F.E.A.R.

Buy94%

Very Positive · 20k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Monolith Productions, Inc. · Horror · May 21, 2010

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy F.E.A.R.?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 119 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 107 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 101 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 71 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 20k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
119 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The 2 main reasons are as follows; the level variety and the "horror/story".
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
107 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Thankfully one of the game's draws is the ability to trigger your own reflexes, entering a form of slow-motion, allowing for much easier combat.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
101 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
And I quite like this design especially with the games core combat gameplay loop, because of this you can reload a checkpoint over and over and approach it differently, and the A.I. will enhance this variety by employing different strategies each time.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
For the time it came out, it was very visually impressive and even now the screen effects, lighting, particles, physics, and overall atmosphere keep the game from feeling its age.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Even on the hardest difficulty there are a LOT of health packs and armors lying around too.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The sound design is arguably as important in this game as the plentitude of effects.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story119 reviews
Combat107 reviews
Gameplay101 reviews
Graphics58 reviews
Difficulty38 reviews
Audio32 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Performance
90% still recommend
Crashes
83% still recommend
Bugs
91% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend
Multiplayer
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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