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The Fear Business

The Fear Business

A survival horror mixed with found footage elements. Unveil the secrets of a dark satanic cult and solve the Solomon Manor puzzles while hiding from the deadly Goat Face.

Released Oct 28, 2024 Developer Tomás Esconjaureguy Publisher selewi Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux AdventureSurvival HorrorHorrorMysteryViolent
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

93.4%positive121 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Just another night at your local satanic cult gathering. Really fun game, this was exactly the right amount of everything that was needed to give you some retro nostalgia and actually creep you out a few times. I loved beating goatface with a metal pipe too.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Definitely another great addition to Selewi's games! The last part of the game was tough and that bear trap was sooooo annoying but I did it on my third try! Great game over all and recommend this to anyone looking for a good horror game. About 2-3 hours of gameplay and is…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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“my playthrough: https://youtu.be/vlEiVEIrp28 Pretty traditional horror game where you explore a mansion, look for key items/ solve puzzles to advance, and hide from the monster.”

— 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 2026-09-26.

16achievements
35.7%median completion
3.4%rarest: The GOAT
84.2% of players 58.0% of players 45.7% of players 44.7% of players 44.5% of players 41.2% of players 40.6% of players 38.4% of players 35.7% of players 35.3% of players 33.9% of players 29.7% of players 26.9% of players 15.0% of players 7.0% of players 3.4% of players 84.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.2%At the Gates of Hell — Hidden achievement
58.0%Counterattack — Hit Goat Face
45.7%Electrician — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
3.4%The GOAT — Beat the game in deadly+ mode
7.0%The Death — Beat the game in deadly mode
15.0%Prime Time — Gather all the video evidence

Latest official news

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Dec 19, 2024
The Follower update is here

I wanted to give all of you a small present right before Christmas, so here is the 1.1.0 update for The Fear Business titled "The Follower", featuring a new camera perspective from behind the shoulder

Nov 15, 2024
Version 1.0.3 changelog

General: Fixed a bug that allowed the killer to open a locked door Fixed a bug that allowed the player to move briefly while dead after being killed in a hiding place Repositioned player during the bo

Nov 10, 2024
Version 1.0.2 changelog

Hello everyone, we're hearing your feedback. Out intentions with this patch is to make the normal difficulties a bit easier so all of you can enjoy the story without having to worry too much about rel

Nov 03, 2024
Version 1.0.1 changelog

New: Added Russian translation General: Adjusted killer speed on Deadly+ difficulty Fixed blood mesh not being visible due to occlussion culling in the distillery Fixed a bug that could hardlock the m

Oct 28, 2024
The Fear Business is OUT NOW!

It's been a long journey, but we're greatly pleased to announce that you can play The Fear Business now! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/42882830/5dc27c288d99dddace4133a5e821d7c689e8aa65.pn

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Survival Horror · Horror · Mystery · Violent · Conspiracy · Gore · Retro · Atmospheric · Blood · Cinematic · 1990's (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, German *
ControllerFull support
Achievements16
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.4GHZ Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 9800GT Or Equivalent Storage: 400 MB available space