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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A solid follow up that doesn't quite reach the heights of the original. The gunplay is still satisfying and Alma remains a little creep. Loses some of the tension of the first game but still a decent horror shooter.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Story wise, the game is a perfect sequel; it continues the story, and the quality doesn't diminish. Everything else seems to be less intense; the enemies feel dumber, and the lighting doesn't feel like the origin of ray tracing. This doesn't make the game "bad." The game just…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Sure, it may have cool set pieces and fun moments, but basically nothing that made the first F.E.A.R. so amazing is retained here. The weapons feel wimpy and the A.I. was dumbed down incredibly. It's not an awful game, but they followed up one of the best FPS games of all time…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Horror · FPS · Action · Gore · Singleplayer · Shooter · Multiplayer · Bullet Time · Psychological Horror · First-Person · Atmospheric · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.whatisfear.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum Operating System: Windows® XP SP2/Vista SP1 Processor: P4 2.8GHz (3.2GHz Vista)/Athlon® 64 3000+ (3200+ Vista) Memory: 1GB (1.5GB Vista) Hard Disk Space: 12GB Available Hard Disk Space Video Card: Fully DX9-compliant graphics card with 256MB (SM 2.0b). NVIDIA 6800 or ATI X700 DirectX® Version: 9.0c Sound: DX9.0c compliant Internet Connection: Broadband