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The Fear Business

Tomás Esconjaureguy · selewi · 2024-10-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 28, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 28, 2024 (Linux), Oct 28, 2024 (Mac)

A survival horror mixed with found footage elements. Unveil the secrets of a dark satanic cult and solve the Solomon Manor puzzles while hiding from the deadly Goat Face.

93%
positive of 121 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 28,091 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 121 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-02-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020242026Week of 2024-10-28: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-14: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$4.992024-10-282026-10-082024-10-28 — best price $8.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $8.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $8.492025-05-12 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $8.492025-09-01 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $6.492025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-02 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-04 — best price $6.492026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $6.492026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
83.9%
earned "At the Gates of Hell"
35.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian

Player tags

DarkGoreBloodRetro1990'sHorrorMysteryViolentAdventureCinematic

Census log

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

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