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Shares resource management with The Fabulous Fear Machine.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 11)
- Deck Verified
- 2018
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- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 11)
- Deck Playable
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Fabulous Fear Machine.
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- Released: 2023
- Developer: Fictiorama Studios
- Price: $17.99checked Nov 7
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 92% of 238 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Metacritic 77
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Campaigns feel like interactive pulp horror
- Political satire and dark humor
- Spread fear through urban legends
- Atmospheric
- Dark
- Hypnotic
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About The Fabulous Fear Machine
The closest matches to The Fabulous Fear Machine: Cultist Simulator, Solium Infernum, Shadows of Forbidden Gods, The Shrouded Isle, and Deck of Haunts. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Fabulous Fear Machine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cultist Simulator, Solium Infernum and Shadows of Forbidden Gods — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, dark and hypnotic, and single out its campaign progression and card based fear spreading. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About The Fabulous Fear Machine: The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Is The Fabulous Fear Machine worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 92% of 238 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $17.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 13 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Campaigns feel like interactive pulp horror
- Political satire and dark humor
- Spread fear through urban legends
- Twist positive ideas into nightmares
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This is an okay game, with fun aesthetics, but mechanically it's way more simplistic than it looks. The path through all unlocks in every scenario is almost linear, and the AIs hardly present a challenge. Selling propaganda to people is…”
“Game starts promising with the story of an amoral girl who desperately wants to be someone noteworthy, who wants to have everyone looking at her, paying attention to her and is willing to plunge entire continents into chaos for…”
People who play it also play: Cultist Simulator, Solium Infernum, Shadows of Forbidden Gods
Frequently asked about The Fabulous Fear Machine
Can I run it?
Does The Fabulous Fear Machine run on Steam Deck?
The Fabulous Fear Machine is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Fabulous Fear Machine cost?
The Fabulous Fear Machine is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Fabulous Fear Machine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Fabulous Fear Machine are Cultist Simulator, Solium Infernum, Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
Who developed The Fabulous Fear Machine?
The Fabulous Fear Machine was developed by Fictiorama Studios and published by AMC Games.