
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 2.14/day in the week to Aug 25 → 3.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,420 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
The legendary game where it all started. Kickstarting an award-winning series in style, Layers of Fear plunges you into a tale of madness and artistic compulsion as you take on the role of The Painter determined to complete his magnum opus at all costs.
As you roam the painter’s decaying home, the world warps to reflect his crumbling sanity. Memories blur into sinister visions, rooms twist into nightmares, and each discovery draws you closer to the truth behind his masterpiece – and the obsession that destroyed him.
Created by the modern-day masters of horror – Bloober Team – the original Layers of Fear is renowned for this immersive and tense atmosphere. Prepare for a haunting journey into the depths of the human psyche.
Psychedelic Horror – The unstable environment reacts to your fragile state of mind, reshaping itself when you look away.
Victorian Setting – Explore a game world inspired by iconic paintings, architecture and décor from the 19th century.
Original and Classic Art – Numerous pieces of original art and music flesh out the game’s storyline and its richly-detailed locations.
Genres
Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, GOG publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 27.7Kreviews | 88% | — | $9.2M |
| $22.99 | 8.9Kratings | 89% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 943 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Отличный хоррор-бродилка. Игра выполняет свою роль, и пугает не только скримерами, а и атмосферой. Если углубляться в мелочи, то игра станет ещё жутче. В основном–это Амнезия на минималках, но качественная. Особенно хочется похвалить музыку, она отличная, мрачная, загадочная, слышишь её и вспоминаешь откуда она. Я вышел на концовку с циклом, она плохая вроде.
Layers of fear - великолепная атмосфера, интересный арт-дизайн, но никакущий в сторону хоррора. Мне ужасно понравился дизайн в игре, он до сих пор выглядит лучше чем большинство современных хорроров. Сюжет простой, но не подаётся игроку в лицо, что очень хорошо. Только вот (СПОЙЛЕР) линия с циклом даже в 2016-м была неактуальна. В хоррорной составляющей мне не понравилось правктически всё. Все пугалки (КРОМЕ ОДНОЙ) являются заскриптованными эффектами с громким звуком, что под конец игры начинает раздражать. Единственный скример, который меня напугал - это момент с крысой, которая забежала в камин. Если игрок подойдёт ближе и развернётся, ТО НА НЕГО ПОЛЕТИТ СИЛУЭТ ИЗ КНИГ! Это единственный скример, который реально напугал. В любом случае как игра - отлично, но как хоррор - так себе.
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14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 14: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, Italian, Polish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Korean*languages with full audio support
| $1.99−90% |
| 278ratings |
| 74% |
| — |
| not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 943 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Super fun and addicting. I really love this game and recommend it.
Ходилка-бродилка-пугалка, не впечатлила, но неплохо, не жалею. Говорят, что ремейк хороший, поэтому лучше ремейк брать, чем эту версию
自己玩下来的第一个恐怖游戏好玩!!!
夏日解暑纳凉第一神器,多热的天玩这个游戏,鸡皮疙瘩都是一层接一层的。
人类想象力巅峰之作
Immersive horror game with an impressive artistic direction, albeit a bit short one
no esperaba nada y me hizo todo el sabado recomendado
I really liked the premise. Not enough to replay it, but enough to be bummed that LoF2 didn't work on my laptop. But also not enough to try and troubleshoot the issue. And also not enough to go through the same house at the beginning of the re-make. But that first and only playthrough was worth the sale price.
Active players
Estimated daily and monthly active players (DAU/MAU) modeled from peak concurrency.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
Players also reviewed
The games this title's players most often review too — audience affinity.
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