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Is Frightened worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Small groups of horror fans who want cooperative survival objectives
- Solo players who prefer searching for ritual items while avoiding a pursuing demon
- Players who enjoy replayable hunts with changing item locations and timing decisions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a low-pressure horror experience may find the demon's increasing anger and capture threat demanding
- Players looking for a broad campaign or varied combat system may find the structure centered on repeated item searches and rituals
- Players who prefer fixed layouts may dislike changing item locations between games
Our take on Frightened
The defining structure is a ten-step ritual race: each completed ritual brings the demon closer to destruction while making it angrier, forcing timing decisions about when to perform actions that calm or enrage it.
What is Frightened?
Frightened is a cooperative horror survival game for solo play or groups of up to four.
Players search the area for an enchanted paper, ritual water, and a creature’s skull, then place them in matching locations on a pentagram in the gym. Ten completed rituals destroy the demon, but each one increases its anger. A basement ritual involving mice can reduce that anger when performed at the right time, or intensify it when mistimed. Players can also sacrifice someone or interact with nearby objects to calm the demon. Medical bags found around the area can be used to aid victims. Item locations change between games, and the group must decide how to proceed while avoiding capture.
How Frightened plays
- 01Solo Or Group Play
- The game supports one player or a cooperative team of up to four.
- 02Ritual Item Hunt
- Players locate three named objects and place them in their corresponding pentagram positions.
- 03Escalating Demon Anger
- The demon becomes angrier after each of the ten rituals required for its destruction.
- 04Timed Calming Ritual
- Burning mice in the basement can calm the demon while angry or enrage it at another time.
- 05Victim Rescue
- Medical bags found in the area can be used to assist victims.
- 06Randomized Items
- Item placement changes between games, creating different searches for each playthrough.
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Frightened: platforms & release
Is Frightened worth it?
It is worth it if: small groups of horror fans who want cooperative survival objectives. Skip it if: players seeking a low-pressure horror experience may find the demon's increasing anger and capture threat demanding.
Where can I download Frightened?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Frightened's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Frightened on?
Windows only.
