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Fran Bow cover art

Fran Bow

Killmonday Games AB · 2015-08-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Fran Bow is a 2015 Adventure and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 23020 reviews) sentiment.

83
playing now
97%
positive of 23k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,011
twitch viewers (latest)
4011.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (120 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (129 downloads)
4.80★
PlayStation Store rating (830 ratings)
7.7h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

83 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Fran Bow trailer thumbnail

FRAN BOW - Official Trailer

≈405,330 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 83 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 2% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 579k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,145 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 7 of 60 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

333432026-09-15 12:00 — 76 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 108 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 58 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 108 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 156 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 68 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 53 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 107 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 81 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 67 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 95 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 70 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 58 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 197 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 260 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 104 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 210 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 264 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 101 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 190 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 242 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 90 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 83 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15719Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 19 · peak 204Dec 2015 — avg 63 · peak 150Apr 2016 — avg 28 · peak 76Aug 2016 — avg 49 · peak 224Dec 2016 — avg 56 · peak 221Apr 2017 — avg 30 · peak 66Aug 2017 — avg 30 · peak 60Dec 2017 — avg 58 · peak 167Apr 2018 — avg 28 · peak 60Aug 2018 — avg 28 · peak 60Dec 2018 — avg 48 · peak 129Apr 2019 — avg 23 · peak 55Aug 2019 — avg 34 · peak 74Dec 2019 — avg 51 · peak 143Apr 2020 — avg 43 · peak 82Aug 2020 — avg 36 · peak 66Dec 2020 — avg 66 · peak 212Apr 2021 — avg 46 · peak 91Aug 2021 — avg 87 · peak 787Dec 2021 — avg 83 · peak 247Apr 2022 — avg 43 · peak 98Aug 2022 — avg 63 · peak 391Dec 2022 — avg 75 · peak 224Apr 2023 — avg 52 · peak 137Aug 2023 — avg 54 · peak 105Dec 2023 — avg 101 · peak 288Apr 2024 — avg 66 · peak 147Aug 2024 — avg 91 · peak 300Dec 2024 — avg 119 · peak 311Apr 2025 — avg 70 · peak 134Aug 2025 — avg 149 · peak 745Dec 2025 — avg 112 · peak 325Apr 2026 — avg 92 · peak 201Aug 2026 — avg 102 · peak 192
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.292015-08-092026-10-142015-08-09 — best price $14.992016-02-05 — best price $9.142016-08-29 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-03-06 — best price $3.742017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-10-05 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-03 — best price $3.292019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-06-27 — best price $14.992019-10-29 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-02-26 — best price $7.492020-06-15 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-09 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $3.742021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-05-18 — best price $3.742022-09-04 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $3.742023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $3.742024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-09-04 — best price $14.992025-03-14 — best price $14.992025-10-28 — best price $4.492026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-09-06 — best price $14.992026-09-16 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

369912026-05-31 — 109 pageviews2026-06-04 — 99 pageviews2026-06-08 — 116 pageviews2026-06-12 — 91 pageviews2026-06-16 — 119 pageviews2026-06-20 — 98 pageviews2026-06-24 — 155 pageviews2026-06-28 — 119 pageviews2026-07-02 — 138 pageviews2026-07-06 — 151 pageviews2026-07-10 — 309 pageviews2026-07-14 — 188 pageviews2026-07-18 — 142 pageviews2026-07-22 — 158 pageviews2026-07-26 — 172 pageviews2026-07-30 — 141 pageviews2026-08-03 — 132 pageviews2026-08-07 — 98 pageviews2026-08-11 — 128 pageviews2026-08-15 — 132 pageviews2026-08-19 — 143 pageviews2026-08-23 — 139 pageviews2026-08-27 — 106 pageviews2026-08-31 — 124 pageviews2026-09-04 — 153 pageviews2026-09-08 — 161 pageviews2026-09-12 — 169 pageviews2026-09-16 — 142 pageviews2026-09-20 — 127 pageviews2026-09-24 — 165 pageviews2026-09-28 — 185 pageviews2026-10-02 — 135 pageviews2026-10-06 — 121 pageviews2026-10-10 — 104 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

20502026-10-07 21:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 194 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 145 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 28 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2015-09-25, latest 2019-08-06 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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