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The Fabulous Fear Machine cover art

The Fabulous Fear Machine

Fictiorama Studios · AMC Games · 2023-10-04

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 04, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

89%
positive of 580 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (154 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 24,873 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 580 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.19 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 37 of 57 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14414420232026Week of 2023-10-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$7.192023-10-042026-09-072023-10-04 — best price $15.292023-12-13 — best price $12.052024-01-19 — best price $12.052024-02-13 — best price $17.992024-03-11 — best price $17.992024-03-28 — best price $17.992024-05-08 — best price $12.052024-06-13 — best price $17.992024-07-18 — best price $10.792024-08-26 — best price $10.792024-09-16 — best price $17.992024-10-16 — best price $8.992024-11-04 — best price $17.992024-11-27 — best price $10.792025-01-03 — best price $17.992025-01-27 — best price $10.792025-03-01 — best price $17.992025-03-26 — best price $8.992025-04-29 — best price $17.992025-05-16 — best price $17.992025-06-18 — best price $8.992025-08-01 — best price $17.992025-09-11 — best price $17.992025-10-07 — best price $8.992025-10-28 — best price $8.992025-12-02 — best price $17.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-02-04 — best price $10.792026-02-28 — best price $17.992026-03-30 — best price $8.992026-05-05 — best price $8.992026-06-06 — best price $8.992026-07-17 — best price $8.992026-08-31 — best price $7.192026-09-07 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
85.4%
earned "Master trainee"
28.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4077%47

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

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorStrategyTop-DownDifficultConspiracySimulationStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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