Cry of Fear Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-13
- Genuinely scary horror experience
- Amazing and immersive story
- Exceptional atmospheric and sound design
- Numerous bugs and crashes
- Broken co-op multiplayer
- Graphically outdated and janky
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMmixedWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 86,468
- Positive
- 76,72088.7%
- Negative
- 9,74811.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,728,729
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review â sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 6635.30%
- Estimated copies lost
- 43,925
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| †2h playtime | 6655.3% Avg playtime 0.7h | 1,2019.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 6194.9% Avg playtime 22.4h | 10,03180.1% Avg playtime 26.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 38.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 172.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,767.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
12,516 total
Organic purchasers12,516100.0%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
12,516 total
First impression0-2h2,23017.8%
Voted up: 68%
Mid game2-10h4,65437.2%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h3,06224.5%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+2,57020.5%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
68.8%
Global baseline 89.7%
16 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 86,468 total.