Fears to Fathom - Carson House

Fears to Fathom - Carson House is a horror game developed and published by Rayll. The game succeeds Fears to Fathom: Norwood Hitchhike as the third entry in the Fears to Fathom series and precedes Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout. It was released for Microsoft Windows on January 9, 2023.
==Premise==
"Noah Baker, an 18-year-old high-schooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality. Little did he know what was about to unfold that night."
==Plot==
In 2009, 18-year-old high school student Noah Baker is offered a sideline job of house-sitting the residence of Roy Carson, a friend and client to his realtor father Walter for a $100 pay. Accepting this offer, Noah is driven by Walter to the Carson residence where he gains entry with a key hidden in the backyard. 
Noah immediately begins his house-sitting duties upon being directly contacted by Roy through text. After feeding the family dog Zeke, Roy asks for Noah’s assistance in getting rid of a computer virus on his office desktop, which also contains the home’s CCTV system. Noah finds the office a suitable place to complete his homework and promptly fixes the computer virus issue. Throughout the night, he also periodically texts his girlfriend, Evelyn Cooper.
Noah is asked by Roy to do some nighttime grocery shopping at the nearby convenience store Knuck's. Using a $100 bill from his nightstand, Noah goes to the store using Roy’s son Alec’s bike. While there, he encounters his school friends Andy and Turner, who tell him that his ex-girlfriend Cara had stopped by and shopped shortly before his arrival.
At 9:46 p.m., Noah returns to the house on Alec’s bike. While settling for the night, a pizza delivery arrives for him, sent by Roy through an online order as a thank-you token for his duty. Taking the food and tipping the delivery person, Noah consumes his snack/dinner while watching TV. Sometime later, he hears a knock at the door and upon investigating, finds a bundle of flowers placed on the doormat. He takes them inside not thinking much of the occurrence and retreats to Roy’s office to start on his homework, which he had been repeatedly distracted from doing.
At 1:36 a.m., the power in the house suddenly cuts off. Noah hears Zeke barking from outside and investigates, discovering the power box and switching the electricity back on. Already unnerved, Noah begins exchanging texts with an unfamiliar number but dismisses it and proceeds to return to studying. Unbeknownst to him, however, someone has already entered the house.
Noah once again hears a commotion from downstairs and discovers that the oven has been strangely turned on. He promptly turns it off and, having had enough, immediately contacts Andy demanding that he tell Turner – who was known to be mischievous – to stop with the apparent prank. But to Noah’s surprise, he learns that Andy and Turner are still together, but at the former’s house, having a sleepover. He attributes his paranoia to his lack of sleep and returns to the office, but not without checking the security monitor.
To his horror, Noah discovers a female intruder down the hallway from the office. She makes her way there and ominously stands outside the door holding a kitchen knife. During their brief exchange through the closed door, the girl is revealed to be Cara, who feigns reconciliation with Noah before outright threatening to kill him and Evelyn. Noah quickly exits the office to hide in the laundry room across the hall, where he peeks through the blinds and windows of the door. While Cara is distracted in searching the office for him, Noah sneaks out and flees the house.
The game’s epilogue reveal that Cara had already fled when the police arrived at the home, having been contacted by Walter. Cara’s backstory is also revealed: she and Noah had met online, and both began dating despite their three-year age difference. Two months into the relationship, however, Cara started abusing meth and soon became addicted. After multiple failed attempts to help her, Noah ended their relationship, infuriating her as a result. It is also revealed that Cara was under the influence during the incident and had attempted to deceive officers about her intentions that night. But the security footage proves too incriminating, and she is ultimately sentenced for a long, unspecified amount of time.
==Characters==
*Noah Baker
*Roy Carson
*Cara
*Zeke
*Walter Baker
*Evelyn Cooper
*Andy Reynolds
*Turner
*Old Lady
*Knucks Cashier
*Pizza Delivery Man
*Alec Carson
*Allisa Brown
==Locations==
===Carson Family Residence===
===Knucks Convenience Store===
==Walkthrough==
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==Achievements==
Icon	Name 	Description
 	Reader 	Read the chats.
 	Survivor 	Survive through the third episode.
 	Helper 	Help old lady in the store.
 	Nuisance 	Ride the bike inside the store.
 	Knowledgeable	Score 7/7 in Guess The Flag mini game.
==System requirements==
===Minimum requirements===
*OS: Windows 10
*Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-6350
*Memory: 8 GB RAM
*Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB | AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB
*DirectX: Version 11
*Storage: 10 GB available space
===Recommended requirements===
*OS: Windows 10 64-bit
*Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 | AMD Ryzen5 1600
*Memory: 16 GB RAM
*Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB
*DirectX: Version 11
*Storage: 10 GB available space
== Trivia ==
*In 2024, KeiBoogie Productions released a fan-made live-action adaptation of the game on YouTube. While remaining faithful to the game, some changes were made for time pacing:
**Noah and Walter's relationship is shown not as strained as in the game through their exchange at the start of the short. The former's conversation with Evelyn is similarly omitted. Both of these leaves leaves the conversation with Andy and Turner as well as Cara's brief appearance in the store as sole foreshadowings to the climax.
** The family dog Zeke is omitted.
** Noah call the police himself, not his father.
** Noah hides behind the door when Cara enters the office, not the laundromat.
** Cara is arrested immediately by the police outside the Carson residence after failing to stab Noah.
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