Fear the Spotlight is an adventure developed by Cozy Game Pals, released 22 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Fear the Spotlight is
Fear the Spotlight is an adventure game developed by Cozy Game Pals and released in 2024. It was published by Blumhouse Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sunnyside High has a dark history. When Vivian enters the deserted corridors for a seance with the rebellious Amy, she suddenly ends up alone, and at the mercy of the monster who wanders the halls. Vivian must avoid its gaze, find her friend, and uncover the disturbing, murderous truth of a decades old tragedy. Fear the Spotlight is a creepy love letter to classic 90s horror experiences with a focus of rich storytelling, puzzle solving, and a tense atmosphere. This is a perfect narrative horror game for those new to the genre.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Fear the Spotlight holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5 @2.5 GHz or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 700 series. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Fear the Spotlight launched on 22 October 2024, within three weeks of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Fear the Spotlight yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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