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As a good player or hidden specter, complete quests or sabotage the group while using meetings to uncover—or conceal—the killers.
Released 19 Oct 2021
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Fear Surrounds is a horror-tinged take on the werewolf-style social subterfuge genre, where two evil spirits hide within a group of players and attempt to sabotage and murder them.
Developed by SaltyEgg Studio · Published by Yooreka Studio









Fear Surrounds is a multiplayer, horror-themed social deduction game. Players are assigned to the good faction or to specters hiding among them. Good players try to identify the killers; specters pretend to be good while secretly eliminating them.
Good players complete quests and watch others’ behavior, then share where they were and who they suspect during meetings before voting. Specters can kill when they are less likely to be seen, use destruction skills to create opportunities, and lie or accuse others to influence votes.
Different professions provide abilities such as checking a player’s faction, locating corpses, or silencing someone. Good players win by completing all quests or voting out every specter; specters win by eliminating the good players. Maps include settings such as a hospital, school, and prison, and the game also offers a Battle Royale mode.
Some reviewers enjoy the core werewolf-style deduction, describing the game itself as good and its social deduction as faithful to the genre; one long-time player said it remained memorable after hundreds of hours. However, many reviews focus on difficulty getting into matches, being removed from rooms as a newcomer, and language or connection barriers.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Multiplayer | Fear Surrounds is an online multiplayer social deduction game. Players are assigned to opposing factions, discuss in meetings, complete quests, and use role abilities. The provided information confirms online PvP and online co-op elements, but does not state supported lobby size or whether solo play is possible. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No multiplayer mod support or mod-related multiplayer features are mentioned. |
| Controller required | No |
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