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Five Nights at Freddy's
Genre(s)Survival horror
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
  • ScottGames
  • Clickteam
  • Illumix
  • Mega Cat Studios
Creator(s)Scott Cawthon
Platform(s)
First releaseFive Nights at Freddy's
August 8, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-08-08)
Latest releaseFive Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
August 7, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-08-07)

Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) is a video game series and media franchise created by Scott Cawthon. The franchise features video games, novels, graphic novels, and films. It typically follows a night guard or other character trying to survive from midnight to 6 a.m. for five levels, called "nights", while fending off attacks from homicidal animatronic characters. Each game is set in a different location connected to a fictional family pizza restaurant franchise named "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza". The core gameplay mechanic involves using tools effectively and managing limited resources to avoid being caught by the animatronics.

Cawthon conceived the idea for the first video game after his family-friendly resource management game, Chipper & Sons Lumber Co., was criticized for the resemblance of its characters to frightening animatronics. Responding to this feedback, he developed a horror game that intentionally featured scary animatronics. Released in August 2014, the game's success prompted the development of sequels. Cawthon created most of the games himself using Clickteam Fusion but partnered with Steel Wool Studios to create an open-world game and a virtual reality anthology.

The series has a mixed critical reception, with praise for its storytelling and atmosphere but criticism for its gameplay. It has achieved significant commercial success, with merchandise available internationally. The franchise has also garnered a cult following that produces fan media inspired by it.

Origin and development

The concept for Five Nights at Freddy's stemmed from the negative reception of Scott Cawthon's earlier game, Chipper & Sons Lumber Co., where players said that the main character resembled a "scary animatronic animal."[1][2] Initially discouraged by the criticism, Cawthon, who had predominantly created Christian-oriented games, leveraged this feedback to develop something intentionally frightening.[2][3] Five Nights at Freddy's was released on August 8, 2014, via Desura,[4] followed by a Steam release after gaining approval through the crowdsourcing platform Greenlight.[5] The game rapidly gained popularity after being showcased by prominent YouTubers.[1][6]: 82 

Cawthon used Clickteam Fusion 2.5 for game development and Autodesk 3ds Max for 3D graphics,[7] enhancing later titles with professional voice actors and original soundtracks.[8] Since Help Wanted in 2019, Cawthon has worked with game development company Steel Wool Studios.[9][10] Ports for Five Nights at Freddy's, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Five Nights at Freddy's 3, and Five Nights at Freddy's 4 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch were released on November 29, 2019.[11]

Media

See also: List of Five Nights at Freddy's media
Release timeline
2014Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2015Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
2016FNaF World
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
2017Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
2018Ultimate Custom Night
2019Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted
Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery
Freddy in Space 2
2020
2021Security Breach: Fury's Rage
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
2022Youtooz Presents: Five Nights at Freddy's
2023Freddy in Space 3: Chica in Space
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2
2024Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
2025Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
2026Five Laps at Freddy's
TBAFive Nights at Freddy's: Survival Crew

Main series

  • Five Nights at Freddy's was released for Microsoft Windows on August 8, 2014,[12] followed by ports for Android and iOS on August 27 and September 11, respectively.[13] The game follows Mike Schmidt, the player character, as he tries to survive his shift at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that lasts from midnight to 6:00 a.m. without being killed by the homicidal animatronic characters that wander the pizzeria at night.[14]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's 2 was teased shortly after the release of the first game.[15][16] A trailer was released on October 21, 2014,[17] and it was released for Microsoft Windows on November 11, 2014 through Steam,[18] and for Android and iOS on November 13 and 20, 2014, respectively.[19][20] The game, largely inspired by its predecessor, follows Jeremy Fitzgerald, the new player character, as he tries to survive his shift at the "new and improved" Freddy Fazbear's Pizza without being attacked by any of the ten animatronics that wander from room to room.[3][21]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's 3 was teased on Cawthon's website in January 2015,[22] and a trailer was released on January 26, 2015.[23] The game launched on March 3, 2015, on Microsoft Windows, with Android and iOS ports following on March 6 and 12, respectively.[24][25] It follows a night guard at a soon-to-open horror attraction based on Freddy Fazbear's Pizza called "Fazbear's Fright",[26] who must survive the night against only one animatronic, called Springtrap.[27]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's 4 was teased in April 2015 as "The Final Chapter",[28] its release date set as that Halloween.[29] A trailer was released in July, and its release date was advanced to August 8.[30][31] However, Cawthon announced that he had finished it on July 23, on which date he released it on Steam.[32] Android and iOS ports were released on July 25 and August 4, respectively.[33][34] The game's follows an unnamed child in his bedroom as "nightmare animatronics" attack the two doors on the left and right of the room, which the player must use to defend against them.[35]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location was teased in April 2016 with the tagline "there was never just one",[36] and a trailer was uploaded online on May 21.[37] It was released on Steam on October 7, 2016, with a patch released shortly after to alleviate night four's difficulty.[38] Android and iOS ports were released on December 22, 2016, and January 3, 2017, respectively.[39][40] Unlike previous entries, players must move between rooms and complete tasks.[41]
  • Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator followed an announcement by Cawthon in July 2017 that a sixth game was in development but ultimately canceled.[42] He released Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator on December 4, 2017, as freeware on Steam after teasing it several days earlier.[43] It is a simulation game in which the player runs a pizzeria during the day and fends off animatronics at night.[44]
  • Ultimate Custom Night was originally intended to be a post-launch add-on to Pizzeria Simulator, but was eventually turned into a stand-alone game, released on June 27, 2018, as freeware.[45] The customizable night contains a total of fifty animatronics from previous games, which allows the player to determine how aggressive they are during the night (similar to the custom nights in earlier games). The player can select the office to play in, unlock cutscenes, and choose from 16 themed game modes available.[46]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted was announced during Sony Interactive Entertainment's State of Play livestream on March 25, 2019. It was released on May 28 for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on Windows and PlayStation VR headsets on the PlayStation 4. It was developed in collaboration between Cawthon and Steel Wool Studios,[47] with other studios giving further support.[48] Cawthon initially proposed recreating the original Five Nights at Freddy's in VR, but the game turned into an anthology of minigames based on the first five games in the series.[49]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach was announced with a teaser trailer on September 16, 2020, slated for initial release on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in the year.[50] However, it was delayed many times,[51][52] until a release date of December 16, 2021 was set.[53] It is the second collaboration between Steel Wool Studios and Cawthon.[54] The game follows Gregory, a young boy trapped in a massive entertainment complex known as Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex who must complete tasks while avoiding the free-roam animatronics that surveil the complex.[55]
    • Free downloadable content for Security Breach, titled Ruin, was announced in May 2022.[56] It was released on July 25, 2023 on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5,[57] with Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions released on April 23, 2024.[58]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is a direct sequel of Help Wanted. Announced on May 24, 2023, and scheduled for release in December 2023,[59] the game was released on December 14 for the Oculus Quest and PlayStation VR 2.[60] A non-VR port for PlayStation 5 was released on June 20, 2024.[61] The game features minigames based on Sister Location and Security Breach.[62]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic, the eleventh main installment, was announced on August 6, 2024, with a trailer shown on the State of Play livestream in February 2025.[63] It is set to be released on June 13, 2025 for PlayStation 5 and Windows.[64]

Spin-off games

  • FNaF World, the first spin-off game, was announced on September 15, 2015.[65] Unlike the main series, the game is a role-playing video game using the first four games' animatronic characters. Using the characters, players must fight enemies and progress by unlocking perks and items.[66] Originally planned for release on February 2, 2016, Cawthon rescheduled the release for January 22 and released it on January 21.[67]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery, an augmented reality game with location-based gameplay, was announced on September 13, 2019.[68] Developed by Illumix, a video game startup company,[69] the game was released for free in November 2019. Its servers were shut down on March 14, 2024.[70]
  • Freddy in Space 2 is a side-scrolling platform shooter game and a sequel to the FNaF 57: Freddy in Space mini-game from FNaF World. It was released for free on December 3, 2019, on Game Jolt.[71] The game was made to promote a "#CancelCancer" charity livestream on YouTube, which was hosted by MatPat of Game Theorists for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.[72]
  • Security Breach: Fury's Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game featuring the main cast of Security Breach (not including Gregory or Vanessa). The game was made to compensate for the release of Security Breach being delayed for a second time and was released for free on Game Jolt on April 28, 2021.[73]
  • Freddy in Space 3: Chica in Space is a side-scrolling platform shooter game and a sequel to Freddy in Space 2. It was released on October 18, 2023, under the title FNAF: The Movie: The Game, and developed by Cawthon, who claimed to be a spoiler-heavy tie-in game of the Five Nights at Freddy's film. It was released for free on Game Jolt.[74]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit, a role-playing adventure horror game developed by Mega Cat Studios, was released on PlayStation and Xbox ports on September 27.[75] The Nintendo Switch port was released on October 31.[76]
  • Five Laps at Freddy's is a kart racing game based on characters from Five Nights at Freddy's developed by Clickteam. It was announced on June 19, 2024, to coincide with the series' 10th anniversary.[77]
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Survival Crew is an unreleased official Roblox adaptation of the series, accidentally released in an unfinished state by its developers, Metaverse Team Frights, on December 20, 2023. The game was immediately taken down after major backlash and Cawthon promised the game would be released in a functional state sometime in 2024.[78][79] In the short time the game was released, players described the gameplay as similar to the cooperative horror game, Dead by Daylight.[80]

Fazbear Fanverse

On August 21, 2020, Cawthon announced his plan to help fund and publish Five Nights at Freddy's games developed by fans, bundled with previous installments in their respective series.[81][82] Games published under this initiative include the One Night at Flumpty's series, the Five Nights at Candy's series, the POPGOES series, and THE JOY OF CREATION.[83][84] Cawthon stated that these games will come to other platforms, such as mobile and consoles, and may have merchandise created for them.[81][85] The first game to be released under this initiative was a port of One Night at Flumpty's for Android and iOS on October 31 and November 18, 2020, respectively, followed by two of its sequels later in 2021 on the same platforms.[82][86][87]

Other media

Novels

Starting in 2015, Five Nights at Freddy's has been the subject of three major novels published by Scholastic, the first of which being Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes, which released on Amazon Kindle on December 17, 2015,[88] and on paperback on September 27, 2016. Cawthon said that the novel "expands the mythos and reveals a human element never before seen in the games".[89][90] Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones and Five Nights at Freddy's: The Fourth Closet followed,[91] released on June 27, 2017,[92] and June 26, 2018, respectively.[91]

Film adaptations

Release timeline
2023Five Nights at Freddy's
2024
2025Five Nights at Freddy's 2

A film adaptation based on the game series was released for streaming on Peacock and theatrically in the United States on October 27, 2023, by Universal Pictures.[93] Directed by Emma Tammi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback,[94] the film stars Josh Hutcherson.[95] Five Nights at Freddy's received generally negative reviews from critics,[96][97] but it was a commercial success, becoming Blumhouse Productions' highest-grossing film worldwide with nearly $300 million.[98] A sequel is in development.[99]

Common elements

Gameplay

In the Five Nights at Freddy's series of games, players typically assume the role of a nighttime security guard at an establishment or other location connected to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, a fictional pizzeria chain.[3] The objective is to monitor and survive the movements of homicidal animatronic characters that roam these establishments after hours. Players must last from midnight to 6 a.m. for five shifts—referred to as "nights"—[100]while managing a limited-use resource that, if depleted, leaves them vulnerable. These resources vary by game: for example, limited power in Five Nights at Freddy's,[3] failing systems that require rebooting in Five Nights at Freddy's 3,[101] and control of Glamrock Freddy—who requires hourly recharging—in Security Breach.[102] As the nights progress, the animatronics become more aggressive. If they fail to defend against the animatronics, the player is jumpscared and receives a game over.[103] If they successfully survive for five nights, they win the game.[104]

In many entries in the series, players use security cameras to track the animatronics’ movements throughout the building.[a] In some games, such as Five Nights at Freddy's, camera feeds become disabled when animatronics are in motion.[110] Five Nights at Freddy's 2 introduces a music box mechanic, which must be kept wound via the camera feed to prevent the Puppet animatronic from activating.[111] In Five Nights at Freddy's 3, the cameras monitor a single animatronic, Springtrap, and include an audio system that can be used to lure him to different areas.[112] Security Breach's camera system is accessed through Gregory’s watch.[113] Lights are another recurring mechanic, often used to ward off animatronics or alert players to their presence.[b] Doors also appear frequently, allowing players to block access by animatronics in games such as Five Nights at Freddy's,[119] Five Nights at Freddy's 4,[35] and Help Wanted.[117]

Story

Note: This section summarizes the story up to the beginning of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.

The Five Nights at Freddy's series mainly revolves around a chain of family restaurants under the ownership of Fazbear Entertainment, a company founded by Henry Emily and William Afton. The latter is a robotics engineer who creates a series of animatronic mascots to entertain customers, including Freddy Fazbear, a brown bear and the namesake of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Bonnie, an indigo rabbit, Chica, a yellow chicken, and Foxy, a red pirate fox. Other animatronics included the Puppet, the ghostlike Golden Freddy, Freddy's predecessor Fredbear, and Circus Baby,[120] the mascot of the restaurant's sister location, Circus Baby's Pizza World. William is also a negligent father and child murderer who hides his victims' bodies inside animatronics, which their souls inhabit; he specifically designs Circus Baby to be capable of murdering children, which leads to the accidental death of his own daughter, Elizabeth.[120]

William's direct murder victims start with his co-worker Henry's daughter[c] and expand to include five children visiting the restaurants with their families.[121] Meanwhile, an incident involving William's youngest son being shoved into Fredbear's mouth by his older brother Michael results in the closure of Fredbear's Family Diner, a predecessor location.[120] After accidentally murdering his brother, Michael begins seeking redemption, starting with recovering the remains of his sister.[120] After the closure of a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location, William dismantles the remaining animatronics in a backroom, releasing the souls that inhabit them who proceed to torment him. Seeking refuge from the ghosts, William hides inside an old yellow rabbit animatronic suit. Shortly after, the suit's mechanisms fail and snap shut, crushing William to death as his soul inhabits the animatronic, becoming a bionic revenant called Springtrap.[121] Some time after, the whole restaurant chain shuts down.[120]

Thirty years later, a horror attraction based on the restaurant chain known as Fazbear's Fright is constructed and leads to Springtrap's excavation; a fire destroys the attraction before it can open to the public. The destruction frees the souls of William's first five victims and destroys the original mascots, though Springtrap escapes. Some time after the fire, Henry lures Springtrap and all animatronics that were not destroyed in Fazbear's Fright into a single pizzeria. With help from Michael, Henry sets fire to the restaurant and destroys every animatronic inside, freeing the souls of the children that inhabited them, including Elizabeth. The fire also kills Henry, Michael, and William.[120][121][122] Afterwards, William's soul is trapped and tormented in a personalized hell with all animatronics he created.[120] Years later, Fazbear Entertainment is re-founded and releases an in-universe virtual reality experience based on the past of a new restaurant, in an effort to convince the public the company's previous controversies were merely fiction.[123]

Reception and legacy

Aggregate review scores
Game Metacritic
Five Nights at Freddy's 78/100[124]
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 62/100[125]
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 68/100[126]
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 51/100[127]
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location 62/100[128]
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator N/A
Ultimate Custom Night N/A
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 80/100[129]
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach 64/100[130]
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit 87/100[131]

The original Five Nights at Freddy's received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic, assigning the Windows version a score of 78 out of 100.[124] Indie Game Magazine praised the game for its simple take on the horror genre, labeling the game a "fantastic example of how cleverness in design and subtlety can be used to make an experience terrifying". They noted that its artistic direction and gameplay mechanics contributed to a feeling of "brutal tension", but criticized it for taking too long to load when launched.[132]

Omri Petitte for PC Gamer gave Five Nights at Freddy's a score of 80 out of 100, commenting that the game took a "less-is-more" approach to its design, and praising the overall atmosphere for emphasizing the fear and suspense of an approaching threat, rather than the arrival of the threat itself as in other horror-oriented games. However, the gameplay was criticized for becoming repetitive once a player masters it, noting players have "not much more to expect beyond managing battery life and careful timing of slamming doors shut."[133] Ryan Bates of GameRevolution gave the game a 4.5 out of 5, commending the game's minimalistic presentation (particularly its audio design and lack of music) for contributing to the terror of the game, along with its repetitive gameplay that would "[reach] almost OCD-type levels, adding to the tense environment." He opined that the game was "horror done right", but felt it was too short.[14]

Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade gave a rating of 3.5 out of 5, noting the game's reliance on atmosphere to induce fear, noting that "if the atmosphere doesn't get to you, all that's left is a very simple game of red light-green light."[134] Eurogamer's Jeffrey Matulef called the game "wonderfully creative", and compared the animatronic animals in the game to Weeping Angels due to their ability to only move when they are not being observed.[135]

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic, assigning the Windows version a score of 62 out of 100.[125] Omri Petitte for PC Gamer gave Five Nights at Freddy's 2 a score of 70 out of 100, commenting that what he wanted in the sequel "was more mind games and more uncertainty. I wanted the plodding animatronic suits to find me and rip my face off in new and interesting ways. I wanted working legs. What I got was a horror game dipping heavily into deception and subtlety, a wonderfully cruel cocktail of supernatural mystery and jolts of panicked adrenaline. Enjoying the good parts, though, comes with a cost of a frustratingly steep difficulty."[105]

Destructoid gave the game a positive review, saying that "It's absolutely terrifying to know that you could be attacked at any moment from multiple avenues", praising the introduction of new animatronics and mechanics, but also criticizing the jumpscares and called the game "too hard for its own good".[136] In a review for the Nintendo Switch version of the game in 2019, Mitch Vogel of Nintendo Life said, "Five Nights at Freddy's 2 may not necessarily reinvent the wheel, but it still does a fine job of keeping you on the edge of your seat."[137]

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic, assigning the Windows version a score of 68 out of 100.[126] Omri Petitte from PC Gamer gave Five Nights at Freddy's 3 a score of 77 out of 100, praising the reworked camera system, but commented on how the jumpscares from the other animatronics "felt a little stale by the third night."[101] In a more critical review, Nic Rowen from Destructoid gave the game a 6.5 out of 10, saying that even though the game is "by far the most technically proficient and mechanically satisfying installment yet," he criticized Springtrap and Fazbear's Fright for lacking the "charm of the original cast and locations."[138]

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic, assigning the Windows version a score of 51 out of 100.[127] Destructoid criticized the gameplay as being too confusing, and gave the game a review score of 4 out of 10.[139] The Escapist gave the game a positive review score of 4 out of 5 stars saying that they liked the reworked mechanics, darker and emotional storyline, scary jumpscares, and sad ending but noted the game's bugs and glitches.[140] Nadia Oxford of Gamezebo gave it 4 out of 5 stars in her review praising it for its intense environment, creepy sounds and graphics, and jumpscares. She criticized the game for being difficult to survive in certain environments when relying on audio cues and the Android version not containing the story-centric minigames.[141]

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location received "mixed or average" reviews from critics according to Metacritic, assigning a score of 62 out of 100.[128] Destructoid rated the game 6/10,[142] while GameCrate rated it 7.50/10.[143] Shelby Watson of The All State gave the game a positive review, citing it to be comparable to the first game's quality, but unlike the first game, never allowing the player to operate the mechanics on muscle memory alone. She writes, "...[E]ach night is so different, it is impossible to get comfortable with the mechanics enough that it feels like second nature. The game changes so much, you are forced to adapt and are always on the edge of your seat, waiting for what is to come."[144] TechRaptor rated the game 9/10, calling it "genuinely terrifying" with a "great storytelling" and praised the voice acting.[145]

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator received mostly positive reviews. GameCrate called it the "best value in gaming right now",[146] with Rock Paper Shotgun calling it "spooky as hell".[147] The Ball State Daily News also gave a positive review, giving the game a 7.6/10 and calling it "an interesting evolution of the Five Nights [at Freddy's] formula".[148] IGN listed Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator in their top 18 Best Horror Games of 2017.[149]

Ultimate Custom Night received mostly positive reviews. Rock Paper Shotgun deemed the game "an intriguing mess",[150] with PC Gamer calling it "a neat, customisable take on the classic survival horror formula".[151]

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted received "generally favorable" reviews from critics for the PlayStation 4 version according to Metacritic, assigning a score of 80 out of 100;[129] the Nintendo Switch version received "mixed or average" reviews, with Metacritic assigning a score of 53 out of 100.[152] Reviewers praised the game for its effective use of virtual reality and its success in introducing new mechanics while preserving the series' feel and atmosphere while being accessible for players new to the series. However, the game's frequent use of jump scares could make it less scary and more obnoxious over time for some players.[153][154][155]

Stuart Gipp at Nintendo Life criticized the Nintendo Switch version of the game and gave it a score of 3 out of 10. The main criticism being that the game had become pointless for having removed the VR mode making it a "sub-par minigame collection" with "limited gameplay" since previous main games were available already for the console, and speculated that the only reason for releasing it for the console were to capitalize on the console's market share.[156] The game is listed as one of PlayStation's "Favorite Horror Games of 2019" on their website[157] and is one of the top 30 best selling VR games on Steam.[158] The game was nominated for the Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game at the New York Game Awards in 2020.[159]

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach received "mixed or average" reviews, according to Metacritic.[130] Jeuxvideo.com gave a mixed review, praising the atmosphere and the originality of certain gameplay sections, but criticizing the bugs and technical issues.[160] The Escapist's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw was more critical of the game, praising the visuals, but criticizing the bugs, design, and restrictive save system.[161] The game was nominated and won Players' Choice December 2021 on PlayStation's official blog.[162]

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit received "generally positive" reviews, according to Metacritic.[163] Game Rant praised the game for its story and visuals, while ComicBook.com praised it for its faithfulness to the source material.[164][165]

Legacy

Five Nights at Freddy's cosplayers at the 2022 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
A duet of cosplayers at WonderCon 2022 dressed as Withered Bonnie (Five Nights at Freddy's 2, left background) and Ignited Freddy (The Joy of Creation, right foreground)

Since the release of the first game, popular video creators such as PewDiePie, Markiplier, and Jacksepticeye have garnered millions of views, which helped the games receive additional attention from their playthroughs.[166][3] In May 2015, YouTube reported that videos of the Five Nights at Freddy's series were the platform's eighth-most-watched playthroughs.[167] The interpretive, non-linear, and cryptic narrative of Five Nights at Freddy's is a popular topic for fans to discuss and debate.[166] YouTube channels such as The Game Theorists feature Five Nights at Freddy's-related videos with the goal of decoding the lore of the franchise.[168][169] The series has over 60 videos and 800 million views combined.[166]

The game mechanics of Five Nights at Freddy's have inspired the creation of thousands of fan games.[170][171] Their prevalence led Game Jolt to categorize FNaF-inspired projects as a separate genre to better organize its content.[172]: 74  In addition to games, the franchise has also influenced music, with multiple fan-made songs gaining substantial popularity. Tracks by artists such as The Living Tombstone have each garnered hundreds of millions of views.[173][174] The Living Tombstone's first FNaF song was featured in the closing credits of the film adaptation.[175]

Notes

  1. ^ Specifically, in Five Nights at Freddy's,[14] Five Nights at Freddy's 2,[105] Five Nights at Freddy's 3,[106] Ultimate Custom Night,[107] Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted,[108] and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach[109]
  2. ^ Specifically, in Five Nights at Freddy's,[114] Five Nights at Freddy's 2,[115] Five Nights at Freddy's 4,[116] Help Wanted,[117] and Security Breach.[118]
  3. ^ Identified in the books as Charlie Emily

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