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The Fan cover art

The Fan

Ezhaac Studio · Plug In Digital · 2017-05-10

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 10, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Fan is an interactive photo fiction with real locations and actors.The game is a first person thriller with a unique twist. Driven by a creepy and unsettling atmosphere, it will take you deep within the darkest places of Paris underground.

0
playing now
66%
positive of 211 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 89% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.3k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 211 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.80-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.45 at GamersGate (2024-09-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 88 of 120 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.03$0.452017-05-102026-08-202017-05-10 — best price $4.792017-12-04 — best price $5.992018-05-21 — best price $4.192018-08-15 — best price $3.002018-12-04 — best price $5.992019-06-20 — best price $2.032019-11-21 — best price $5.992020-01-20 — best price $5.612020-04-21 — best price $4.922020-07-10 — best price $5.992020-08-31 — best price $1.492020-10-21 — best price $5.992020-12-06 — best price $4.992021-01-30 — best price $5.992021-03-24 — best price $5.992021-05-12 — best price $4.992021-07-10 — best price $5.992021-11-05 — best price $5.992022-01-19 — best price $1.492022-06-13 — best price $5.992022-10-03 — best price $5.992023-01-06 — best price $5.992023-03-20 — best price $4.692023-06-19 — best price $0.892023-08-22 — best price $5.992023-11-17 — best price $1.202024-01-22 — best price $5.992024-04-08 — best price $0.902024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-09-23 — best price $0.452025-01-06 — best price $0.452025-04-14 — best price $0.482025-07-30 — best price $5.992025-10-29 — best price $4.692026-01-24 — best price $5.992026-04-13 — best price $0.502026-07-29 — best price $4.692026-08-20 — best price $4.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

DarkShortHorrorMysteryViolentThrillerAdventureCinematicDark HumorFirst-Person

Census log

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

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