The Fabulous Fear Machine overview

Overview

The Fabulous Fear Machine comes from Fictiorama Studios and is published by AMC Games. It arrived on Steam on Oct 4, 2023, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, and Steam Cloud. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Fabulous Fear Machine's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 02:50:14 UTC, with a tracked peak near 283. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 90% positive across 561 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Fabulous Fear Machine is available in 5 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Fabulous Fear Machine has sold up to 17,400 units and has 542 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $213,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Fabulous Fear Machine overview details

The Fabulous Fear Machine combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style, from the creators of Do Not Feed the Monkeys . You’ve just become the newest Master of the Machine, and now you must generate fear and expand your influence by playing Legend cards: those scary stories, urban myths, and conspiracy theories that lurk in the dark corners of the mind. To clear a path for your Legends to grow, you’ll dispatch your Agents to new locations on the map, harvest and manage resources, decide how to deal with events in the simulation, and spy on the operations of your foes. What are your deepest desires? Power, wealth, glory? Everything you’ve ever dreamed of is within your reach, with The Fabulous Fear Machine . Pick your poison. From cryptids like the Black Dog, to urban legends like Bloody Mary, to conspiracies like Reptilians—with over 80 Legends to choose from, you’ll craft a custom blend of terror for each city you visit. Horror evolved. Plant the seeds of fear in fertile ground. Watch and listen to how the media reacts to your Legends. Feed them, then see them grow more powerful and effective. The job done right. Your strength is in strategizing; leave the dirty work to your Agents. Send them to explore new locations and infiltrate your enemies, making interesting choices along the way. An equal and opposite reaction. Rivals and the forces of good alike seek to undo the Machine’s influence for their own ends. Plan accordingly, or you may find your own Legends twisted into inspirational stories, mascots, or other sugary-sweet clichés. A tale as old as t…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Fabulous Fear Machine is listed as a game with $17.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 02:50:14 UTC, a tracked peak of 283, and 90% positive reviews.

Content descriptors

This game does not allow the player to directly commit violent or mature-themed acts, but it is a game about spreading scary stories, urban myths, and conspiracy theories in the form of illustrated “Legend” cards. Please be warned that some of these illustrations may depict acts of realistic or fantasy violence, terrorism or arson, gory content, psychological horror, implied harm to children, violence against minorities or vulnerable groups, depictions of suicide, veiled nudity or implied sexual violence, or the consumption of tobacco as well as illegal drugs.

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