The Fan overview

Overview

The Fan comes from Ezhaac Studio and is published by Plug In Digital. It arrived on Steam on May 10, 2017, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Fan's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 00:01:19 UTC, with a tracked peak near 22. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 65% positive across 202 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Fan is available in 2 languages including:

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

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Fan has sold up to 7,435 units and has 133 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $26,314. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Fan overview details

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

Steam Store description

The Fan is an interactive photo fiction with real locations and actors. Follow the story of "The Fan", a serial killer abducting women to fulfill his dark fantasies. His latest catch lies in his basement but she's not ready yet. Everything needs to be perfect for the ritual, when he'll show her "True love". The fan is a first person exploration game with a unique twist. Driven by a creepy and unsettling atmosphere, it will take you deep within the darkest places of Paris underground. Gameplay The Fan is a short experience. It takes about an hour to see all endings. The Fan is entirely made with photos . It has a classic "point and click" feel, using only left and right click but it's closer to the recent Telltale Game series than to traditional adventures games. There are no painful mini-games or artificially inserted sliding puzzles as it is more about discovery and choices. Find out more about the Killer and his victims as the story unfolds and you may be the one to ultimately decide their fate. WARNING : The game isn't rated yet but I wouldn't recommend if if you're under 16, due to the themes and some violent sequences. More About Me My name is Cyril and I'm a Frenchie indie game dev. The Fan is my first released game ever =) The game was created using Unity Personal Edition and mostly Lightroom for the pictures. I started the project in 2012 and did all the shootings, which was really fun, but when it came to actually "make a game", well, it took much more time, effort, tutorials, training and hard work than I expected :D Although The Fan is a pretty short experienc…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Fan is listed as a game with $0.89 (85% off from $5.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 00:01:19 UTC, a tracked peak of 22, and 65% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ViolentAdventurePoint & ClickHorrorHidden ObjectFirst-PersonDarkPsychological HorrorShortInteractive FictionCinematicDark HumorMysteryThrillerMultiple Endings

Support and legal notes

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