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FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
“FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water” comes to Steam for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the horror-adventure series FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO. The game is set on sacred Mt. Hikami, a site of many mysterious and terrifying incidents.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
32 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“Got all the Fatal Frame games so far and I still can't play horror games. Still a good Fatal Frame game and you got to support them to make more Fatal Frame 10/10 Would Fatal Frame again.”
“Quick thoughts: the vibes: literally so depressing but in a beautiful way? everything is wet and dark and i’m obsessed with the atmosphere. it’s giving major j-horror brainrot. the combat: honestly? firing a camera at a…”
“possibly better then silent hill.”
20 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“Quick thoughts: the vibes: literally so depressing but in a beautiful way? everything is wet and dark and i’m obsessed with the atmosphere. it’s giving major j-horror brainrot. the combat: honestly? firing a camera at a…”
“pretty in all ways, including the storyline & the creepy atmosphere fighting with a camera is something… also the controls were bothersome at first but got used to it. + obsessed with my gothic witch fit 𓆩❤︎𓆪”
“One of the best horror games on steam and probably ever. Yes, it has some pacing issues since youll return to the same scenery a couple of times trought the game but even so the story, music, ghosts and atmosphere are…”
20 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“pretty in all ways, including the storyline & the creepy atmosphere fighting with a camera is something… also the controls were bothersome at first but got used to it. + obsessed with my gothic witch fit 𓆩❤︎𓆪”
“One of the best horror games on steam and probably ever. Yes, it has some pacing issues since youll return to the same scenery a couple of times trought the game but even so the story, music, ghosts and atmosphere are…”
“Hachishaku-sama made me ♥♥♥♥ my pants Fun game. The controls are a bit weird due to it being a port of a Wii U game, but it's very enjoyable. I liked the story, it's all sorts of messed up, and the endings I got…”
4 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“One of the best horror games on steam and probably ever. Yes, it has some pacing issues since youll return to the same scenery a couple of times trought the game but even so the story, music, ghosts and atmosphere are…”
“[i]To the uninitiated, Fatal Frame is a 3rd person horror series, where you switch to first person to photograph ghosts and combat them. Having finished the game, Fatal Frame is a 3d depressing, fanservice-y visual…”
“[h1]Great entry in the series if you haven't played before![/h1] Setting and story were interesting! Although, a lot of it is told through the notes/documents you pick as you explore the environments in-game rather than…”
19 of the 90 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“One of the best horror games on steam and probably ever. Yes, it has some pacing issues since youll return to the same scenery a couple of times trought the game but even so the story, music, ghosts and atmosphere are…”
“wow i hated this, slow, gameplay gets constantly cut off by short cutscenes and the fighting aspect is repetitive and boring. refunded.”
“My first experience with the series. According to Internet professionals, this game is considered the weakest among all Fatal Frame's. I have nothing to compare to, but I liked it. Characters can appear blunt, dumb,…”
16 of the 90 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Quick thoughts: the vibes: literally so depressing but in a beautiful way? everything is wet and dark and i’m obsessed with the atmosphere. it’s giving major j-horror brainrot. the combat: honestly? firing a camera at a…”
“pretty in all ways, including the storyline & the creepy atmosphere fighting with a camera is something… also the controls were bothersome at first but got used to it. + obsessed with my gothic witch fit 𓆩❤︎𓆪”
“controls are horrific but the outfits make up for it....”
9 of the 90 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“im convinced everyone whos played this, forgot the whole incest plot. This game is a proshippers wettest dream swear to god”
“wow i hated this, slow, gameplay gets constantly cut off by short cutscenes and the fighting aspect is repetitive and boring. refunded.”
“My first experience with the series. According to Internet professionals, this game is considered the weakest among all Fatal Frame's. I have nothing to compare to, but I liked it. Characters can appear blunt, dumb,…”
5 of the 90 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game sucks. Maybe I'm over reacting who can say. I could deal with the mid story, and the janky mechanic, but I can't forgive the game crashed on me and lost all my progress on a chapter that took hours for me to…”
“Great game. First time i sat and watched all the cutscenes and didnt want to skip them. Had an little infinite loading bug but it only happened a couple time during the whole playthrough.”
“Bought this game on launch and it didn't work. Came back to it now and I still have no audio.”
4 of the 90 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game sucks. Maybe I'm over reacting who can say. I could deal with the mid story, and the janky mechanic, but I can't forgive the game crashed on me and lost all my progress on a chapter that took hours for me to…”
“光荣重做不上心，要是更上心一点就好了”
Counted across 90 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black Water brings this classic Japanese horror into the modern era, focusing on a damp, dark, and melancholic atmosphere. This is what attracted me to this franchise, as it relates to J-Horror genres (such as The Ring, Ju-On, Sadako, and Teketeke). The…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“If you're trying to play this game on keyboard and the games keeps stuttering it's a bug that your game is trying to find an input of a controller. Put a controller on and it will be fixed by itself.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I think I was really trying to convince myself that I wanted to play this game and that it would be cool. I enjoy the resident evil and silent hill games, and they're functionally a much better survival horror experience than what you get here. This game is like a walking…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Free costumes available until April 22! New title in the series out now!
Free additional costumes and accessories for FATAL FRAME: Maiden of Black Water and FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse are available until April 22! If you haven’t picked up these special items ye
“FATAL FRAME” 24th Anniversary! / Special DLCs Redistribution!
December 13th is “FATAL FRAME Day”! To celebrate the 24th anniversary of the original FATAL FRAME, we are redistributing the special DLCs! Available from: December 12th, 2025 (Fri) – April 22nd, 2026
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse has been announced.
Unforgettable Horror 「FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse」was released in 2008 for Wii as the fourth title in the series of 「FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO.」Following the remasterization
Ver. 1.0.0.4（Steam®）
Fixed the issue of character poses being displayed incorrectly in the Snap mode. Fixed the issue that made it impossible to quickly shake off ghost hands. Fixed vibration support for Xinput-style cont
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Horror · Female Protagonist · Sexual Content · Mature · Psychological Horror · Nudity · Mystery · Singleplayer · Adventure · Beautiful · Survival Horror · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese * * |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Official site | https://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/fatalframe/mobw/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10, 64bit Processor: Intel Core i5 750 or over Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or over, AMD Radeon RX 550 or over, 1280x720 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 25 GB available space Sound Card: 16 bit stereo, 48kHz WAVE file can be played Additional Notes: The estimated performance is 720P/30 to 60FPS. Note: The frame rate may drop during the scenes with heavy load.