Fears to Fathom — Scratch Creek: co-op horror that's scarier together
Rayll's Fears to Fathom series has become a benchmark for grounded, everyday horror: ordinary people, familiar routines, and a quiet dread that creeps in from the most mundane things. The Scratch Creek chapter, released on June 10, 2026, breaks the series' usual formula and makes it truly co-operative for the first time. Now the fear is split between two players — which only makes it worse, in the best way. On this page you buy the full game, delivered to your account as a Steam gift.
What Scratch Creek is about
You and your partner play a young Oregon couple — Tessa Langley and Marcus Reed. They're relocating to another state, but the trip goes sideways and fate leads them to a small town called Scratch Creek. From there it's the series' signature slow-burn unease: exploration, driving sequences, dialogue, and decisions that determine whether the couple survives. It's a narrative walking-sim where the tension comes from atmosphere and detail rather than cheap jump scares.
The key difference is two-player co-op
Scratch Creek is online co-op for exactly two players. One controls Tessa, the other Marcus, and you play through the story together, making choices in sync. You cannot finish the episode alone: you need a second player who also owns their own copy. If you want to play with a friend or partner, this is the ideal format — shared dread, shared choices, and a long "what if we'd turned the other way" talk after the credits.
What you get
You're buying the full Fears to Fathom — Scratch Creek game, delivered to your Steam account as a gift. This isn't an activation key or code — it's a genuine Steam Gift we send via a bot. There are no separate editions, Deluxe versions, or paid DLC at launch: it's a single self-contained story.
How the gift is delivered
The flow is as hands-off as it gets:
- You provide your Steam friend invite link and your Steam account region.
- Our bot adds itself as your friend — no need to accept the request manually.
- The bot sends the gift (usually within a couple of minutes of ordering).
- You accept the gift in Steam, the game lands in your library, and the bot leaves your friends list automatically after delivery.
Steam Guard is not required to receive the gift — it can be sent to an account without it. You just need friend requests allowed in your profile privacy settings.
The regional catch — read carefully
This is a regional gift covering 47 regions. For Steam to let you accept it, your account region must match the gift region. That's why you enter your region at checkout and we match a fitting variant. The second mandatory condition: the game must not already be in the recipient account's library — Steam physically won't allow accepting a gift for a copy you already own. That's the single most common reason gifts "don't arrive," so check your library in advance.
System requirements and platform
The game ships on Windows (64-bit, version 10 or later). Supported languages include English, Russian, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. Since it's online co-op, both players need a stable internet connection to play through.
If you love the Fears to Fathom series
Scratch Creek is a great entry point into the franchise's co-op branch, but if the atmosphere clicks, check the other entries too. Take a look at Fears to Fathom — Ironbark Lookout and Fears to Fathom — Woodbury Getaway — solo episodes from the same publisher in the same recognizable everyday-horror style. And if you want co-op tension in a different genre, try Phasmophobia.
In short: who it's for
Grab Scratch Creek if you have a partner to get scared with, you enjoy narrative horror without action overload, and you like the Fears to Fathom series and want to hear how it plays in co-op. Just keep two things in mind — it's a strictly two-player game and a regional Steam gift. If both fit you, welcome to Scratch Creek.
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