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Fear Equation cover art

Fear Equation

Screwfly Studios · 2016-01-15

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 15, 2016 (Linux), Jan 15, 2016 (Mac)

Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.

Fear Equation is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive (76% of 94 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 94 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

The world is covered in fog. Most who enter the fog disappear, and those who survive say it brings their nightmares to life. No-one knows where it came from, but they all have ideas. Some say it's an experiment gone wrong, others believe it's divine judgement. And you? All you know is that the Sun is rumoured to shine just over the horizon. You are The Engineer. You have designed the perfect system: a train, sealed off from the fog, ready to rescue survivors and take them to salvation. If only they'd listen...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 49,572 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 94 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.75-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at GOG (2016-11-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 64 of 83 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720162025Week of 2016-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492016-01-152026-10-142016-01-15 — best price $11.242016-06-23 — best price $10.042016-11-23 — best price $9.892017-10-26 — best price $7.492018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-09-04 — best price $14.992019-01-04 — best price $14.992019-07-10 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $9.742021-06-28 — best price $14.992021-12-13 — best price $10.042022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $10.042023-01-04 — best price $10.042023-04-04 — best price $14.992023-10-03 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $9.742024-04-09 — best price $9.742024-06-11 — best price $14.992024-09-18 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $9.742025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $14.992026-02-28 — best price $14.992026-06-09 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $9.752026-09-09 — best price $9.752026-09-19 — best price $9.752026-09-29 — best price $9.752026-10-09 — best price $9.752026-10-14 — best price $9.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
55.1%
earned "Attractive"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGHorrorBuildingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementRogue-likeSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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