
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 22 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 9 places towards #1, and the 2,513 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 945 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
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i had a very hard time deciding whether or not should i even write a review on this game. i can`t say i recommend it, but i cannot say that i absolutely hate it, either. the atmosphere and general vibes are amazing, i loved it in that sense. but gameplay and story-wise... let`s start with the fact that as for a horror game, "layers of fear" is not really scary, rather lame and boredom-inducing. secundo, i did not feel any kind of connection to the characters whatsoever. once again, it`s just kind of trivial. game also forces you to play it more that once despite the fact that there is practically zero replayability to it. it`s the same rooms and puzzles every single time. but without that, there`s no guarantee that you, the player, will be getting one of the "true endings". it`s not a bad horror to relax and play through for one evening, but you probably won`t be coming back to it after finishing it. at the very least, i am apalled by the idea. that`s all i have to say.
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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% |
| #85 |
| 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 945 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
后期重复度太高,新鲜感和恐惧感慢慢消退了,不太想二周目了
Layers of Fear 2016 was bit too much walking simulator to me. I did enjoy the great graphics and creative special effects. The first time I completed the game I wasn't even sure I did. I admit I was a little disappointed with the game as it was nothing special or unique. I'll be trying Inheritance, Layers of Fears, and iirc there's a third installment in the series whose name escapes me at the moment. I didn't mind playing the game but I'll admit I was a bit bored. In fact the game had ended about 10 minutes before I realized it was over. That was kind of weird. But I was spacing out while playing and my mind was on everything but Layers of Fear. Hopefully the follow up games will be better. Runs perfect on my 3rd Gen Intel i5 @ 3.2ghz, 16gb RAM, and Nvidia 1030 Graphics,
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Atmosfera cudowna. Gra na jeden raz , no góra na dwa. Różne zakończenia.
好不好玩我不知道 我只知道玩了不到一小时,内库换了好几张
스토리 ★★★★☆ 공포도 ★★★★☆ 귀신이 튀어나오거나 뭐 그런 것은 아니지만 무서운건 제대로인 게임. 스토리는 이해하기가 조금 어려운 편인데 이해하면 진심 미쳤음.. 오래전에 나온 게임이라고 믿기 힘들 정도로 재미있게 한 작품
神 简直是艺术品!
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
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