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INVITATION To FEAR cover art

INVITATION To FEAR

CHEST BOX · 2021-11-24

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.

INVITATION To FEAR is a 2021 Action, Indie game priced at $4.99, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment from 61% of 479 reviews.

5
playing now
61%
positive of 479 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.6k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 479 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720212026Week of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$3.492021-11-242026-08-032021-11-24 — best price $4.492022-01-28 — best price $4.492022-05-21 — best price $4.492022-06-24 — best price $4.242022-10-25 — best price $4.242022-11-22 — best price $4.242022-12-22 — best price $4.242023-03-16 — best price $4.242023-10-26 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-03-14 — best price $3.742024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-08-26 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-02-10 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-05-19 — best price $3.492025-07-21 — best price $3.492025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-10-27 — best price $3.492025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-02-02 — best price $3.492026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-04-20 — best price $3.492026-06-01 — best price $3.492026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-07-27 — best price $3.492026-08-03 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
57.7%
earned "Last Hope"
19.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Thai, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1732%13

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

Player tags

FPSDarkGoreCo-opActionHorrorPuzzleStealthThrillerMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.