Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek ▶ Trailer
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AdventureCasualIndieHorrorCo-opMultiplayerPsychological HorrorFirst-Person

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Game description

After noticing bone-chilling similarities to an episode of Fears to Fathom, Tessa and Marcus decide to share their own experience. Scratch Creek is an exclusively online co-op experience.

Basic info

DeveloperRayll
PublisherRayll Studios
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateJun 10, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 or later 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor
Memory12 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380
Storage14 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 446 reviews from the past 1 year

70.7/ 100
Bottom 30%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (75%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 31, 2026)

Best enjoyed with a friend, this co-op horror episode scores 70.7, though bugs and a short runtime weigh on it.

👍 Strengths

162 reviews enjoy playing with friends, and Multiplayer ranks 115th of 642. 85 praise an atmosphere that builds quiet unease without cheap scares, and Story & World ranks 831st of 1096. 40 find it fun, and some add that the price is low for an evening with a friend. Visuals & Sound ranks 1078th of 1249, and Pricing & Fairness ranks 695th of 1399.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support appears in 47% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1330th of 1399. 160 reviews report bugs, and some describe softlocks that force checkpoint resets or full restarts, with a few singling out the multiplayer side and one chase sequence. 38 find it too short, and a few say it ends abruptly or fills time with chores like moving boxes. 27 criticize the story and dialogue as mundane, with a shallow payoff and unclear direction. Content Volume ranks 1245th of 1351, and Gameplay ranks 1356th of 1396.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“enjoyable playing with friend” · 162 reviews
“builds quiet, unsettling atmosphere without cheap scares” · 85 reviews
“fun to play with friend, cheap price” · 40 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Onboarding -2.46 · How easy it is to learn — tutorials and the first hours
Negative “no direction or hints given, unclear objectives and repetitive sequences” · 12 reviews

Progression 2% · Difficulty 23% · Freedom 7% · Strategy 4% · Controls & feel 12%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 68% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.63 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “builds quiet, unsettling atmosphere without cheap scares” · 85 reviews
Negative “story becomes exaggerated and confusing, losing impact” · 7 reviews

Story 43% · Characters 9%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -2.08 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “game is much shorter than it needs to be, abrupt ending” · 38 reviews

Variety 13% · Replayability 4%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 20% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +1.91 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “sound and graphics quality are very well achieved” · 4 reviews

Visuals 13%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 69% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.18 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “enjoyable playing with friend” · 162 reviews
Negative “co-op broken, one player AFK while other plays horror” · 6 reviews

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 3%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 10% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.11 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “game not worth the money at all” · 9 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -1.26 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “Game has bugs as first multiplayer title from developer” · 160 reviews
Positive “very few bugs, polished experience” · 1 review

Performance 5% · Developer support 13%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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