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Fear of the Light

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!

Released Nov 7, 2024 Developer Jakob Ferenius, Astrid Pehrsson Ankarstrand, Isak Åslund, Douglas Gavelin, Ella Östbergh, Lena Louise Elkins, Filip Clavin, Zongying Liu, Vincent Allinggård, Adrian-Robert Baluta, Karl Lindblom Publisher Team Fuve Platforms Windows Survival HorrorSpaceStealthAtmosphericSci-fi
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What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

85.5%positive62 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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 played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

12achievements
19.0%median completion
11.0%rarest: Lore Freak
61.5% of players 52.9% of players 30.9% of players 24.9% of players 23.4% of players 23.4% of players 19.0% of players 15.4% of players 15.2% of players 12.8% of players 12.6% of players 11.0% of players 61.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
61.5%Echo — Hidden achievement
52.9%R.I.P. — Hidden achievement
30.9%Infrared — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
11.0%Lore Freak — Hidden achievement
12.6%Better Safe Than Sorry — Complete the game in more than 30 minutes
12.8%Reckless — Activate five Motion Sensors

Latest official news

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

Nov 20, 2024
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

Nov 12, 2024
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

Nov 09, 2024
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

Nov 08, 2024
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.

GenresFree To Play
Player tagsSurvival Horror · Space · Stealth · Atmospheric · Sci-fi · Exploration · Survival · Horror · Immersive Sim · Realistic · Aliens · First-Person (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements12
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