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Fran Bow cover art

Fran Bow

Killmonday Games AB · 2015-08-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2015 (Mac), Aug 27, 2015 (Linux), Apr 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 28, 2023 (Xbox One)

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

101
playing now
97%
positive of 23k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (120 ratings)
7.7h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

101 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Fran Bow is a 2015 graphic adventure game with psychological horror elements developed and produced by Killmonday Games, a Swedish indie game studio. The game was released in 2015 for PC and in 2016 for mobile. In 2023, it was ported to the Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 101 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,081 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~260/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 573k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,924 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.29 at GOG (2018-10-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 18 observed days · $11.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38538520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

173512026-08-06 21:00 — 133 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 59 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 89 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 120 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 56 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 96 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 126 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 153 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 61 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 86 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 105 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 68 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 90 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 112 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 99 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 144 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 62 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 113 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 154 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 105 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 106 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 173 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 68 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 82 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 138 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 101 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.292015-08-092026-08-302015-08-09 — best price $14.992015-12-11 — best price $14.992016-06-23 — best price $7.492016-09-22 — best price $14.992016-12-12 — best price $14.992017-03-06 — best price $3.742017-06-22 — best price $5.992017-09-18 — best price $5.092017-11-16 — best price $4.492018-01-25 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $3.292018-12-13 — best price $5.292019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-07-08 — best price $14.992019-10-29 — best price $14.992019-12-11 — best price $7.492020-01-22 — best price $7.492020-03-30 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-04-05 — best price $14.992021-08-31 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-18 — best price $3.742022-08-15 — best price $14.992022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-02-10 — best price $14.992023-04-04 — best price $3.742023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-10 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-05-08 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992025-03-14 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

369912026-05-31 — 109 pageviews2026-06-03 — 109 pageviews2026-06-06 — 97 pageviews2026-06-09 — 122 pageviews2026-06-12 — 91 pageviews2026-06-15 — 108 pageviews2026-06-18 — 107 pageviews2026-06-21 — 169 pageviews2026-06-24 — 155 pageviews2026-06-27 — 118 pageviews2026-06-30 — 149 pageviews2026-07-03 — 137 pageviews2026-07-06 — 151 pageviews2026-07-09 — 291 pageviews2026-07-12 — 231 pageviews2026-07-15 — 207 pageviews2026-07-18 — 142 pageviews2026-07-21 — 162 pageviews2026-07-24 — 141 pageviews2026-07-27 — 144 pageviews2026-07-30 — 141 pageviews2026-08-02 — 144 pageviews2026-08-05 — 158 pageviews2026-08-08 — 97 pageviews2026-08-11 — 128 pageviews2026-08-14 — 107 pageviews2026-08-17 — 177 pageviews2026-08-20 — 138 pageviews2026-08-23 — 139 pageviews2026-08-26 — 135 pageviews2026-08-28 — 147 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
62.8%
earned "Find Mr. Midnight!"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, French, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,79632%18
PS4 (PlayStation)48436%18
Xbox One (Xbox)17935%18
Switch (Nintendo)340%0

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

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieHorrorPuzzleSurrealAdventureStory RichAtmosphericDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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