Co-op with a friend or partner is great fun
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 positive reviews
“Add good company and you'll probably have the funniest 2 hours of your life.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek
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Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Rayll2026Horror · Psychological Horror · Adventure
−30%$7.99$5.59
US Steam price, checked 50 min ago
The verdict
A short, atmospheric co-op entry in the Fears to Fathom series, fun and funny with a friend or partner. Bugs, softlocks and a trial-and-error chase ending hurt it, so skip it if you hate restarts.
Great for
Couples or friends wanting a cheap, short, funny co-op horror evening
Main risk
Game-breaking bugs force chapter restarts with unskippable dialogue, and the chase ending is unclear
What players love
Good atmosphere, VHS look and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The VHS aesthetic has become the trademark of the series at this point, and once again it does an excellent job of creating tension and setting the mood.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Funny moments and cow clicker mini-game
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Hiding in a coffin literally holding in laughter and snorts with my real life hands”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Split-up segments and texting add tension
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“especially the moments where you and your friends get split up and have to deal with creepy stuff on your own. It adds a lot of tension”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Effective jumpscares
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The jumpscares were really well timed”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Cheap price and replay as other character
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“For $8 or $5.50 when on sale, you can't get a much better than this game”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Many bugs and softlocks force restarts
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“all of these ones that force a restart are unacceptable for any game.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Not scary, boring and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“only maybe like 1 or 2, at most, "scary jumpscares" you get.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Chase ending is unclear trial and error
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“No checkpoints? Seriously?”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Too short and thin on content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Boring and short, barely any gameplay at all, mostly just waiting for slow conversation.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Unskippable dialogue and sparse checkpoints
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Unskippable dialogue for most of the game even after restarts”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Invisible walls and unclear direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“everywhere i went was invisible wall, invisible wall, invisible wall.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable14 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380
Storage14 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or Intel Arc B570
Storage14 GB available space
OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380
Storage14 GB available space
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