Pass the Fear

Pass the Fear

Skip · RPG · 2026

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17

It scores 45, under the fair line, at $18.99. Fair at $12.22, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Jul 2026 (lowest $15.19, Sep 2026).

Cost per hour▼
$6.33/hr
Reviews▼
78% of 3,529
Genre rank
Top 25% RPG

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at $12.22 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
3h
Finish
79% reach the ending
Achievements
58

Price and sales

Sales
2 on record
Typical cut
20% off
Steam low
$15.19 September 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $15.19 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
129 now
Recent reviews
75% 30 days
Cheaper than
18% of its genre
Better reviewed
71% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

99% start to 79% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has gone on sale 2 times in the 4 months tracked here, most recently in September 2026. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score sits in the top 25 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Plebby Quest: The Crusades ($19.99, scores 46) beats it on value, while it beats Russian Village Simulator ($29.99, scores 41).

More about Pass the Fear

Steam's global achievement data puts 79 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. This site sampled 799 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2026 to October 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 6 of 441 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 178 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 29 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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
Engagement79% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$6.33/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds6 of 799 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

PASS THE FEAR is a roguelite bullet-hell shooter. A catastrophic Witch’s Disaster strikes without warning, and chaotic magic forms the ancient Wall of Storms. Its corruption spreads relentlessly across the island. As a demon hunter trapped within, you must find a way to escape before dawn breaks.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 1060. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Pass the Fear scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3561220/pass-the-fear
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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 Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperPlayMud Studio
PublisherParas Games
GenreRPG
Released2026
Achievements58