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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

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.

34
playing now
93%
positive of 6.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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
  • · 34 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 11% of 11,408 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 127k–287k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,367 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

64102026-08-07 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 38 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 35 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

Player tags

CrimeHorrorDrivingEpisodicThrillerAdventureCinematicNarrativeRealisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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