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POPGOES Arcade cover art

POPGOES Arcade

Kane Carter · Clickteam · 2022-07-01

Steam

RPG

Franchise: Five Nights at Freddy's, Fazbear Fanverse Initiative · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (iOS), TBD (Android)

Battle the corrupt animals of the forest, collect valuable items and abilities, and save the world, TWICE, in this retro-styled RPG adventure! As an official spinoff of the Five Nights at Freddy's horror game series, you can expect familiar characters, loads of secrets, and maybe some scares...

POPGOES Arcade is an RPG released in 2022 for $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1,901 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-05

12
playing now
93%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

A mysterious power destroys the North Forest and keeps damaging the forests neighboring the Garden, where Popgoes and his friends live. Popgoes’ goal is to gather keys to enter the North Forest and the Castle to find and defeat Dead King Freddy. Along the way, Popgoes needs to battle corrupt animals and King’s minions, Chica, Foxy, Bonnie, and BB. To save the forests, he needs to beat the minions, disable corruption machines, and finally defeat the king.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (512 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,901 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2023-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50150120222026Week of 2022-07-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6332026-09-15 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 29 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 49 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 63 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 30 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3182Jul 2022Aug 2026Jul 2022 — avg 54 · peak 255Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 34Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 185Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Jun 2026 — avg 164 · peak 580Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 38
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002022-07-012026-06-282022-07-01 — best price $3.992022-07-08 — best price $4.992022-10-25 — best price $3.992022-11-01 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.742023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $4.242023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-26 — best price $3.742023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.242023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $3.742024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $3.742024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $3.742025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $3.742025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.742026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.242026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-26 — best price $0.002026-06-28 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
31.8%
earned "Gatecrasher"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-08-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)52211%50

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieArcadeHorrorRobotsAdventureAction RPGExploration

Census log

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

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