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Cry of Fear

Cry of Fear

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.

Mostly Positive · 78%2013

The verdict

A free, genuinely scary psychological horror on GoldSrc with a gripping depression-themed story. Skip it if you hate jank, backtracking, parkour, or fiddling to get it running.

Great for

Horror fans who want a story-driven, Silent Hill-style experience for free and tolerate dated mechanics

Main risk

Getting it to run on modern PCs (crashes, resolution, co-op) and clunky, frustrating gameplay

What players love

Oppressive, truly scary atmosphere

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“In no other horror game have I felt so uncomfortable and on edge, expecting a screaming creature to run out from anywhere at the speed of my heartbeat after such jump scares.”

Steam review · 9.1 h played  ↗

What players complain about

System requirements

Steam Deck: Unknown
OSWindows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP
Processor1 ghz
Memory1024 MB RAM
Graphics128MB Video Card with OpenGL support
Storage5 GB HD space

Analyzed Oct 5, 2026  ·  300 reviews

150 positive, 150 negative

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