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.
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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 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 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 935 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
I have been enjoying this psychological horror/walking simulator/interactive narrative/puzzle game a lot so far. There have been plenty of "jump scare"-style spooky moments. The tension builds up well in each "beat" of the game. I'd say it's less scary than Amnesia and Outlast and closer to Silent Hill type scary... twitchy dolls, etc. and prop-based, physics scares. The scripting & game design is very cool in the sense that much changes and/or repeats as you move and look around. That makes you feel like the character - in a constant state of delirium. Update: Finished the game. I really enjoyed it. Overall, I really only felt truly "scared" once - but I think that is because Outlast traumatized me. lol. For real though, it does have a lot of "jump scares", but that doesn't stop it from being a solid horror game with an excellent plot, good replay value for seeing various outcomes, and achievements you can't help but want to chase (if you look at them. revealing hidden ones isn't super spoiler-y because you'll be all like, how do I even do that?). 4/5 would recommend.
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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 935 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Eu subestimei esse jogo nos primeiros 30 minutos de gameplay, em bora seja um walking simulator com suspense e terror, eu fui explorando, lendo as cartas, pegando os objetos e fui ficando embasbacado com a história doentia e fascinante que nos é apresentado, a história desse jogo é apresentada através das cartas e é incrivelmente boa, os cenários são muito bem feitos, as transições das cenas são muito bem feitas, a música é muito boa, os efeitos sonoros são muito bons... Não vi nenhum bug, o jogo é muito fluido!!! Vale a pena zerar. Não dropem no início, esperem a história ficar boa, é incrível isso aqui!!
Ainda estou terminando, mas o jogo é muito bom. Tem uma grande chance de vc se c4g4r todo.
玩完重制版来玩的一代，不得不说一代这斯人音效做的是真吓人，重制版是往艺术方向走，而一代是往吓人方向走，故事线一代会更加清晰一些，因为部分剧情会强制让你缓慢走路让你不得不看看他的剧情，而重制版就是大量的文本+可以跳过，所以在玩完一代重制时都不清楚大概讲了什么 转场方面重制版好太多了，一代重制版转场有些地方会卡一下或是过于违和的突兀，而重制版转场悄无声息；美术方面重制版是完胜，画作精美程度差的不是一点半点；指引和语音方面也是重置版完胜，当然这个因人而异，如果追求恐怖感会因此大打折扣；沉浸感方面还是重制版更好，重制版对于我而言更像是层层恐惧，他的层层递进感更深，一代一直都挺诡异吓人而且切换过于突兀，到了最后两部分总有莫名其妙的突脸和强制转视角给整的有些烦了，尤其是最后一章硬是一直转圈圈搞得晕3D了，不吓人也不恐怖就是犯恶心，清楚作者想让游玩者体验主角画家视角，但也不能这么让人恶心吧，真想骂人 一代时长2小时左右，一代重制部分4小时左右，如果是追求恐怖和解密的一代会更好，而有耐心喜欢剧情的可以选择重制版，重制版量很大对恐游新手也更友好，没有突脸沉浸感也不错，对于我而言更喜欢重制版的美术风格，脑洞非常大而且画的非常唯美
Her kapı biraz daha psikosomatik ve rahatsız edici odalara açılıyor. Nasıl ruh haliyle böyle oyunlar düşünüp senaryo yazabilirsiniz anlamak çok zor. Birde korkmaktan çok tedirgin oluyorsunuz ve geriliyorsunuz. Bazı bölümlere yerleştirdikleri jump scareler de tuzu biberi olmuş. Başım uyuştu oynarken. Başta ödüllerini haketmiyor diyordum ama hikayeyi anlatış şekli sunduğu korku temaları.. Delice ve psikopatça.. 10/8 veriyorum.
Всю игру бегал от жены в бесконечном доме, она меня пиздила, а в конце ещё посмеялась с меня когда я закончил её портрет игра 10/10
It’s a walking simulator with a few jump scares. For what it is the game is very well made. I really enjoyed the atmosphere the environments and the way the story was presented. The jump scares were not the scariest part for me. The atmosphere and environments were much more disturbing and that is what really scared me. I found the story very engaging especially later when the DLC focused on the child’s psychology. I still prefer the main game but seeing the story from the child’s perspective completed the story for me. What really makes Layers of Fear special is the art style. It is one of the most artistic games I have ever played. Without the art I do not think I would have liked the game as much. However, the Mother and Child ending was bugged for me. I had to replay it six or seven times before I finally got it. Even though I kept getting the Mother ending every time and it became obvious by Chapter 5 it was still important to complete it properly so the ending would count. Considering this is a 10 years old game I think it is acceptable. Overall the combination of art and psychological horror made this a very good game and I loved it. Next I will play Layers of Fear 2
Любопытная бродилка, но по сути ничего особенного. ps:понравились картины и визуал в игре, художники молодцы.
不建议饱餐后玩这游戏,晕的想吐,但游戏又实在好玩
Типо фильма в котором ты сам решаешь, куда идти. Не заставит тебя стрелять или убегать от монстров, но может надолго оставить ощущение тревоги. Пощекотать нервы в принципе можно :)
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Players by region
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