Fear surrounds

Fear surrounds is a 3D social-deduction game with a horror theme. Players are divided into good guys and specters: the good team tries to identify and vote out the killers, while the specters try to kill everyone on the good team without being discovered. Players use behavior and discussion during meetings to judge who is telling the truth.

Playing as the good team

Good players can win by completing all quests or voting out every specter during meetings. They watch other players’ actions, then explain where they have been and who they suspect, and why. Poor judgments can cost an innocent player their life and put the team at a disadvantage. Travelers continuously lose HP and must complete quests to avoid dying; they have no special abilities. Clergy also lose HP over time, but have special skills, and their broader field of view can help guide the good team.

The good-side professions include:

• Priest: checks a player’s faction but not their specific identity.
• White Spirit: can assassinate one person once per game.
• Avenger: kills the player who voted them out when they are sacrificed.
• Forensic Doctor: can see all corpses on the map.
• Idiot: survives the first time they are sacrificed, but can no longer vote or speak in meetings afterward.
• Psychic: learns the faction of the dead at each meeting.

Playing as the specters

Specters win by killing all the good players. They can communicate with teammates using voice messages, use skills to cover for one another, and kill or create alibis amid the chaos. In meetings, they lie about their whereabouts, accuse others or pose as Clergy to disrupt the good team’s decisions. They can also use destruction skills to create opportunities to kill.

Specters can assassinate and destroy by default. Their professions include:

• Nightmare: blinds all players.
• Magic Eye: sees the location of all players.
• Ghost King: has an extra assassination ability but dies after using it.
• Ghost Priest: can check a corpse’s identity.
• Hidden Demon: cannot be detected by the Priest or Pope’s skills before awakening.
• Silence Specter: can silence one player during each round.
• Betrayer: has the abilities of a regular traveler, and neither specters nor travelers know their identity. They must help the specters win.

Maps and modes

The game has dozens of professions and maps, including a hospital, school and prison. Each map has its own scenario for players to solve in combination with their professions. New players can learn the maps in training mode, and the game also includes modes such as Battle Royale.