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Fear Equation

Screwfly Studios · 2016-01-15

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 94 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 64% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
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%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 27 of 46 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492016-01-152026-08-302016-01-15 — best price $11.242016-06-20 — best price $14.992016-10-28 — best price $9.892017-06-07 — best price $9.992017-11-03 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-07-10 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-15 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $9.742021-02-11 — best price $9.742021-10-27 — best price $10.042021-12-13 — best price $10.042022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-11-23 — best price $10.042023-01-09 — best price $14.992023-04-04 — best price $14.992023-09-12 — best price $14.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-02-14 — best price $9.742024-04-23 — best price $9.742024-06-11 — best price $14.992024-08-26 — best price $9.742024-11-07 — best price $9.742025-01-15 — best price $9.742025-04-18 — best price $9.742025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-25 — best price $9.742025-10-28 — best price $9.742025-12-18 — best price $9.742026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-09 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $9.752026-08-30 — best price $9.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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