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Layers of Fear 2 (2019) cover art

Layers of Fear 2 (2019)

Bloober Team SA · 2019-05-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2019 (Xbox One), May 20, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 28, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.

Layers of Fear 2 (2019) is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 2558 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

9
playing now
72%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (63 ratings)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (1,149 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Layers of Fear 2 is a psychological horror video game developed by Bloober Team. It was released for Linux, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019, and for the Nintendo Switch in 2021. It is a sequel to Layers of Fear.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 172 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 455% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 64k–153k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,558 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.44 at GameBillet (2026-08-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 79 of 118 observed days · $18.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20020020192026Week of 2019-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2112026-09-14 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
512Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 51 · peak 299Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 61Oct 2019 — avg 10 · peak 77Dec 2019 — avg 12 · peak 47Feb 2020 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 48Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 28Oct 2020 — avg 15 · peak 118Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 35Feb 2021 — avg 11 · peak 25Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2021 — avg 10 · peak 40Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Oct 2021 — avg 9 · peak 47Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002019-05-042026-10-142019-05-04 — best price $26.992019-08-19 — best price $29.992019-11-04 — best price $29.992019-12-11 — best price $14.992020-01-31 — best price $29.992020-03-30 — best price $29.992020-06-15 — best price $29.992020-08-28 — best price $11.992020-11-23 — best price $29.992021-03-22 — best price $9.992021-06-14 — best price $19.992021-08-20 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $9.992022-03-24 — best price $9.992025-11-29 — best price $19.992026-03-10 — best price $1.992026-03-27 — best price $1.992026-04-20 — best price $13.942026-05-07 — best price $13.942026-05-25 — best price $1.992026-06-17 — best price $1.992026-07-02 — best price $19.992026-07-13 — best price $13.942026-07-28 — best price $15.612026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $1.392026-09-01 — best price $1.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $1.992026-09-25 — best price $1.992026-10-01 — best price $1.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

120252026-05-31 — 54 pageviews2026-06-04 — 38 pageviews2026-06-08 — 76 pageviews2026-06-12 — 53 pageviews2026-06-16 — 75 pageviews2026-06-20 — 35 pageviews2026-06-24 — 64 pageviews2026-06-28 — 49 pageviews2026-07-02 — 56 pageviews2026-07-06 — 44 pageviews2026-07-10 — 48 pageviews2026-07-14 — 25 pageviews2026-07-18 — 58 pageviews2026-07-22 — 35 pageviews2026-07-26 — 53 pageviews2026-07-30 — 43 pageviews2026-08-03 — 44 pageviews2026-08-07 — 43 pageviews2026-08-11 — 38 pageviews2026-08-15 — 64 pageviews2026-08-19 — 52 pageviews2026-08-23 — 56 pageviews2026-08-27 — 62 pageviews2026-08-31 — 71 pageviews2026-09-04 — 95 pageviews2026-09-08 — 103 pageviews2026-09-12 — 63 pageviews2026-09-16 — 54 pageviews2026-09-20 — 49 pageviews2026-09-24 — 55 pageviews2026-09-28 — 60 pageviews2026-10-02 — 54 pageviews2026-10-06 — 61 pageviews2026-10-09 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
75.8%
earned "Lights, Camera, Action!"
14.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-13 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

DarkIndieCasualHorrorPuzzleSurrealAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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