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Pyromaniac
It's 2009. A 20-year-old Nikolas Rendl wakes up on a bench near a bus stop in an unfamiliar city, without any previous knowledge of what happened. Nikolas has to wander around the cold streets of the city and defend himself from scorched monsters with only one goal: Find answers to all of this.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I was looking for a game that could capture the same atmosphere and feeling as "Cry of fear" and this game absolutely did :3 the story felt a bit slow at first, but everything came together perfectly by the end. The ending left me speechless, i absolutely loved this game~ Huge…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“a lot of people are probably calling this "We have Cry of Fear at home" and while thats technically true, im a huge sucker for cry of fear so i enjoyed playing another game like it”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“A love letter to Cry of Fear. It has the right vibe and you can tell the developer understands what made that game so special. The melancholic atmosphere is honestly the strongest part of the game and there are a few moments that really reminded me why I love this type of…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.42
Valve section in Chapter Two takes less amount of turns in the RNG. Forest key is back to being visible even with the flashlight turned off. Same for the eyes of the Forest Creature. Various bug fixes
Patch 1.41
Added a small hint on how to avoid the Firefighter for Ending C run. Only shows up if you beat the game at least once. The matchboxes will respawn after beating the game if you had collected all of th
The Arsonist's Last Fire
Before the main event, I would like to announce that Pyromaniac has reached an insane amount of over 15,000 SOLD COPIES! Thank you everyone for playing and for the support you have given me. This upda
Hotfix 1.312
Solved an issue where some players had trouble jumping on pipes in Chapter Four by adding a plank so you don't have to jump there. I don't get it though...
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Action · Adventure · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror · Horror · Action-Adventure · Dark · Walking Simulator · Stylized · Atmospheric · First-Person (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Stereo Sound · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech * , Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Italian, French, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Croatian * |
| Achievements | 21 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: these specs are based on what is confirmed to run well and doesn't necessarily mean it's the minimum