Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2016

$7.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A story-driven, minigame-style FNAF with great voice acting, atmosphere and an excellent Custom Night, but marred by brutal Night 4 and harsh checkpoints. Skip it if you want classic office-defense gameplay.

Great for

FNAF fans who want lore, voice acting and a skill-based Custom Night

Main risk

Night 4 and the Baby keypad/Ennard sections are frustrating, with harsh checkpoints and unskippable dialogue

What changed in the last 30 days

26 recent reviews

Few recent negative reviews exist, and they cite dull minigame gameplay, an unfun Custom Night mode and a very hard Night 4. No clear new bug or patch is visible, so confidence is low.

26 recent reviews

What players love

Fresh gameplay with varied nights

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“After having four games that had the same game mechanic we finally got something completely new.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗

“The best part is that the gameplay finally stepped out of the cramped security office.”
Steam review · 768.5 h played ↗

“Every night is something unique, where you need to do a different sequence of actions”
Steam review · translated · 2.3 h played ↗

Strong story and lore

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“i LOVE the way sister location is written, it’s the best fnaf game oat.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗

“the narrative is top, the gameplay is so-so, but overall the narrative far outweighs the game's flaws”
Steam review · translated · 19.4 h played ↗

Great Custom Night

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The custom night is extremely smooth, interesting and engaging.”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗

“It felt like the first real custom night in the series that each character had an interesting and unique mechanic”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗

“I really appreciate the lack of RNG and the need for skill in order to beat the hardest challenge.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Eerie atmosphere and animatronic designs

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“Interesting animatronics design and eerie atmosphere create a great horror experience.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

“The animatronic designs, tense atmosphere and creepy narrator voice really create discomfort.”
Steam review · translated · 8.2 h played ↗

Excellent voice acting

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“loved the voice acting, especially funtime freddy.”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗

“Voice lines were outstanding and sent chills down my spine especially circus baby!”
Steam review · 20.6 h played ↗

Satisfying challenge

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“overall it was satisfying when I finally got past the difficulties.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

“the satisfaction is so good when you beast it”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗

What players complain about

Night 4 is brutally hard

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“i spent SIX HOURS trying to beat this god awful segment of the game.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗

“Can't get past Night 4. Night 4 is just the most atrocious and totally unnecessary gameplay in any horror game ever.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“You also have to shake the suit to drop unwanted guests, but every shake loosens all the gears a bit.”
Steam review · translated · 3.8 h played ↗

Boring, linear minigame gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“It's just an entirely linear, loose collection of bad minigames.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗

“Sister Location is NOT a game. It's a cut scene”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

“The first 5 nights (excluding night 4) are basically just holding W and listening to dialogue while nothing happens.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

Harsh checkpoints and unskippable dialogue

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“SIT THROUGH BABY'S MONOLOGUE EVERY TIME YOU RESET.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“This style of game would be *acceptable* if there were checkpoints after each task”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

“being unable to skip dialogue you must listen to again and again after every death”
Steam review · translated · 2.9 h played ↗

Frustrating keypad, Baby and Ennard sections

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“paid $12 for this and ive tried night 5 probably over 100 times now.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

“the unfair low amount of time to complete the keypad code quest in night 5”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

RNG and unclear mechanics (Bon Bon)

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“when on night 3 Bonnie doesn't show up 10+ times in a row”
Steam review · translated · 0.9 h played ↗

“he never shows the button on his stomach i tried 30 times”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

Low replay value

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews

“No replay value other than the honestly great custom night,”
Steam review · 27.5 h played ↗

“good for let's-players and nobody else ever, unless you slog through the main section to get to the custom night”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWin XP, 7, 8, Vista, 10

Processor2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent

Memory1 GB RAM

Graphics1 GB

Storage1 GB available space

Recommended

OSWin XP, 7, 8, Vista, 10

Processor2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent

Memory2 GB RAM

Graphics2 GB

Storage2 GB available space

OSWin XP, 7, 8, Vista, 10

Processor2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent

Memory1 GB RAM

Graphics1 GB

Storage1 GB available space

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