Fears to Fathom - Carson House — sales estimate, player sentiment & game DNA

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~132k (P10–P90: 52.6k – 289k)

Gross revenue: ~$538k (P10–P90: $215k – $1.2M)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band approximates where about 8 in 10 comparable games land in published studies; some sit outside it. Our own hit rate goes on the accuracy ledger once measured. How we estimate

Estimates are statistical inferences from public data. They are not sourced from Valve or the developer and may deviate materially from actual results. Do not rely on them for investment or contractual decisions. As of Oct 1, 2026.

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 86% positive across 63 stored reviews. Adventure games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 86% (median of 4113 games).

Story & writing88% positive · 49 mentions

“Look, while I said I'd recommend this -- just know that these games are literally all the same. Go to a location, eat some food, probably pee (this is not a joke), do a non-scary minigame type thing (Fish, cook, go grocery shopping, send…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 25 h played · Report / request removal

Visuals & audio89% positive · 47 mentions

“Personally, my least favorite episode. Compared to other ones, the whole crazy ex-girlfriend thing feels less realistic for some reason. I know things like that do happen irl, but it has this movie-like quality to it, whereas other…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 1 h played · Report / request removal

Gameplay & mechanics85% positive · 34 mentions

“Look, while I said I'd recommend this -- just know that these games are literally all the same. Go to a location, eat some food, probably pee (this is not a joke), do a non-scary minigame type thing (Fish, cook, go grocery shopping, send…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 25 h played · Report / request removal

Performance & stability53% positive · 19 mentions

“Continuing on from the last one it was alright besides the broken bike that kept crashing the game on me lol”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 3 h played · Report / request removal

Price & value95% positive · 19 mentions

“pretty awesome game, but it would've been very awesome if they added some sort of markers that show objectives or just generally make it easier to see where you're going. it's very short just like the other games in the series - I got 100%…”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 1 h played · Report / request removal

346 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Reviews are shown as published on Steam, including reviews from key activations and free copies — so percentages here can differ from the score on the Steam store page. GameTrend does not check whether reviewers bought or played the game.

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

First-person

Art style

Realistic

Structure

Linear

Mood & themes

HorrorAtmospheric

How you play together

Single-player

Platform features

Achievements

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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