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Series

Fatal Frame

13 games · 2001–2026

The whole series

Timeline 7

Games
7
Span
2001–2014
14 years
Average score
75
IGDB, released games
Highest rated
86
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Latest release
2014
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

Releases by year

Released

  1. 2001
    Series debut

    December 13, 2001

    Fatal Frame

    Tecmo · Adventure

    77IGDB

    Fatal Frame is the first game of the Fatal Frame series, introducing the franchise's unique premise of fighting ghosts with a special camera. Fatal Frame was the first to introduce the innovative use of an old-style camera as the primary weapon. In addition to navigating the main characters around the mansion grounds, players are able to enter Viewfinder Mode, where the camera is raised and the view changes to that…

    • PS3
    • PS2
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  2. 2003
    Highest rated

    November 27, 2003

    Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

    Tecmo · Adventure

    86IGDB

    Crimson Butterfly is the second installment in the Fatal Frame series, although not a direct sequel to the first title, Fatal Frame. The story follows twin sisters Mio and Mayu as they explore an abandoned village and experience encounters with the paranormal. Players must use the Camera Obscura to defeat ghosts and uncover the secrets of the village. An Xbox port, subtitled Director's Cut, was released in 2004 and…

    • PS3
    • PS2

    Remade in 2012, 2026

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  3. 2004

    August 2, 2004

    Real: Zero

    Tecmo · Adventure

    Real: Zero is a mobile horror adventure spin-off of Tecmo's Fatal Frame series, released in Japan in August 2004 for NTT DoCoMo FOMA 900i phones. Unlike the console games, it incorporates the player's real-world surroundings into…

    • Legacy Mobile Device
  4. 2005

    July 28, 2005

    Fatal Frame III: The Tormented

    Tecmo · Adventure

    82IGDB

    Rei Kurosawa suffers a strange dream each night, since she took a photo of her dead boyfriend in an abandoned old mansion. Every night the dream will take her deeper and deeper in an old mansion, when she will have to find out…

    • PS3
    • PS2

  5. 2 years without a new game

  6. 2008

    July 31, 2008

    Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen

    Grasshopper Manufacture · Adventure

    Ten years ago, a suspected serial killer has kidnapped five girls from a sanatorium located on Rogetsu Island in Japan. The detective Choshiro Kirishima eventually succeeded in pursuing the criminal and rescuing the girls…

    • Wii

    Remade in 2023

  7. 3 years without a new game

  8. 2012

    January 12, 2012

    Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir

    Tecmo Koei Games · Adventure

    60IGDB

    Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir introduces a mysterious girl named Maya who has been hiding in the shadows of an old house. Players must help Maya break free from a terrifying curse by aiding her escape from the clutches of a…

    • 3DS
  9. 2014
    Latest release

    September 27, 2014

    Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

    Nintendo SPD · Puzzle · Strategy

    71IGDB

    Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is a survival horror video game developed by Koei Tecmo and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The fifth main entry in the Fatal Frame series, it was released in Japan in September 2014 and worldwide in October 2015. As with previous games in the series, players navigate areas filled with hostile ghosts which must be fought by taking photographs using the Camera Obscura, which is…

    • Wii U

    Remade in 2021

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