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Games like Fear Therapy

If Fear Therapy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pacify, DON'T LOOK AWAY and SCP: Keter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its humor in chaotic teamwork, anxious and dark. 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.

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Fear Therapy is a cooperative horror game developed by Black Flag Studios, released in 2021 as an indie early access title available for $4.99. The game supports one to four players online, who work together to complete environmental puzzles while navigating randomized events that create unpredictable sessions. Reviewers highlight the atmospheric horror enhanced by detailed environments, and players describe the experience as anxious, dark, and stressful, with chaotic teamwork introducing unexpected humor. The title is playable on Steam Deck and presents a challenging short experience for groups seeking cooperative survival horror. According to Steam reviews, the game holds a 69% positive rating from over one thousand players.

About Fear Therapy: Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.

2021IndieEarly Access4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Black Flag Studios
Fear Therapy — Steam game cover
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Atmospheric horror with detailed environmentsHumor in chaotic teamworkUnpredictable gameplay keeps you on edgeAnxiousDarkStressful

Players who liked Fear Therapy also play

Steam players who put hours into Fear Therapy also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Pacify

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Fear Therapy.

    Top pick for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. DON'T LOOK AWAY

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Fear Therapy.

    Second-strongest match for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Fear Therapy.

    A frightening asymmetrical multiplayer experience! Survive as the Human or terrorize as the Entity that can only move when it isn't being watched.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. SCP: Keter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Fear Therapy.

    Based on the SCP Foundation "Keter" is a Dead by Daylight and Left4Dead-inspired Multiplayer Game.

    2022ActionEarly Access5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fantasma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Fear Therapy.

    Fantasma is a Co-op (1-4) Psychological Horror that pits players against the supernatural. Alone or as a team- coordinate a loadout, travel to haunted locations and survive being hunted by vengeful apparitions using a variety of specially designed and upgradeable equipment.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Yurei Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Fear Therapy.

    Yurei Hunt is a multiplayer hide & seek prop hunt game where deception is key. Play as a Yurei, possessing objects & using abilities, or as a Hunter, relying on instincts & proximity voice chat to track them. With a world full of tricks, surprises & eerie tension, every match is a battle of wits.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. The Carnival Killer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Step right up to the most twisted carnival you’ll ever encounter! In The Carnival Killer, 4 players find themselves trapped in a nightmarish amusement park where laughter turns to terror. Killer Clowns stalk the grounds, hunting down anyone who fails to escape the nightmare.

    2024Action1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. SEVERANCE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an anxious mood with Fear Therapy.

    Ranked #7 for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Carnival Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Fear Therapy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Fear Therapy.

    Carnival Hunt is an asymmetric multiplayer horror game set inside a living, ever-shifting mechanical carnival designed by the Puppetmaster. One player becomes the Carnival Monster, while others play as puppet Bunnies struggling to survive, ascend, and escape the hunt.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fear Therapy at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Fear Therapy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Black Flag Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Black Flag Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Yrminsul

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Black Flag Studios, the studio behind Fear Therapy. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    YRMINSUL is a strategy game in a persistent universe where each combat is held in the form of a Tower Defence. Crush the forces of good!

    2016StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Night Blade

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Black Flag Studios, the studio behind Fear Therapy.

    Night Blade is a Multiplayer, Fast-Paced Arena Fight game. Players(2-8) fight in various game modes to win in a cyberpunk arena. Every win will increase the rank of player. Higher ranks, higher rewards.

    2021Action0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. REDLINE 911

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Black Flag Studios, the studio behind Fear Therapy. Shares Indie with Fear Therapy.

    Step into an action world with 50vs50 massive clashes, exciting PvP fights and endless freedom. Choose your own path as a criminal or a cop, and experience a realistic crime experience by customizing your character and vehicles as you wish while performing tasks on a large map.

    ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Fear Therapy

Does Fear Therapy run on Steam Deck?
Fear Therapy 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 Fear Therapy cost?
Fear Therapy is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Fear Therapy have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Fear Therapy supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Fear Therapy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fear Therapy are Pacify, DON'T LOOK AWAY, SCP: Keter.
Who developed Fear Therapy?
Fear Therapy was developed by Black Flag Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Fear Therapy.

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