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True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

Goblinz Enterprises Ltd · The Digital Lounge · 2016-10-19

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AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 03, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 01, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 19, 2016 (Mac), Feb 13, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Oct 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2016, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1250 reviews).

4
playing now
92%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.43★
PlayStation Store rating (1,292 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 108 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,250 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.69-70%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at GOG (2022-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 61 of 81 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
351Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 14 · peak 49Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2017 — avg 4 · peak 25Feb 2018 — avg 4 · peak 22Jun 2018 — avg 10 · peak 77Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 25Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2019 — avg 9 · peak 42Feb 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 22Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 32Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 25Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 18Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 28Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 27Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 20 · peak 61Oct 2025 — avg 12 · peak 41Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 42Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.49$1.792016-10-202026-10-142016-10-20 — best price $10.492017-03-13 — best price $8.242017-11-01 — best price $8.992018-04-23 — best price $8.992018-12-20 — best price $2.692019-07-09 — best price $8.992019-10-28 — best price $2.692020-06-25 — best price $3.142020-12-01 — best price $8.992021-02-15 — best price $8.992021-07-19 — best price $8.992022-01-31 — best price $8.992022-07-13 — best price $2.692022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-02-21 — best price $8.992023-04-20 — best price $9.992023-09-19 — best price $8.992024-02-06 — best price $8.992024-05-08 — best price $8.992024-08-21 — best price $8.992024-11-05 — best price $2.242025-01-17 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $8.992025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-09-25 — best price $2.692026-01-11 — best price $8.992026-04-03 — best price $8.992026-06-11 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $2.692026-09-01 — best price $2.692026-09-09 — best price $2.692026-09-17 — best price $2.692026-09-25 — best price $2.692026-10-03 — best price $2.692026-10-11 — best price $2.692026-10-14 — best price $2.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "What really happened."
48.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Czech, Korean, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,32118%30
Xbox One (Xbox)33925%30

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

Player tags

2DCasualHorrorPuzzleThrillerAdventureDetectiveMinimalistStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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