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  • Summary: You and your friend Amy sneak into school after hours to perform a séance. Things go horribly wrong and you become lost and separated.

    In search of Amy, you explore a section of the school that was condemned long ago because of a tragic fire. It's up to you to explore the decrepit halls,
    You and your friend Amy sneak into school after hours to perform a séance. Things go horribly wrong and you become lost and separated.

    In search of Amy, you explore a section of the school that was condemned long ago because of a tragic fire. It's up to you to explore the decrepit halls, unravel the mysterious past, and save your friend Amy.

    Fear the Spotlight is a third-person survival horror adventure with a PS1 inspired visual style. After a séance goes wrong, you have to solve puzzles, hide from monsters, and search an empty school for your missing friend.
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  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Oct 23, 2024
    100
    Fear the Spotlight is a short but fantastic classic Survival Horror experience. Filled with an intriguing story, great characters, fun puzzles, this game delivers lots of tension and a lot of love, care, and passion for the games that we grew up with as kids. I cannot recommend this enough if you are a fan of the genre.
  2. Oct 21, 2024
    95
    Fear the Spotlight delivers an incredibly impactful and unsettling story that will linger in my memory long after the credits roll.
  3. Oct 21, 2024
    90
    I was already a Blumhouse fan and now I’m a Blumhouse Games fan. Fear the Spotlight is an easy recommendation for any retro survival horror fan.
  4. Oct 21, 2024
    82
    Brilliant in its proposal, Fear the Spotlight is a horror game that combines classic aesthetics with modern controls very well. Its narrative focus and tense atmosphere make everything more cinematic in a work that makes few mistakes, but without staying in the safe zone.
  5. Oct 27, 2024
    80
    Out of all of the retro-style indie games that I've played, Fear the Spotlight is one of the most impressive and I hope to play a sequel.
  6. Oct 21, 2024
    80
    Fear the Spotlight may be brief, but thanks to its tense atmosphere, basic but enjoyable stealth and rewarding puzzles, it keeps you glued to the screen from beginning to end. If you do play it, just make sure you don't overlook the unlockable second story, which is perhaps even better than the first.
  7. Oct 21, 2024
    70
    Cozy Game Pals delivered a sweet experience perfect for those who want an effective short Halloween story and have a place in their hearts for how games used to look a couple of decades ago.

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