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Five Nights at Freddy's vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

12.8× more reviews

Critical reception

Phasmophobia

0.8pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Five Nights at Freddy's

$15.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

13.8× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Phasmophobia

6 years apart

A

Five Nights at Freddy's

2014 · Indie

Scott Cawthon · Scott Cawthon

Reviews
52,676
Positive
94%
Launch price
$4.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.7M
Net rev
$10.5M
B

Phasmophobia

2020 · Action

Kinetic Games · Kinetic Games

Reviews
676,875
Positive
95%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
50.8M
Net rev
$579.7M

Tag overlap

35% shared , 7 shared tags, 13 only on Five Nights at Freddy's, 13 only on Phasmophobia.

Only Five Nights at Freddy's

Survival HorrorRobotsDifficultPoint & ClickSurvivalAtmosphericMouse onlyJump ScareResource ManagementLore-RichSilent ProtagonistShortHistorical

Shared

HorrorSingleplayerPsychological HorrorIndieFirst-PersonDarkSupernatural

Only Phasmophobia

Online Co-OpMultiplayerCo-opVRInvestigationDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly AccessActionTactical

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

2.2M to 5.2M

units (median: 3.7M)

≈ $6.3M to $14.7M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

2.2Mmedian5.2M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

30.5M to 71.1M

units (median: 50.8M)

≈ $347.8M to $811.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

30.5Mmedian71.1M

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