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Fear the Spotlight

Cozy Game Pals · Blumhouse Games · 2024-10-22

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 22, 2024 (Mac), Oct 22, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 22, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Oct 22, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 22, 2024 (Xbox One)

Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

Fear the Spotlight is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 1318 reviews).

5
playing now
97%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (728 ratings)
4h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Fear the Spotlight is a 2024 survival horror stealth game developed by Cozy Game Pals and published by Blumhouse Games. The game follows high school students Vivian and Amy, who become involved with supernatural events at their high school after a seance gone wrong.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 359 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,318 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.39 at Fanatical (2026-07-31) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 24 observed days · $7.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
949420232026Week of 2023-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
202Sep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 20 · peak 51Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 35Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 26Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 31Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 27Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 45Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002023-09-152026-10-142023-09-15 — best price $9.952023-09-22 — best price $11.992024-10-22 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-29 — best price $14.992025-02-12 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-23 — best price $0.002025-10-27 — best price $7.992025-10-30 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-15 — best price $4.992026-03-01 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-17 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-31 — best price $4.392026-08-02 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $14.972026-08-26 — best price $19.992026-09-02 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

117272026-06-03 — 80 pageviews2026-06-07 — 80 pageviews2026-06-11 — 58 pageviews2026-06-15 — 50 pageviews2026-06-19 — 40 pageviews2026-06-23 — 49 pageviews2026-06-27 — 51 pageviews2026-07-01 — 59 pageviews2026-07-05 — 57 pageviews2026-07-09 — 37 pageviews2026-07-13 — 46 pageviews2026-07-17 — 51 pageviews2026-07-21 — 56 pageviews2026-07-25 — 117 pageviews2026-07-29 — 49 pageviews2026-08-02 — 70 pageviews2026-08-06 — 50 pageviews2026-08-10 — 40 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 45 pageviews2026-08-22 — 37 pageviews2026-08-26 — 38 pageviews2026-08-30 — 47 pageviews2026-09-03 — 38 pageviews2026-09-07 — 27 pageviews2026-09-11 — 45 pageviews2026-09-15 — 45 pageviews2026-09-19 — 35 pageviews2026-09-23 — 36 pageviews2026-09-27 — 30 pageviews2026-10-01 — 45 pageviews2026-10-05 — 52 pageviews2026-10-09 — 44 pageviews2026-10-12 — 74 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
86.9%
earned "Escape Artist"
44.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)72125%36
Steam (Steam)62011%35
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)14415%35
PS4 (PlayStation)9223%36
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

RetroActionHorrorPuzzleStealthSurrealAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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