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Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout cover art

Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout

Rayll Studios · 2023-10-20

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 24, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.

Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout is a 2023 Adventure Casual Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 6417 reviews).

15
playing now
92%
positive of 6.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (4 downloads)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (4,433 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Jack Nelson, a 24 year old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in ironbark state park.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,127 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~141/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 128k–289k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,417 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-02-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
78578520232026Week of 2023-10-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6492026-09-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 49 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 34 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 20 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 46 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 64 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 39 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 29 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 47 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 12 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30021Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 300 · peak 694Nov 2023 — avg 139 · peak 654Dec 2023 — avg 70 · peak 175Jan 2024 — avg 78 · peak 175Feb 2024 — avg 48 · peak 107Mar 2024 — avg 38 · peak 95Apr 2024 — avg 29 · peak 71May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 62Jun 2024 — avg 38 · peak 102Jul 2024 — avg 43 · peak 114Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 66Sep 2024 — avg 40 · peak 107Oct 2024 — avg 41 · peak 127Nov 2024 — avg 33 · peak 119Dec 2024 — avg 35 · peak 125Jan 2025 — avg 61 · peak 233Feb 2025 — avg 29 · peak 74Mar 2025 — avg 23 · peak 59Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 77May 2025 — avg 24 · peak 60Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 74Jul 2025 — avg 37 · peak 77Aug 2025 — avg 26 · peak 58Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 49Oct 2025 — avg 27 · peak 138Nov 2025 — avg 29 · peak 114Dec 2025 — avg 34 · peak 108Jan 2026 — avg 39 · peak 105Feb 2026 — avg 36 · peak 166Mar 2026 — avg 36 · peak 109Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 69May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 60Jun 2026 — avg 42 · peak 139Jul 2026 — avg 51 · peak 130Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 76
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$4.492023-10-202026-07-092023-10-20 — best price $5.992024-03-29 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-01-05 — best price $4.992025-01-15 — best price $9.992025-04-15 — best price $5.992025-04-20 — best price $9.992025-06-29 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $5.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-24 — best price $4.492026-03-03 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
55.4%
earned "Survivor"
38.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,18443%5
PS5 (PlayStation)1,38960%13

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

CrimeHorrorDrivingEpisodicThrillerAdventureCinematicNarrativeRealisticStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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