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Fear Equation

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App ID 428350
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Screwfly Studios
Franchise Screwfly Studios
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29691823
Last Record Update 22 June 2025 – 17:16:24 UTC ()
Release Date 15 January 2016 – 18:00:33 UTC ()
❓ 69.63%
93 reviews
0
In-Game
😱 Horror 👻 Roguelike 🖥️ Simulation 🏠 Building 🛖 Colony Sim

Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.

Additional Information

Developer Screwfly Studios
metacritic_name Fear Equation
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Screwfly Studios
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Store Release Date 15 January 2016 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 15 January 2016 – 18:00:33 UTC ()
Original Release Date 15 January 2016 – 08:00:00 UTC () (1452844800)
Store Asset Modification Time 28 October 2022 – 23:53:10 UTC () (1667001190)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 14 December 2015 – 17:14:22 UTC (), in changelist #1607837
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

😱 Horror 👻 Roguelike 🖥️ Simulation 🏠 Building 🛖 Colony Sim 💡 Strategy 🌲 Survival 💼 Management 🎲 RPG 🎲 Turn-Based 🌫 Atmospheric 🕴 Psychological Horror 🎒 Survival Horror 🦹 Character Customization 👩 Female Protagonist 🚂 Trains 👤 Singleplayer ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 🌱 Indie 🌎 Immersive Sim

Categories

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Steam charts

  • 0 players right now
  • 1 24-hour peak
  • 46 all-time peak 22 January 2016
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  • ❓ Mostly Positive
  • 69.63% SteamDB Rating
  • 71 76.3% positive reviews
  • 22 23.7% negative reviews

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Date Label 30-day Peak
15 January 2016 Steam Release -
31 October 2016 ⇄ Indiegala: Freddy's Halloween Bundle -

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Fear Equation had an all-time peak of 46 concurrent players on 22 January 2016.

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