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Don't Be Afraid

Don't Be Afraid

Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Released Dec 17, 2020 Developer Limo Games, Broken Arrow Games Publisher Eneida Games, Untold Tales Platforms Windows First-PersonHorrorSurvivalWalking SimulatorSurvival Horror
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

82.1%positive1,014 reviews
Recommended · 94 found this helpful

“Don't Be Afraid is a somewhat generic, yet entertaining horror walking simulator. Whilst there are very few chase scenes, the short game is mostly based around simple puzzles and exploration. There is no action, the story is questionable, and the gameplay length is rather…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 39 found this helpful

“I reviewed The First Toy roughly a year ago which was a teaser to this game. Essentially, we could complete two chapters then and now we have the full game with around a dozen levels. I still appreciate that the aforementioned title is available as an introduction to this game -…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Decent game, give a Bendy vibe, but not having saves kills it. Having to redo the same thing every time, unless you can finish it in one sitting, gets old.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

198all-time peak
0 25 50 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 20 avg · Oct 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.

26achievements
25.3%median completion
3.5%rarest: One man's treasure... Can be yours
82.8% of players 78.3% of players 61.8% of players 53.4% of players 50.1% of players 40.2% of players 39.8% of players 37.9% of players 35.7% of players 35.0% of players 34.5% of players 33.8% of players 25.8% of players 25.3% of players 16.6% of players 15.6% of players 11.8% of players 10.7% of players 7.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.7% of players 4.7% of players 4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.5% of players 82.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.8%David alone in home — Start the game
78.3%Into the dark — Go calmly through the darkness
61.8%Diligent student — Complete the tutorial
Rarest badges of honor
3.5%One man's treasure... Can be yours — Hidden achievement
3.9%Freezing Cold — Hidden achievement
4.3%Time Traveller — Unlock all of the available endings.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$9.99base price
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-09
US1.99 USD−80%
EU1.95 EUR−80%
UK1.70 GBP−80%
Australia2.90 AUD−80%
Canada2.59 CAD−80%
Japan260 JPY−80%
Brazil7.59 BRL−80%
China8.40 CNY−80%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$1.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$2.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-26 09-10 09-24 10-09 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 26, 2026
😱🧟 Steam Scream V is ON!

Get ready for spine-chilling dread, as the fifth edition of the most nightmarish of festivals begins . For the next week, celebrate the scariest, most disturbing, and paranoia-inducing titles, Don't B

Oct 21, 2026
࣪ ִֶָ☾.🏛️🗝️The Key to the Season of the Dread is within your grasp 🦇༉‧₊˚.

🕸️๋࣭ ⭑The skittering, everywhere, under the walls. The mists are rising. Someone or- something? is watching you... The season of ghosts, scares, and pumpkins is here, and this time you've got everythi

Oct 20, 2026
OUT NOW: Insanitorium - Don’t Be Afraid

Insanitorium is a new entry in the Don’t Be Afraid series, but it is not a direct sequel. It is a standalone project 🎭 What's different is not only the story, but also the experience. We wanted to exp

Oct 10, 2026
⏳🪽 Games Under 5 Hours Festival begins!

Week-long adventures of grandiose proportions with bajillions of sidequests and mechanics are fun. Well, sometimes what we picture the ideal game as. Oh, you're waiting for a "but", right? Well... Whe

Oct 01, 2026
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Green turns gold. Gold turns red. Something's shifting in the air, and the afternoons are hardly BBQ-appropriate. So, do you need some inspo for these long evenings? We got you! ☕️🍂 .° Steam Autumn Sa

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsFirst-Person · Horror · Survival · Walking Simulator · Survival Horror · Exploration · Gore · Story Rich · Simulation · Action · Singleplayer · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements26
Official sitehttps://www.facebook.com/dontbeafraidgame/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 3.1 GHz or AMD Phenom II X3 2.8 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 or Radeon HD6870 with 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11