The Fabulous Fear Machine
Fair · Strategy · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $17.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8.4h 13.6h to 100%
- Value
- $2.14/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 582 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $10.73 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS, ATI Radeon HD 3470, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 25 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 9 percent on value. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Bio Inc. Redemption ($1.03, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 ($14.99, scores 21).
More about The Fabulous Fear Machine
Critics scored it 77. Players sit 13 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 357 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to August 2026.
The drop-off
85% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Great strategy game with fabolous art and histories. The only problem is that I want more
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The Fabulous Fear Machine scores 60/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1540350/the-fabulous-fear-machineReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.