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Layers of Fear

Anshar Studios · Bloober Team SA · 2023-06-15

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 15, 2023 (Mac), Jun 15, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jun 15, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Layers of Fear is an Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 1719 reviews).

9
playing now
79%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (603 downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (1,343 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Layers of Fear is a horror game developed and published by Bloober Team. It is a remake of the 2016 game Layers of Fear and its sequel Layers of Fear 2 (2019), combining stories from the previous games with new content. The game was released for macOS, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S in June 2023. It was released for the Nintendo Switch 2 on December 19th, 2025. It received generally favourable reviews from critics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 193 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 69% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,719 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.49-65%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.00 at JoyBuggy (2021-10-16) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 124 of 171 observed days · $7.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34034020232026Week of 2023-06-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4042026-09-15 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 29 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2206Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 220 · peak 697Jul 2023 — avg 49 · peak 152Aug 2023 — avg 24 · peak 60Sep 2023 — avg 16 · peak 39Oct 2023 — avg 27 · peak 96Nov 2023 — avg 19 · peak 74Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 39Jan 2024 — avg 12 · peak 36Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 69Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 41Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 34Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 38Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 27Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 41Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 34Dec 2025 — avg 16 · peak 46Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 56Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 29Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002019-10-242026-10-142019-10-24 — best price $0.002020-12-03 — best price $22.992021-10-21 — best price $19.992022-01-04 — best price $19.992022-03-11 — best price $3.992023-06-16 — best price $22.202023-08-15 — best price $20.852023-10-16 — best price $29.992023-11-25 — best price $22.982024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-05 — best price $29.992024-03-05 — best price $29.992024-04-05 — best price $26.962024-05-08 — best price $29.992024-06-04 — best price $26.112024-07-24 — best price $29.992024-09-17 — best price $17.992024-11-26 — best price $17.992025-01-22 — best price $22.982025-03-13 — best price $17.992025-04-14 — best price $22.982025-05-20 — best price $17.992025-06-20 — best price $17.992025-08-17 — best price $22.982025-09-15 — best price $23.892025-10-24 — best price $22.982025-12-03 — best price $29.992026-02-05 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $11.852026-04-27 — best price $8.452026-05-25 — best price $11.992026-06-21 — best price $12.002026-07-27 — best price $11.992026-08-25 — best price $10.492026-09-10 — best price $9.362026-09-25 — best price $10.492026-10-10 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $10.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

156462026-05-29 — 86 pageviews2026-06-02 — 59 pageviews2026-06-06 — 156 pageviews2026-06-10 — 80 pageviews2026-06-14 — 91 pageviews2026-06-18 — 74 pageviews2026-06-22 — 66 pageviews2026-06-26 — 70 pageviews2026-06-30 — 61 pageviews2026-07-04 — 63 pageviews2026-07-08 — 47 pageviews2026-07-12 — 58 pageviews2026-07-16 — 75 pageviews2026-07-20 — 66 pageviews2026-07-24 — 63 pageviews2026-07-28 — 56 pageviews2026-08-01 — 66 pageviews2026-08-05 — 73 pageviews2026-08-09 — 76 pageviews2026-08-13 — 68 pageviews2026-08-17 — 46 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-25 — 58 pageviews2026-08-29 — 63 pageviews2026-09-02 — 50 pageviews2026-09-06 — 68 pageviews2026-09-10 — 106 pageviews2026-09-14 — 66 pageviews2026-09-18 — 51 pageviews2026-09-22 — 101 pageviews2026-09-26 — 86 pageviews2026-09-30 — 73 pageviews2026-10-04 — 85 pageviews2026-10-07 — 93 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
93.9%
earned "Something important"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-06-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)31,4723%27
PS4 (PlayStation)11,2359%21
PS5 (PlayStation)1,85013%52
Steam (Steam)1,6914%52

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

Player tags

DarkHorrorMatureMysteryAdventureEmotionalImmersiveStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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