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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

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.

3
playing now
72%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (63 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 3 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 19% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 63k–152k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,527 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.90-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
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 48 of 73 observed days · $0.55 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

1002026-08-07 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002019-05-042026-08-302019-05-04 — best price $26.992019-08-15 — best price $22.492019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-11-21 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-02-17 — best price $14.992020-03-30 — best price $29.992020-05-27 — best price $10.192020-08-21 — best price $10.192020-10-29 — best price $9.892020-12-22 — best price $9.892021-03-25 — best price $9.992021-06-14 — best price $19.992021-08-05 — best price $19.992021-10-18 — best price $9.992021-12-13 — best price $9.992022-02-09 — best price $3.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992025-11-29 — best price $19.992026-01-21 — best price $19.992026-03-25 — best price $19.792026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-05-08 — best price $19.792026-05-25 — best price $1.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-06-26 — best price $1.692026-07-10 — best price $1.992026-07-17 — best price $19.992026-07-31 — best price $1.392026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

123252026-05-31 — 54 pageviews2026-06-03 — 57 pageviews2026-06-06 — 87 pageviews2026-06-09 — 68 pageviews2026-06-12 — 53 pageviews2026-06-15 — 61 pageviews2026-06-18 — 67 pageviews2026-06-21 — 50 pageviews2026-06-24 — 64 pageviews2026-06-27 — 36 pageviews2026-06-30 — 37 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-06 — 44 pageviews2026-07-09 — 50 pageviews2026-07-12 — 52 pageviews2026-07-15 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 58 pageviews2026-07-21 — 45 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-27 — 46 pageviews2026-07-30 — 43 pageviews2026-08-02 — 40 pageviews2026-08-05 — 51 pageviews2026-08-08 — 46 pageviews2026-08-11 — 38 pageviews2026-08-14 — 43 pageviews2026-08-17 — 49 pageviews2026-08-20 — 47 pageviews2026-08-23 — 56 pageviews2026-08-26 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 62 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

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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