Fear Equation
Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival…
Fear Equation is an indie developed by Screwfly Studios, released 15 January 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Fear Equation is
Fear Equation is an indie game developed by Screwfly Studios and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The world is covered in fog. Most who enter the fog disappear, and those who survive say it brings their nightmares to life. No-one knows where it came from, but they all have ideas. Some say it's an experiment gone wrong, others believe it's divine judgement. And you? All you know is that the Sun is rumoured to shine just over the horizon. You are The Engineer. You have designed the perfect system: a train, sealed off from the fog, ready to rescue survivors and take them to salvation. If only they'd listen...
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Fear Equation launched on 15 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami and Darkest Dungeon.
Released around the same time: The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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