Play Order
0 / 6 playedCanon games in order, expansions as extras.
About F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. drops Point Man into a psychic outbreak around Alma Wade in 2005, ending with the Origin Facility detonated. Two TimeGate expansions from 2006 and 2007 continue the blast zone as alternate what-if stories outside canon.
Project Origin from 2009 ignores both expansions as the direct Monolith sequel, and the Reborn DLC adds a single-player side mission. F.3.A.R. from 2011 closes the family nine months later with co-op for Point Man and Fettel. Play 1, then Project Origin, then 3, taking the expansions only as extras.
Good to know
Canon order runs the 2005 original into Project Origin into F.3.A.R., since Monolith disowned the TimeGate expansions as alternates. Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate are non-canon side stories for after the original. The Reborn DLC slots with Project Origin. Online was a short-lived parallel beta. No new game is announced after the 2011 finale underperformed.
