Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek

Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek

Steam Deck Playable

Rayll · Horror · Jun 10, 2026

Worth it for the right player.

At $7.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

76%
Mostly Positive
7k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 91 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 7k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

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
40% of themes are praise20% are divided40% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Great peer-to-peer co-op mechanics
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
If there's ever a sequel that supports P2P multiplayer, I'd be happy to try it as well and see how things have improved.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Voice acting is pretty good, not distracting and not over used.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Classic atmospheric ps1 graphics that gives us the creepy atmosphere that we all enjoy, yet somehow prettier and cleaner.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Co-op82 reviews
Multiplayer48 reviews
Audio28 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters126 reviews
56%
Gameplay43 reviews
58%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs91 reviews
47%
Crashes23 reviews
26%
Performance7 reviews
14%
Servers and matchmaking6 reviews
17%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $7.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
10
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.