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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Scott Cawthon · 2016 · $7.99 · Action · deal grade A

  • Estimated net residual revenue: $2.4k to $3.6k per month
  • Opportunity: $6.3k per month at x2.10 dormancy
  • Estimated lifetime owners: 743.6k
  • 90%% positive across 12617 reviews · 69.7 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

  • Developer silent for 8.8 years
  • Studio inactive: no public activity across 5 tracked titles
  • Last build shipped 9.8 years ago
  • Store page localized in only 1 language(s)

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location is a 2016 survival-horror game where players monitor an underground animatronic facility across progressively difficult night shifts.

Sister Location remains a quiet but steady revenue performer within the FNAF franchise, earning $2.99k/mo residually on just $7.99 retail pricing and maintaining a 90% positive rating 8+ years post-launch. The title's weak studio_status signal ('ghost') likely reflects Scott Cawthon's shift to larger projects (Security Breach, The Mimic) rather than actual abandonment. For a larger publisher, this represents a proven back-catalog asset with minimal maintenance overhead; for a revival-focused partner, the game's narrative centrality to FNAF lore and cult custom-night community suggest modest but achievable upside through quality-of-life updates (checkpoints, UI polish) or cross-promotion with the upcoming film universe. Most realistic play: watch.

  • Risk: Core FNAF audience has matured and fragmented across 10+ franchise titles, reducing Sister Location's standalone appeal versus newer entries with broader IP penetration.
  • Risk: Scott Cawthon's solo-developer history and recent radio silence (106 months since last developer post) create uncertainty around IP stewardship and future franchise direction.
  • Risk: Community feedback consistently cites Night 4 difficulty spike, small UI elements (Night 5 keypad), and lack of checkpoints as friction points that suppress replay and positive word-of-mouth.

This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50%% error per title.