 205k–461k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,235 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$20.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 38 of 55 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
83083020242026Week of 2024-11-28: 830 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 445 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7132026-08-07 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 29 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 71 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$8.342024-11-282026-08-172024-11-28 — best price $22.492025-02-28 — best price $22.492025-03-13 — best price $22.492025-04-14 — best price $22.492025-05-20 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-13 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-03 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-19 — best price $29.992026-03-05 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $19.492026-03-24 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-16 — best price $29.992026-05-26 — best price $23.722026-05-29 — best price $23.952026-05-31 — best price $11.582026-06-02 — best price $20.992026-06-04 — best price $29.992026-06-15 — best price $17.992026-07-01 — best price $20.992026-07-08 — best price $20.992026-07-13 — best price $8.342026-07-16 — best price $29.992026-07-20 — best price $29.992026-07-25 — best price $20.992026-07-28 — best price $24.062026-07-31 — best price $8.342026-08-03 — best price $15.002026-08-10 — best price $14.992026-08-16 — best price $29.992026-08-17 — best price $20.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "Ol' Reliable"
25.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Portuguese - Brazil, English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,86416%19

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DDogPuzzleMysteryDetectiveOpen WorldStory RichExplorationSupernaturalInvestigation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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