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Fear Effect Sedna cover art

Fear Effect Sedna

Sushee · Square Enix · 2018-03-06

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 06, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Mar 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 06, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 06, 2018 (Xbox One)

Thrilling action and stealth gameplay enhanced by the Fear system, an exciting story and ultra-stylish cutscenes. Harness your team’s dynamic abilities to tackle enemies and puzzles like never before.

42%
positive of 207 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
42/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)
Fear Effect Sedna is an indie isometric video game developed by French studio Sushee and published by Forever Entertainment under license from Square Enix Collective. The game's development was funded via a Kickstarter campaign. It is the third installment in the Fear Effect series, and was released on March 6, 2018, for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows, and Xbox One. The game is a sequel to Fear Effect, which was released in 2000, and was co-written by the first game's writer.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (25 reviews).
  • · Top 56% of 11,753 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 207 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.60 at GreenManGaming (2021-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 43 of 74 observed days · $0.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.702018-03-062026-09-032018-03-06 — best price $17.992018-08-22 — best price $11.992018-12-13 — best price $9.992019-03-04 — best price $1.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992019-09-30 — best price $19.992020-01-03 — best price $19.992020-03-30 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $17.422020-08-26 — best price $17.992020-09-18 — best price $19.992020-11-27 — best price $1.992021-01-22 — best price $19.992021-03-25 — best price $1.992021-07-22 — best price $2.002022-06-30 — best price $1.992022-11-15 — best price $19.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-05-23 — best price $19.992023-10-10 — best price $19.992024-01-06 — best price $19.992024-04-17 — best price $1.992024-08-24 — best price $19.992024-11-16 — best price $19.992025-02-06 — best price $2.002025-05-07 — best price $1.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-12-02 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-05-08 — best price $19.992026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

99162026-06-05 — 28 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-11 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 26 pageviews2026-06-17 — 28 pageviews2026-06-20 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 35 pageviews2026-07-02 — 64 pageviews2026-07-05 — 37 pageviews2026-07-08 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 31 pageviews2026-07-14 — 26 pageviews2026-07-17 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 63 pageviews2026-07-29 — 83 pageviews2026-08-01 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 74 pageviews2026-08-07 — 53 pageviews2026-08-10 — 60 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-16 — 29 pageviews2026-08-19 — 25 pageviews2026-08-22 — 23 pageviews2026-08-25 — 28 pageviews2026-08-28 — 25 pageviews2026-08-31 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
32.6%
earned "First Mission"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,59234%25
Xbox One (Xbox)52116%24
Steam (Steam)3356%24
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

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

Player tags

GoreIndieActionLGBTQ+PuzzleStealthViolentStrategyCyberpunkIsometric

Census log

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

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