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FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2021-10-27

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 28, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 28, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 28, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 28, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

“FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water” comes to Steam for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the horror-adventure series FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO. The game is set on sacred Mt. Hikami, a site of many mysterious and terrifying incidents.

FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water is a 2021 Adventure game priced at $39.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 6538 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

9
playing now
83%
positive of 6.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (3,261 ratings)
13h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is a survival horror video game developed by Koei Tecmo and originally 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. A remaster for eighth and ninth generation consoles and Windows, this time published by Koei Tecmo, was released worldwide in October 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 339 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,771 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 131k–294k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,538 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $22.69 at IndieGala Store (2023-12-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 20 of 37 observed days · $17.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 748 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,060 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3482026-09-15 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 34 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 25 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 21 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35917Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 359 · peak 1,790Jan 2022 — avg 60 · peak 164Mar 2022 — avg 31 · peak 76May 2022 — avg 95 · peak 354Jul 2022 — avg 38 · peak 114Sep 2022 — avg 52 · peak 174Nov 2022 — avg 46 · peak 138Jan 2023 — avg 27 · peak 66Mar 2023 — avg 44 · peak 120May 2023 — avg 39 · peak 133Jul 2023 — avg 35 · peak 105Sep 2023 — avg 18 · peak 46Nov 2023 — avg 30 · peak 99Jan 2024 — avg 26 · peak 64Mar 2024 — avg 34 · peak 102May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 67Jul 2024 — avg 24 · peak 56Sep 2024 — avg 23 · peak 71Nov 2024 — avg 19 · peak 45Jan 2025 — avg 26 · peak 56Mar 2025 — avg 21 · peak 50May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 44Jul 2025 — avg 20 · peak 43Sep 2025 — avg 38 · peak 123Nov 2025 — avg 23 · peak 60Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 71Mar 2026 — avg 41 · peak 97May 2026 — avg 26 · peak 62Jul 2026 — avg 21 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$20.412021-10-012026-10-152021-10-01 — best price $39.992022-03-01 — best price $39.772022-03-23 — best price $39.992022-04-21 — best price $39.022022-05-10 — best price $35.992022-07-08 — best price $39.992022-09-21 — best price $29.992022-10-26 — best price $24.992022-11-23 — best price $39.992023-02-02 — best price $25.592023-04-28 — best price $24.992023-05-07 — best price $26.992023-06-27 — best price $24.992023-10-26 — best price $23.592023-12-21 — best price $24.072024-01-05 — best price $33.802024-03-05 — best price $27.992024-03-13 — best price $22.692024-04-26 — best price $22.992024-05-11 — best price $33.802024-07-11 — best price $29.692024-08-01 — best price $34.792024-10-08 — best price $33.802025-01-02 — best price $29.692025-01-25 — best price $27.992025-04-10 — best price $23.992025-06-23 — best price $29.692025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-12-04 — best price $33.802026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-02-22 — best price $23.972026-03-19 — best price $23.972026-04-24 — best price $23.452026-05-08 — best price $34.792026-07-10 — best price $33.592026-09-10 — best price $27.992026-10-08 — best price $39.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3561142026-05-29 — 200 pageviews2026-06-02 — 147 pageviews2026-06-06 — 154 pageviews2026-06-10 — 157 pageviews2026-06-14 — 150 pageviews2026-06-18 — 167 pageviews2026-06-22 — 356 pageviews2026-06-26 — 184 pageviews2026-06-30 — 164 pageviews2026-07-04 — 152 pageviews2026-07-08 — 151 pageviews2026-07-12 — 147 pageviews2026-07-16 — 143 pageviews2026-07-20 — 146 pageviews2026-07-24 — 118 pageviews2026-07-28 — 152 pageviews2026-08-01 — 124 pageviews2026-08-05 — 153 pageviews2026-08-09 — 141 pageviews2026-08-13 — 118 pageviews2026-08-17 — 123 pageviews2026-08-21 — 149 pageviews2026-08-25 — 160 pageviews2026-08-29 — 128 pageviews2026-09-02 — 159 pageviews2026-09-06 — 114 pageviews2026-09-10 — 182 pageviews2026-09-14 — 157 pageviews2026-09-18 — 168 pageviews2026-09-22 — 148 pageviews2026-09-26 — 180 pageviews2026-09-30 — 144 pageviews2026-10-04 — 171 pageviews2026-10-07 — 261 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
88.8%
earned "Lurking in the Deep"
24.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-10-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,2774%39

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

HorrorMatureNudityMysteryViolentAdventureBeautifulStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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