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Fear the Spotlight
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A cute little entry-level survival horror that has its moments. I find the narrative to be the best part. The gameplay is simple and mostly focuses on good puzzles. The game is full of callbacks to classics, which I appreciate. All around a good game from a new, small studio.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Great little horror game. I really appreciate the total lack of jumpscares.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Had I played Fear the Spotlight in 2024, it very likely would have been my horror game of the year. It strikes a perfect balance between cozy and spooky. The puzzles and progression were never too hard or frustrating, but also not too easy (at least not for me). I love Viv and…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 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 2026-07-25.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Survival Horror · Atmospheric · Story Rich · Puzzle · Stealth · Female Protagonist · Exploration · Horror · Psychological Horror · Third Person · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://blumhouse.com/games |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64 Bit Processor: Intel i5 @2.5 GHz or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 700 series Storage: 1 GB available space