Fear of Dark

Fear of Dark

Perfect games · June 8, 2020 · Action, Indie, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Multiplayer

Fear of Dark is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Mixed51% · 126
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Fear of Dark price

Fear of Dark is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Fear of Dark

✦ AI summary

Fear of Dark is an asymmetrical multiplayer game where teams of hunters set traps and work together to capture a deadly creature lurking in a dark forest, or play as the monster using supernatural powers to hunt them down. Success depends on teamwork, strategy, and mastering the unique abilities available to each side—whether you're coordinating ambushes with light and traps or using the forest itself to separate and eliminate your prey.

Can you survive and kill the monster in the night forest? Or fall in a fight with this dangerous creature

Fear of Dark — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Fear of Dark is a basic horror jumpscare game built from Unity assets that players largely view as a low-effort asset flip with borrowed graphics and minimal original content. Reviews are heavily divided, with some claiming it offers decent scares and fun with friends while others criticize the lack of polish, strange controls, and apparent use of fake reviews to boost its standing. Most negative reviewers suggest avoiding it entirely.

Recommended Apr 16, 2026
dead by daylight is DONE FOR
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 6, 2025
"Fear of Dark" is a basic Unity asset flip that the developer gave up on trying to flog, presumably after failing to even recover the money they paid to the Russian review farm for all the fake reviews. Yeah, we know when developers do this. It's absolutely not okay. This is your usual lazy Unity asset flip, a horror jumpscare game. Wander around a Unity forest asset pack and get jumpscared, that's all there is to it. I wonder why it failed. All the Russians who reviewed this said it was great! The game graphics look better than you might expect, but that's just because it looks like some or all of them are "borrowed" from asset stores or wherever. Gamers can tell... and it comes across as insincere. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too. It's free... now, but it wasn't before. The developer was charging $4 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It's a nice gesture for the game to be given away for free, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enoug…
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 1, 2026
VERY HARD CONTROLES MUST SUE!!
Recommended Jun 29, 2026
W game '
Recommended Aug 23, 2025
i could not tell you how fun this game 10/10 i will force my kids to play this
Recommended Aug 15, 2025
this is probably the best horror game out there. if you and your friends dont know what to play, this is it:)

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