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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location cover art

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Scott Cawthon · 2016-10-07

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulation

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

Releases: Oct 07, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location is an Action, Indie and Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (90% of 12641 reviews) rating.

19
playing now
90%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (69 ratings)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (3,527 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Mike is hired by Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental, an underground facility storing animatronics from the closed Circus Baby's Pizza World. The facility's AI, HandUnit, greets Mike each night and assigns him maintenance tasks. On the first night, everything runs smoothly: using elevated control pads, Mike checks on and, if necessary, administers electric shocks to the three animatronics—Ballora, Funtime Foxy, and Circus Baby—to ensure they remain active, before leaving. On the second night, the power goes out, the animatronics come to life, and Circus Baby warns Mike of the danger posed b(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 842 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~105/week).
  • · Review velocity up 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 317k–762k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,694 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48748720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4732026-09-15 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 31 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 22 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 35 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 45 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5010Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Jan 2017 — avg 107 · peak 316May 2017 — avg 38 · peak 87Sep 2017 — avg 35 · peak 89Jan 2018 — avg 38 · peak 117May 2018 — avg 25 · peak 57Sep 2018 — avg 20 · peak 48Jan 2019 — avg 19 · peak 45May 2019 — avg 19 · peak 58Sep 2019 — avg 16 · peak 43Jan 2020 — avg 28 · peak 87May 2020 — avg 35 · peak 72Sep 2020 — avg 29 · peak 66Jan 2021 — avg 37 · peak 84May 2021 — avg 26 · peak 60Sep 2021 — avg 16 · peak 48Jan 2022 — avg 140 · peak 298May 2022 — avg 19 · peak 59Sep 2022 — avg 15 · peak 41Jan 2023 — avg 25 · peak 64May 2023 — avg 28 · peak 122Sep 2023 — avg 25 · peak 64Jan 2024 — avg 30 · peak 78May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 33Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 43Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41May 2025 — avg 19 · peak 46Sep 2025 — avg 16 · peak 37Jan 2026 — avg 66 · peak 175May 2026 — avg 20 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.992016-10-082026-10-112016-10-08 — best price $6.792016-10-14 — best price $7.992016-11-23 — best price $6.392016-11-29 — best price $7.992016-12-22 — best price $5.592017-01-02 — 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 $7.992018-06-22 — 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 $7.992020-11-20 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.992026-09-06 — best price $7.992026-09-13 — best price $7.992026-09-20 — best price $7.992026-09-27 — best price $7.992026-10-04 — best price $7.992026-10-11 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)1,8813%10
Switch (Nintendo)2090%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

DarkIndieHorrorRobotsMysteryStrategySurvivalDifficultSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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