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Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Cry of Fear is a horror, free to play and multiplayer game developed and published by Team Psykskallar.
Released on April 25th 2013 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish.

It has received 74,408 reviews of which 65,852 were positive and 8,556 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Cry of Fear into these genres:

Horror Free to Play Multiplayer Psychological Horror Survival Horror Co-op Atmospheric Action First-Person Psychological Indie Online Co-Op Singleplayer FPS Adventure Zombies Shooter Survival Mod Massively Multiplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *:Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP
  • Processor:1 ghz
  • Memory:1024 MB RAM
  • Graphics:128MB Video Card with OpenGL support
  • Hard Drive:5 GB HD space
  • Additional:Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Required

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2017
I think I would play this one again for sure. It's a creepy free Horror Game. But be careful if you are weak against horror. I have to say, it's an awesome Game and it's for free. So I can't make bad Review to that. It's not brilliant, but it's good against other free horror Games on Steam. Awesome job. Can't wait to wet my trousers very soon. XD
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Feb. 2017
In theme this is a great game and is able to give off a great atmosphere. Clearly inspred from silent hill, which is always good, in fact going deeper into it It, it gets better, but the start of the game isn't great, the sp00ky jumpscare at the start can give a bad impression. The combat? Its really not that good either, its melee combat is preety terrible and its placement of enemies really makes it look confused, it wanting to be a SH esc game, or a dead space game, though for the atmosphere its amazing and I'd suggest trying it out for that.
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Feb. 2017
This game fucks with your head. An immersive story, never-ending suspense, Cry of Fear has earned its name. As someone that suffers from depression and anxiety, this hit a little close to those nerves, but surprisingly, was very therapuedic. Simon Henrikkson is no hero, no carrier of hope like mainstream or average titles. He's a very flawed human. No magic, no powers, just him. When you play, you aren't just controlling Simon, you ARE Simon. Every action you do (i.e. story choices or certain boss fights) is what you would do in that situation. Will you run from your guilt? Or will you fight back? The choice is yours.
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Feb. 2017
Very good game you can play with your friends and its very simple and scary, my only problem is that when i played with my brother every time we went to the next stage it kicked me because of chat and i didnt use the chat and then i lost my things when i rejoined. Anyways very good game very good story.
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Jan. 2017
It is good game but u really need to think what to do in-game for me is perfect i like that low graphic like half-life and good is becouse anybody can run it on low-end PCs ;) dont need that good pc for that game so yeah for me is GOOd!!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Cry of Fear is free to play on Steam.

Cry of Fear is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Cry of Fear received 65,852 positive votes out of a total of 74,408 achieving a rating of 8.72.
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Cry of Fear was developed and published by Team Psykskallar.

Cry of Fear is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Cry of Fear is not playable on MacOS.

Cry of Fear is not playable on Linux.

Cry of Fear offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Cry of Fear includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Cry of Fear does not currently offer any DLC.

Cry of Fear does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Cry of Fear does not support Steam Remote Play.

Cry of Fear does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Cry of Fear.

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Cry of Fear
Free to play
8.7
65,852
8,556
Game modes
Multiplayer
Online players
442
Developer
Team Psykskallar
Publisher
Team Psykskallar
Release 25 Apr 2013
Platforms
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