F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

Fair · Action · 2010

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it. Price from Oct 21.

Cost per hourA
$1.22/hr
Reviews▼
87% of 1,910
Critics
88 players 1 lower
Genre rank
Top 4% Action

Holding it back: Reviews

It needs 2% off ($9.82) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.82 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
8.2h
To 100%
12.2h 1.5x the story

Price and sales

Sales
9 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$1.99 July 2026
Sale every
98d last October 2026
Other stores

Players and genre

Online
7 now
Cheaper than
24% of its genre
Better reviewed
93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

July 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $1.99. Across all 9 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 14 weeks apart.

Its score puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, F.E.A.R. ($9.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats F.E.A.R. ($9.99, scores 66).

More about F.E.A.R.

None of the 485 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$1.22/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds0 of 485 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 17 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
F.E.A.R. scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. Price last read Oct 21. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/21110/f-e-a-r
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Oct 21. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-1
Critics88
Players87
Metacritic critics · 1,910 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperMonolith Productions, Inc.
PublisherWarner Bros. Games
GenreAction
Released2010
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate