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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.

Release DateAug 27, 2015
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)97.2% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 3% / 97.2%  Top 3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.5% Top 1% / 94.6%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)13.6K  Top 2% / 15.4K  Top 2%
Curators200 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time10.4 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar41 minutes
Followers42.2K  Top 3%
Owners± 669K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 463.9K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 2.6M  Top 5%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Fran Bow steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Fran Bow's Steam rating and reviews from August 2015 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 98.9% (August 2015) and 95.9% (September 2016), with relatively small variations.

With 15.4K reviews Top 2%, Fran Bow is definitely a major AAA level success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Fran Bow and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Fran Bow's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (47%), followed by Russian (18%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game is available in 6 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Fran Bow percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Fran Bow depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is not bad at all, with 16 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste. A high negative review play time (median : 7 hours) could mean that Fran Bow crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Interesting well-written story
  • Nice artwork and locations
  • Good game length (Five chapters)
  • Good soundtracks
  • Manual save
  • Steam achievements
  • Great story
  • Dark
  • Good soundtrack
  • Beautiful art design
  • No voiceovers
  • F12 screenshot not working
  • Some puzzles are way too hard and ruins the enjoyment
  • Voice acting would be nice
  • The achievements did not initially work on Linux
  • No technical problems beyond achievements not working by default

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 97.2% rating  Top 3% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Fran Bow's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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