Five Nights at Freddy's Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-04-30
- Exceptional atmosphere and terrifying jump scares.
- Rich lore and engaging gameplay mechanics.
- High praise for game design and nostalgia.
- Repetitive and boring gameplay mechanics.
- High game difficulty and management issues.
- Mixed feelings on scariness and limited replayability.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 58,023
- Positive
- 54,40393.8%
- Negative
- 3,6206.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,444,655
- Estimated revenue
- $22,178,828
- Game price
- $5
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1762.27%
- Estimated copies lost
- 13,482
- Estimated revenue lost
- $67,275
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1772.3% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1,90824.7% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1862.4% Avg playtime 7h | 5,46670.6% Avg playtime 10.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 13.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 114.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,271.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
7,737 total
Organic purchasers7,21093.2%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations5276.81%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
7,737 total
First impression0-2h2,71135.0%
Voted up: 93%
Mid game2-10h4,24654.9%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h5096.58%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+2713.50%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
97.4%
Global baseline 95.3%
39 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 58,023 total.