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Game2019
Fade to Silence
Developer Black Forest Games
Fade to Silence is a 2019 action-adventure survival game developed by Black Forest Games and published by THQ Nordic. The game entered Steam Early Access in December 2017 and was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in April 2019. It received mixed reviews from critics. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
189 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Aug 25, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
59
Mixed
109 positive · 76 negative
95% range 52–66%
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4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
833 of 1,336 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 189 · most liked firstIt is tough to write a review for this game for the simple reason that I am very divided on wether or not I should advise others to buy it. Honestly steam should change to a star rating system so we can give it an x amount of stars, that would have been easier. Honestly for a single player playthrough the game is pretty interesting and has a decent story. It feels a little short, but with the learning curve for food and heat, it will take a bit of time to get going for real. It's not too hard,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to enjoy this game. I gave it a good go over the span of a few years trying to play it on and off. The problem is that it just can't live up to what I want it to be. Resource management is a drudge, you're followers use up so much of it you are forced to try and push into higher tier zones, but without higher tier gear, you can't get any of the resources but to get higher gear, your followers have to make the stuff for you... and they take so long, it's never ending alerts…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR: Only recommend in a sale. Not bad, but plagued by bad gameplay decisions.. Finite resources creates a time limit that doesn't fit the permadeath+survival combo and the slow/hungry followers doesn't make it any easier. POS/NEUTRAL - Survival game that is not about zombies - Sort of interesting lovecraftian/cosmic horror story - Combat is simple but fun (kinda like Dark Souls) - Followers have a backstory - Cool enemy design - Interesting rogue-like system that gives a bonus to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You always know you're in for a bad time when the default jump button is F. A grind right from the start. Constant nagging dialog from some bloody edge-lord. Bad control-scheme, clunky combat. And terribly optimized; there may be snow and ice on my screen, but my room is heating up from running this mess. Avoid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish the developers hadn't given up on this one. It really is a good game with a great premise. It's simply unfinished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has all the ingredients for something incredibly interesting but ends up managing to be extremely dull. I know there are people that just don't get it. When/how someone can play a game for 10s of hours and still find it meh, because sometimes one of you shows up to make a comment, but yes... there are those of us that will slog through something and that doesn't make it good. You gain no interesting abilities nor equipment which is astounding given your connection to an Eldritch…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Co op sucks. If you're joining a friend's game, you will be nothing more than a helping hand. You can't build and every time you log off you will lose everything. It also crashes often. The premise and graphics are cool, it has potential if they would fix it. Disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to love the game but well the game is just meh combat trash . movement feels bad . controls kinda painfull at first to get used to it world looks nice frosty ice cold no emotions dead inside frozen to the bones Story just ignore it its garbage game is a 3/10 it could be better but its bad
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid idea, but poor execution. I like games where you start off with nothing, and build up your base and your gear, and I think that aspect of the game is done well. It's not too grindy, and it has some unique aspects that I've never seen before (such as the floating trash moon that drops stuff on you). But the other aspects of the game are not done very well. At this point I can already see that the gameplay loop isn't going to change in any significant way....different areas require better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Title: Fade to Silence Fade to Silence is a harsh snowbound survival action game that truly makes you feel the cruelty of a frozen world. Managing stamina, temperature, and limited resources while exploring the white wasteland creates constant tension, and the overall atmosphere is heavy and immersive. The action combat itself is enjoyable, with weighty movements that fit the survival theme. However, the difficulty is quite high, and beginners may find it unforgiving. The backpack capacity is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, this game is an interesting case, let's dive in. First, the pros: Very nicely tuned survival and base building mechanics. You have to claim various resources (wood/ore/meat) by first investigating and "sampling" the wares, which means you are constantly expanding outwards. The map is set up in such a way that you can claim some resources, get some story, and just survive without it feeling repetitive. You will do a lot of running around though. The Base Building is also a highlight in my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun and unique game. Kind of Soulslike, but also very reminiscent of NieR also. Fun crafting, combat feels good enough, exploration is great, recruiting followers and building a town is also a blast. I got it on sale for $7.49 and I feel like that's a great deal for what I got. I will say, if you're hesitant to make the purchase because of the bad reviews, just know that the easiest achievement in the game, basically "Take 1 step" only 50% of people got. This means half of everything…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game died within the first month of release. One of the many games abandoned or never fully finished and buggy as all hell.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I want to like this game the fact it is a terrible port and is filled with bugs just makes it too painful to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it has long since been abandoned pretty much
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have very mixed feelings about this game. I give it a recommendation because I did enjoy it. I got it on a good discount and thought it was worth the money I spent on it. But it has it's issues and you have to be patient with it. It doesn't live up to it's full potential and that is disappointing. Fade to Silence is set in a frozen post apocalyptic world where the player and a handful of other survivors that you find must struggle to survive in a harsh world filled with eldritch monsters and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a love/hate relationship I have with this game On the surface, it's a typical open world survival horror crafting game with it's own form of base-building and tower defense The atmosphere is amazing. Lovecraftian all the way to it's core, basing itself from the tale 'At The Mountains of Madness' https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2860151238 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2860151011 "Fade to Silence" plunges players into a chilling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →unplayable game so many bugs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9 / 10 Great, but there are lots of flawed decision making. Eg. finite resources, Permadeath, and a slilly sequence full of jank where you have to risk everything on jumping from ledge to ledge right at the end of the game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the premise of the game at first but it only has a total of 3 regular enemy types (no the recolors don't count) that are constantly thrown at you in the overworld and 3 mini-boss type enemies. Imagine every time you enter combat, it will either be yet another generic Ripper and Spitter, maybe a occasional Hellvine tentacle, rinse and repeat for about 50+ encounters on the map. There are quite a few regions in the map but the enemies remain exactly the same except for recolors.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Scale Rating Very Satisfied Satisfied ---X--- Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied Notes: Played entire campaign with a friend. Don't know that I would have played it all the way through solo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally I managed to finish this game, and because it was a special one I want to rate it. Fade to Silence could be a great survival, open world game.. but it is not.. it is just GOOD not GREAT unfortunately. I love the basic concept, atmosphere, visuals. The frozen world which is try to kill you at all costs but you need to resist it. Base building, followers saving, hiring, etc. The crafting system is not overcomplicated and that is good. Fighting feels a little odd at first but if you get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I usually don't enjoy survival games, but this one is actually a lot of fun and the fact that it has coop makes it even more fun. However, I can't give it a positive review due to the MASSIVE amount of bugs. This game still has a lot of them, such as your coop partner not seeing a felled tree and being blocked by it unless he walks around or jumps over this invisible tree. At another point my coop partner glitched up high above the map after walking up some stairs and then could not come…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not gonna lie, This definitely isn't the greatest of games. And a bit buggy. ( Couldn't even get the last Achievement due to bug's either) BUUUUUUUUTTTTT~ I did enjoy it, Quite a bit to be honest. Played it quite a few times as well. Music was pretty great. Graphics are decent. Story is interesting. I enjoyed the cut-scenes you'd get when you got some rest. I enjoyed learning of the various characters as well. I'd say about 7.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has an okay base building mechanic, and awful combat. Good premise as a dad game, but as others have exclaimed, poorly executed design choices.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate this game so much i finished it 5 times ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, I just want to start off by saying that the start of this game is great, atmospheric, decent mechanics, it all gelled pretty well. Then I got people in my settlement. Oh my god I have never seen a more useless group of people in my life. They can NEVER harvest enough food or wood to keep themselves going, every time you assign them a task they go 'nah bra, ima go to sleep' regardless of their exhaustion level, they refuse to keep working on assigned tasks AFTER going to sleep, they will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fade to Silence is a tragic game that could have been good but had major corners cut and a lack of a budget. There are parts of a good game in FtS, and you can physically see them.. but it tried to be too many major game genres while delegating its story to the backburner. You start the game in a empty room with no story or cutscenes and the only thing you are greeted to is a small basic tutorial before being thrown into a open world which will never explain anything to you and instead expect…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea is great, the co-op makes the game a lot easier and more enjoyable. 10/10 for the environment 14/10 for the everything weather relate 10/10 for the wolfies and sledge 0/10 cannot pet wolfies It's obvious they intended more content for this game and the ending was rushed. It's a shame it was never completed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was a pleasant surprise. It's a bit clunky and at times quite buggy, but it's fun, really fun. The setting is great, the story is interesting and most mechanics, event tho not polished, are fun and make you want to play "just a bit longer". When most survival games are padded to make you play for as long as possible (and so, become boring as hell), FTS last "just right", not overstaying its welcome and ending before it gets repetitive. Played from start to finish in coop, highly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Make sure you get to read Building and upgrade descriptions. Having a HUT for every follower and upgrading them keeps your followers from using all your FOOD and FIREWOOD. at the end of the game I had 15,000 fire wood and 400 food. FOOD and FIREWOOD was never an issue for me. *Playing the game It felt unfinished. *There are only 4 Monsters to fight. *I ONLY glitched into the ground 1 time ever surprisingly. ~~When monsters attacked my base several would spawn below the ramp and just do…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not worth it even for 3€. Im someone who really enjoys Soulslikes and coop games, a friend told me "hey check this out, its only 3€ on kinguin. Lets give this a try.", we bought it and played 1-2 hours and its clear that this game should not be released. The are some bugs we encountered but nothing gamebreaking. The Combatsystem feels clunky, enemies are way to easy to kill, you cant change your controls which is absolutely terrible. The overall gameplay just doesnt feel good or rewarding.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could have been a neat game, if the devs had given it enough love instead of giving their all effort to destroy all humans. It's such a shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR This game is buggy abandoware. Avoid it like the plague if you don't feel like gambling your money on a potentially unplayable game. Despite the negative reviews, i tried to be optimistic and kind to this game, because it seemed interesting. Now here i am writing the only negative review I've ever given, because this game is such a broken mess. My first experience was concerning, because it was being unable to control the menus with anything other than my controller. Upon googling it, i…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good idea made by a team who couldn't deliver on it. If you really like open world and having a central base to build, you might have fun here; but I accomplished almost everything in my play time, get it on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept is amazing, and its what made me give it a try. With the exception of the visuals and world, it under delivers in every aspect.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent experience when playing in Exploration Mode..much more enjoyable without the fear of cheap or sudden deaths.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good survival and crafting game in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main thing that this game stands out for is the winter atmosphere, which adds additional mechanics. The game also has mutants and bulks of mutants. you need to build and develop your base. You need to extract resources and create a lot of items. Once I played this game and decided to replay it again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game marred by bugs; This would be one of my top 3 survival games if it wasn't for a few gripes: There are a LOT of bugs for a "finished" game that hasn't had a hotfix in 3 years. Game froze during warping a few times and game had to be task killed... wasn't able to place a shelter or fire at a critical time because it bugged... random things flying into the air like cut down trees... Raids not ending when they are actually over and when followers have already gone back to work…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game mostly functions. You can play it start to finish, despite some community posts suggesting that the game was abandoned. I frequently encountered infinite load screens on start up and on fast travel. And the Steam API was broken for me, so I didn't get any achievements or cards if they exist. The story had a confusing presentation and felt utterly pointless start to finish. It is mostly told through flash back snippets you might get when you rest, if you rest. Those are maybe…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(Cons and TLDR at bottom) This game is incredible. I bought the game three days ago and can't get enough of it. The story is great, I enjoy the permadeath mechanics (you have a limited number of lives, but can get more). Graphics are amazing, comparable to the Shadow of War/Shadow of Mordor games, but the game runs incredibly smooth on an old i7 and a 1660. Combat is simple, but challenging. It actually works very well with the permadeath mechanics. Most of the time I don't have any trouble…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the first three hours, I honestly love it. Yes, it has couple of aspects to it, so neither one is stunning, but as an open world survival/soulsborne game - it gets really close to hitting all the checkmarks for me. The often-seen complaint about the map never changing isn't quite understandtable to me, as the map seems really, really big, and other games in same genre (The Long Dark) don't have ever-changing map either, so... not sure what the issue is. TBH I think this is also on purpose…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was longer than i thought, its a bit basic and the game-play has a few minor bugs like getting stuck or objects flying away. But the plot and lore seemed strong and the difficulty at the beginning was tough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First all its not a perfect game so lets get that off the table. Its not overly groundbreaking but is good non-the-less, Combat is simply but janky. Its not easy because you only have so many lives and many things can kill you. Overall its an enjoyablle game but pick it up on sale if you can.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really nice concept plagued with poor combat, lots of bugs, and coop that's doesn't work until you've played a bit.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the game, but it is extremely buggy. Too bad it is stuck in a catch-22, need to be popular to be fixed, but it needs to get fixed in order to get popular.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst Coop Mode I have ever played. You can't do ♥♥♥♥ in coop. You can't build buildings. Use Buildings or any other Base-related stuff when you are not the main character. You have to be always nearby the main character
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worth it during this autumn sale for less then $10 if you enjoy exploration games. I like the permadeath mechanic it rewards actually playing but punishes mistakes. So far it has been completely stable and playing very smooth on a old i5-3570k and a GTX 1650 Super on Ultra setting. However, if you are looking for a big epic story this isn't the game for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I LOVE it's environment I LOVE it's graphic design But gameplay could be smoother and more realistic, it hasn't different animations for mobs and npcs that child most of the time is nagging XD although it could be better, I can't resist playing it. It has lots of lovely natural designed and places to find
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great deal on sale and i like most of THQ nordic rpgs .Not as boring like an AAA title. and way fun. I'm impress with the game and surprised that it did not do better in sales .(You pay 29 for a dlc those days...).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FIX THE BUGS RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would have been interesting without all the demon crap. Theme is just too dark
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →wow, 1000 X better than expected, this game has a hideous name, a hideous and oppressive intro + tutorial, a hideous presentation, ghastly almost all-white 'graphics' and a non-existent marketing campaign, BUT, if you stick through that all (and yes a very weird beginning as you try to figure everything out) it becomes AWESOME, I'll have to elaborate more later but basically this game isn't just a hybrid of 2 genres but 3 even 4, reasons why I played for 5 minutes then…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I've noticed that there's quite a mixed view on this game, but here's kinda what i'm seeing here. This game is not easy, and you are supposed to struggle. In the normal mode. You want to play the game easily, play casual. Otherwise your success is not guaranteed. I've played about 7 hours of it at this point so i feel like I know what i'm talking about. You're gonna be hungry, you're gonna be cold, you're gonna die, and you're gonna get better at the game. And the game rewards you for it.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very recommended, but with **HUGE** caveats! The game is very atmospheric, with constant cold and snow, blizzards, need for food and firewood, creepy monsters. You can travel on a sled! On top of that, great music, and the few short "dream cutscenes" are suitably mystic and creepy. Some fantastic art direction there (and also in the general environment). Gameplay is mostly fun -- a lot of resource collecting, there is a bit of base building and companion management, a bit of crafting, lots…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a bit buggy. Combat becomes repetitive. The systems design & aesthetic, however, make this worth the price. This game is a fantastic idea that was not given enough time for polish.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible terrible game. Co-op was forced so you can't really expect a CO-OP expirience. Gameplay feels clunky, you can dodge but still get hit. You have less Stamina then a an obese 80 year old man with one leg. No instructions or whatsoever how to "actually play" and there is no objective? Your objective is to explore. okay then I guess I'll die?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had seen a video about this game a long time ago when it first came out and it looked amazing, now i finally get to try it and have fallen in love with it, still not sure what i'm doing or need to do, or how or where to find more followers but hopefully will see that in time. So far my only feedback to help in-game life to run more smooth would be to have in the main camp area stamina not go down so fast, and to be able to access all crafting materials inside the refugee camp storage from any…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is not a good multiplayer game. The second player is a follower and cannot do everything that the main player does. I do not like the fact that you are not equals in it. Plus some of the achievements do not unlock as the second player.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game combat was a little janky but once i figured it out could take out any mob without getting hit easily story was good as well overall 8 outta 10
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