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F.E.A.R. 3 cover art

F.E.A.R. 3

Day 1 Studios · Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment · 2011-06-21

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 21, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 29, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Jun 21, 2011 (Xbox 360)

F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.

F.E.A.R. 3 is a 2011 Action game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 13,664 reviews).

16
playing now
71%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (229 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (4.9k downloads)
8.5h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 15h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

F.E.A.R. 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter psychological horror video game for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. Developed by Day 1 Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games, it was released on all platforms in June 2011. It is the third game in the F.E.A.R. series. In 2015, it was released on GOG.com, and in 2021, it was added to Microsoft's backward compatibility program, making it playable on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Filmmaker John Carpenter consulted on the cutscenes and script, which was written by comic writer and novelist Steve Niles. It is the only F.E.A.R. game to feature co-op gameplay.

Trailer

F.E.A.R. 3 trailer thumbnail

F.E.A.R. 3 - Cinematic Trailer (Gamescom)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 358 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 548k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,705 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.96-85%
IndieGala$2.99-85%
Fanatical$3.19-84%
Gamesplanet$3.49-83%
GOG$3.99-80%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
WinGameStore$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 16×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 124 of 168 observed days · $2.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3452026-09-15 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 29 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 34 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 28 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51619Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 442 · peak 1,263Dec 2012 — avg 210 · peak 933May 2013 — avg 85 · peak 195Oct 2013 — avg 82 · peak 225Mar 2014 — avg 111 · peak 282Aug 2014 — avg 87 · peak 177Jan 2015 — avg 125 · peak 362Jun 2015 — avg 77 · peak 177Nov 2015 — avg 83 · peak 249Apr 2016 — avg 72 · peak 313Sep 2016 — avg 97 · peak 464Feb 2017 — avg 60 · peak 134Jul 2017 — avg 60 · peak 139Dec 2017 — avg 58 · peak 137May 2018 — avg 40 · peak 96Oct 2018 — avg 69 · peak 295Mar 2019 — avg 38 · peak 90Aug 2019 — avg 35 · peak 81Jan 2020 — avg 42 · peak 102Jun 2020 — avg 38 · peak 90Nov 2020 — avg 46 · peak 132Apr 2021 — avg 31 · peak 76Sep 2021 — avg 27 · peak 75Feb 2022 — avg 34 · peak 65Jul 2022 — avg 33 · peak 77Dec 2022 — avg 32 · peak 70May 2023 — avg 23 · peak 57Oct 2023 — avg 43 · peak 170Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 73Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 56Jan 2025 — avg 33 · peak 70Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 88Nov 2025 — avg 37 · peak 96Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 53Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.24$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.912015-05-19 — best price $0.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-09-15 — best price $4.992017-04-03 — best price $16.302017-11-29 — best price $19.992018-04-20 — best price $19.992018-09-12 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-05-21 — best price $4.992019-11-02 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-11-26 — best price $4.002021-07-09 — best price $17.882021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-24 — best price $4.392022-05-30 — best price $17.882022-10-03 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-04-17 — best price $15.892023-07-23 — best price $4.172023-10-27 — best price $3.892024-01-27 — best price $19.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-05-30 — best price $15.892024-08-22 — best price $3.792024-11-07 — best price $15.892025-02-16 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $3.122025-08-19 — best price $3.192025-11-24 — best price $3.992026-03-04 — best price $11.692026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-08-12 — best price $3.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

147832026-05-29 — 101 pageviews2026-06-02 — 111 pageviews2026-06-06 — 91 pageviews2026-06-10 — 121 pageviews2026-06-14 — 131 pageviews2026-06-18 — 126 pageviews2026-06-22 — 116 pageviews2026-06-26 — 110 pageviews2026-06-30 — 92 pageviews2026-07-04 — 112 pageviews2026-07-08 — 131 pageviews2026-07-12 — 120 pageviews2026-07-16 — 127 pageviews2026-07-20 — 116 pageviews2026-07-24 — 95 pageviews2026-07-28 — 132 pageviews2026-08-01 — 146 pageviews2026-08-05 — 91 pageviews2026-08-09 — 99 pageviews2026-08-13 — 142 pageviews2026-08-17 — 127 pageviews2026-08-21 — 116 pageviews2026-08-25 — 104 pageviews2026-08-29 — 119 pageviews2026-09-02 — 119 pageviews2026-09-06 — 122 pageviews2026-09-10 — 113 pageviews2026-09-14 — 146 pageviews2026-09-18 — 103 pageviews2026-09-22 — 117 pageviews2026-09-26 — 100 pageviews2026-09-30 — 107 pageviews2026-10-04 — 110 pageviews2026-10-07 — 147 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
74.5%
earned "Prison Impossible"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)34,3282%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)24,3854%50
PS3 (PlayStation)22,84710%51

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

FPSGoreCo-opActionHorrorSci-fiShooterZombiesAdventureBullet Time

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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