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Fear of the Light
A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“Fear of the light is a decent little horror experience that has an interesting story and concept. That being said, the game certainly has areas of improvement, as some aspects (the moths, oh how I hate the moths) are missing some balance, but overall, the game is fun and worth a…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Graphics Settings & Key Bindings - Version 1.0.3
Yo! We have now added lots of graphics settings and customizable key bindings. Hopefully, this should make the game playable on more devices! We have also renamed the areas of the ship and reworked th
Updates Based on Player Feedback - Version 1.0.2
Hey hey! Here’s an update with more changes. Most of them are based on player feedback, thanks a lot! <3 We have also added some more polish, scripted events, and other improvements. Next up, we’ll lo
Day One Patch - Version 1.0.1
Woop! Woop! We resolved our issues with the Steamworks account management and were finally able to push the Day One Patch to everyone!! :D After looking at player data and feedback during the first 24
Day One Patch Available in Beta Branch
330 overridden terminals, 460 player deaths, 280 monsters juked, 955 logs read, and over 540 motion sensors triggered in just the few first hours!! We're super grateful for all the engagement and feed
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Free To Play |
| Player tags | Survival Horror · Space · Stealth · Atmospheric · Sci-fi · Exploration · Survival · Horror · Immersive Sim · Realistic · Aliens · First-Person (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 12 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space