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Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike cover art

Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike

Rayll · 2022-01-06

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.

Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike is a 2022 Adventure, Casual and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive (87% of 3422 reviews) sentiment.

8
playing now
87%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

In the second episode of Fears to Fathom you play as Holly Gardner, a 19 year old who was driving back home from a gaming convention, as the traffic got horrible she decided to take the long way to avoid the traffic which leads to an unplanned trip to a motel. Little did she know what was going down in the Norwood Valley. She survived as she made the right choices.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike trailer thumbnail

Я ТЕБЕ НЕ ОТКРОЮ! ► Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike

≈230,419 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 602 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~75/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 68k–154k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,422 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26426420222026Week of 2022-01-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3922026-09-15 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 39 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
333Jan 2022Aug 2026Jan 2022 — avg 32 · peak 89Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 17 · peak 59Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2023 — avg 33 · peak 147Jan 2024 — avg 23 · peak 61Mar 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 35Jul 2024 — avg 15 · peak 35Sep 2024 — avg 20 · peak 64Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 53Jan 2025 — avg 19 · peak 65Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 44Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 59Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 41Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 65May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 32Jul 2026 — avg 23 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.992022-01-062026-07-092022-01-06 — best price $2.992022-06-23 — best price $2.092022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-10-25 — best price $2.392022-11-01 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $2.692023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-10-13 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.592023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-03-29 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $3.492024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $3.492024-12-19 — best price $3.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-15 — best price $2.992025-04-20 — best price $4.992025-06-29 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
89.3%
earned "Fuel Up"
22.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkCrimeRetroHorrorDrivingEpisodicThrillerAdventureNarrationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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