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Five Nights at Freddy's 4 cover art

Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Scott Cawthon · 2015-07-23

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

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

Releases: Jul 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.

50
playing now
93%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,755
twitch viewers (latest)
55/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (85 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

50 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is a 2015 point-and-click survival horror game developed by Scott Cawthon. The game is set in a child's bedroom, where the player must avoid attacks from nightmarish animatronics stalking them. In contrast to previous games in the Five Nights at Freddy's series, there is no series of security cameras to monitor animatronic progression, and instead must rely on audio cues to find them and use their flashlight to fend them off. In-between nights, the player can play Atari-styled minigames which tell the story of a young boy who is consistently tormented by his older brother.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 50 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,583 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~198/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 423k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,923 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
73873820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

68192026-08-06 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 52 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 68 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 58 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 42 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 33 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 40 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 62 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.992015-07-242020-10-202015-07-24 — 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

3151422026-06-01 — 288 pageviews2026-06-04 — 225 pageviews2026-06-07 — 179 pageviews2026-06-10 — 189 pageviews2026-06-13 — 163 pageviews2026-06-16 — 184 pageviews2026-06-19 — 196 pageviews2026-06-22 — 224 pageviews2026-06-25 — 195 pageviews2026-06-28 — 180 pageviews2026-07-01 — 163 pageviews2026-07-04 — 201 pageviews2026-07-07 — 228 pageviews2026-07-10 — 181 pageviews2026-07-13 — 198 pageviews2026-07-16 — 235 pageviews2026-07-19 — 194 pageviews2026-07-22 — 192 pageviews2026-07-25 — 175 pageviews2026-07-28 — 206 pageviews2026-07-31 — 165 pageviews2026-08-03 — 266 pageviews2026-08-06 — 245 pageviews2026-08-09 — 284 pageviews2026-08-12 — 193 pageviews2026-08-15 — 217 pageviews2026-08-18 — 185 pageviews2026-08-21 — 218 pageviews2026-08-24 — 186 pageviews2026-08-27 — 206 pageviews2026-08-29 — 191 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)7,3522%10
PS4 (PlayStation)5,2462%10
PS4 (PlayStation)5,0345%10
Switch (Nintendo)2870%0

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

Player tags

DarkIndieActionHorrorRobotsStrategySurvivalDifficultStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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