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Five Nights at Freddy's 3 cover art

Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Scott Cawthon · 2015-03-02

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Franchise: Five Nights at Freddy's · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is an Action, Indie, Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (90% of 11332 reviews) sentiment.

12
playing now
90%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,882
twitch viewers (latest)
1882.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (98 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is a 2015 point-and-click survival horror video game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. It is the third main installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's series, and takes place in a horror-themed attraction based on the restaurant chain featured in the first two games. The player takes on the role of an unnamed security guard who must defend themself from a decrepit animatronic called Springtrap that roams the attraction, while facing "phantom" hallucinations of other animatronics. In order to survive, the player must monitor the building's security cameras while maintaining systems that occasionally shut down. If the player encounters a phantom animatronic, they are jumpscared and one of these systems fails. If Springtrap reaches the office, the player experiences a game over.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 944 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~118/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 285k–683k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,387 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44344320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3942026-09-15 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 22 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 26 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 39 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5904Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 590 · peak 3,184Jul 2015 — avg 49 · peak 99Nov 2015 — avg 21 · peak 71Mar 2016 — avg 16 · peak 38Jul 2016 — avg 18 · peak 53Nov 2016 — avg 13 · peak 38Mar 2017 — avg 10 · peak 26Jul 2017 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 26Mar 2018 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2018 — avg 16 · peak 38Nov 2018 — avg 4 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2019 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2020 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2020 — avg 18 · peak 46Nov 2020 — avg 8 · peak 27Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Jul 2021 — avg 8 · peak 23Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2022 — avg 21 · peak 69Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 27Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 27 · peak 57Nov 2023 — avg 65 · peak 174Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 15 · peak 32Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 28Jul 2025 — avg 23 · peak 46Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 33Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 39
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.992015-03-032020-10-202015-03-03 — best price $7.992015-06-11 — best price $6.392015-06-15 — best price $5.352015-06-17 — best price $6.392015-06-22 — best price $7.992015-10-29 — best price $3.992015-11-02 — best price $7.992015-11-25 — best price $5.992015-12-01 — best price $7.992015-12-22 — best price $3.992016-01-04 — best price $7.992016-02-05 — best price $3.992016-02-12 — best price $7.992016-07-12 — best price $2.712016-07-15 — best price $7.992016-10-04 — best price $3.992016-10-07 — best price $7.992016-10-28 — best price $3.992016-11-01 — best price $7.992016-11-23 — best price $3.992016-11-29 — best price $7.992016-12-22 — best price $3.992017-01-02 — best price $7.992017-06-22 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $7.992017-10-26 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $7.992018-06-21 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $7.992019-12-23 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $7.992020-06-27 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $7.992020-10-20 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4521792026-06-01 — 270 pageviews2026-06-05 — 289 pageviews2026-06-09 — 252 pageviews2026-06-13 — 223 pageviews2026-06-17 — 209 pageviews2026-06-21 — 195 pageviews2026-06-25 — 273 pageviews2026-06-29 — 236 pageviews2026-07-03 — 199 pageviews2026-07-07 — 213 pageviews2026-07-11 — 228 pageviews2026-07-15 — 327 pageviews2026-07-19 — 226 pageviews2026-07-23 — 198 pageviews2026-07-27 — 242 pageviews2026-07-31 — 192 pageviews2026-08-04 — 365 pageviews2026-08-08 — 452 pageviews2026-08-12 — 278 pageviews2026-08-16 — 298 pageviews2026-08-20 — 254 pageviews2026-08-24 — 246 pageviews2026-08-28 — 243 pageviews2026-09-01 — 233 pageviews2026-09-05 — 220 pageviews2026-09-09 — 223 pageviews2026-09-13 — 222 pageviews2026-09-17 — 207 pageviews2026-09-21 — 229 pageviews2026-09-25 — 218 pageviews2026-09-29 — 221 pageviews2026-10-03 — 270 pageviews2026-10-07 — 282 pageviews2026-10-11 — 374 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)10,0072%10
PS4 (PlayStation)2,3206%10
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1767%10
Switch (Nintendo)2210%0

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

DarkIndieActionHorrorRobotsMysteryStrategySurvivalDifficultAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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