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Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell cover art

Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell

Humongous Entertainment · 2014-05-15

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 03, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 06, 1998 (Mac), Nov 03, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 06, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Great Conch Shell has been stolen and it's up to Freddi Fish and Luther to catch the culprit!

Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell is a $6.99 Adventure, Casual game released in 2014, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (97% of 374 reviews).

14
playing now
97%
positive of 374 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
5.00★
PlayStation Store rating (31 ratings)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell is a 1998 video game and the third installment in the Freddi Fish series, developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. The game was followed by Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch in 1999.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 374 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at WinGameStore (2015-09-04) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 21 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2342026-09-15 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 8 · peak 22Sep 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$1.742015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-10-30 — best price $2.792016-04-04 — best price $6.992016-08-29 — best price $6.992016-11-29 — best price $6.992017-04-10 — best price $2.792017-09-05 — best price $6.992017-11-23 — best price $2.792018-02-27 — best price $6.992018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-01 — best price $6.992019-01-25 — best price $6.992019-05-23 — best price $2.792019-09-13 — best price $2.792019-11-26 — best price $2.792020-01-24 — best price $6.992020-05-01 — best price $2.802020-08-23 — best price $6.992020-12-01 — best price $6.992021-03-08 — best price $6.992021-07-12 — best price $3.492021-11-22 — best price $3.492022-02-05 — best price $6.992022-07-12 — best price $4.192022-12-02 — best price $6.992023-04-03 — best price $4.192023-09-01 — best price $4.192024-01-23 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-12-03 — best price $6.992025-05-24 — best price $6.992025-11-18 — best price $6.992026-03-03 — best price $6.992026-07-14 — best price $6.992026-08-13 — best price $4.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86152026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-09 — 27 pageviews2026-06-13 — 25 pageviews2026-06-17 — 86 pageviews2026-06-21 — 29 pageviews2026-06-25 — 29 pageviews2026-06-29 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 30 pageviews2026-07-07 — 34 pageviews2026-07-11 — 37 pageviews2026-07-15 — 26 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 36 pageviews2026-08-08 — 51 pageviews2026-08-12 — 21 pageviews2026-08-16 — 40 pageviews2026-08-20 — 37 pageviews2026-08-24 — 26 pageviews2026-08-28 — 52 pageviews2026-09-01 — 46 pageviews2026-09-05 — 38 pageviews2026-09-09 — 37 pageviews2026-09-13 — 32 pageviews2026-09-17 — 28 pageviews2026-09-21 — 35 pageviews2026-09-25 — 24 pageviews2026-09-29 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 26 pageviews2026-10-07 — 15 pageviews2026-10-11 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)10191%10
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

CasualPuzzleAdventureEducationNostalgiaSingleplayerPoint & ClickFamily Friendly

Census log

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

Players also track

Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted SchoolhouseFreddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny GulchFreddi Fish 5 featuring Mess Hall Mania®: The Case of the Creature of Coral CoveRusty Lake HotelUnforeseen IncidentsRusty Lake: RootsPikunikuRusty Lake Paradise

Similarity via IGDB.

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