Fear of the Light

Fear of the Light

Jakob Ferenius · 2024 · Survival Horror, Space, Stealth, Atmospheric, Sci-fi

PC
Very Positive85% · 61 📈 Making a comeback 93%
This game is free to play. Get it on Steam →

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About Fear of the Light

Fear of the Light is a stealth-based survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness and where surveying monsters keep you on edge.

You’re the lone survivor on a spaceship infested by moths and other dangerous creatures. Explore the ship, override quarantine lockdowns, and find a way to escape. Use your radar and other tools to avoid enemies, keep out of the light, sneak around dangers, and find your way forward. But be careful, monsters are lurking around, searching for you, and are aware of your every mistake!

Key features
  • 20-45 min of playtime
  • Horror twist where light is more dangerous than darkness
  • Intelligent monsters
  • Handheld radar, heat visor, and EMP
  • Diegetic UI tools and terminals
Background
The first version of this game was made in seven weeks with a core team of ten members for a course at Futuregames Stockholm and Karlstad. The team continued working on the game afterward, eventually leading to a nomination for Best Design at the Swedish Game Awards and the Steam release. The game is made in Unreal Engine 5 and almost all the assets aside were created from scratch by the team.

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Mar 12, 2026
[h1] Space station horror. Avoid lights to escape from unknown creatures and space moths and collect keycards. AI is bad, you can run next to monster not alarming it as it will go to source of alarm only. Game need some more tweaking. Rooms filled with same looking props. Performance is bad. Visually it's not that bad. Nice idea but execution a bit like a flat tire. Overall play Dead Space and stop complaining. [/h1]
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Recommended Jun 8, 2026
well.... idk where to start, my main view of the game is that its like a well made but not the most balanced student project. the 3d models for the enviorment are really well made and the 3d models for the monsters are decent. the overall idea for the game is good and defenetly has lots of potential but limits itself a lot with the fact that it clearly was intended to be a less than an hour range of gameplay. as for the bad stuff.... the eney ai and pathing is horrible and level design isnt the best. its the type of game that there are a certain ammount of creatures that wander around the entire map and clearly is going for something like Alien Isolation but its not done well cause it basically like a little game of hide and seek against a toddler cause the monsters clearly know ur exact location and will walk exactly to it ( i did even end up hiding behind a table in a corner that was defenetly not intended to be used as a hiding spot ad the monster couldnt reach but the monsters still went to the exact table and kept walking into it eventhough i wasnt even moving or doing anything for a good while meaning the very moment i left that spot i instantly died ) and u can even in sope…
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Recommended Dec 20, 2025
I like the game, had fun playing it, good space horror story. You really pay the price if you make just one mistake as the monsters can easily tracking you. My review is included in the video. https://youtu.be/XpfOqwqOwzA
Recommended Oct 15, 2025
i dont even know aye lol its an ok game i had fun playing it, its not that scary as they have set paths interesting concept tho
Recommended Oct 3, 2025
Love the game I played it and even with some being stuck by enemy's I had a blast. I will be lookimg forward to future games from team.fuve
Recommended Aug 29, 2025
No clue why this is free, but this was a ton of fun. Creepy, tense, just difficult enough. Not personally crazy on a few items but I'd love an expanded version of this, and the gimmick of needing to stay OUT of the light or you'd be killed? A great twist. Loved it and would happily pay for a bigger version of this. Still not sure? Check out the video, see for yourself! https://youtu.be/1P3_1z-4R6M

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