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Five Nights at Freddy's

Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) is a video game series and media franchise created by Scott Cawthon that includes video games, novels, graphic novels, and films. The story arcs typically follow a night guard or other character trying to survive from midnight to 6 a.m. for multiple levels, called "nights", while fending off attacks from homicidal…

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Genre
Survival horror
Creator
Scott Cawthon
Developers
ScottGames · Steel Wool Studios · Illumix · Mega Cat Studios · Clickteam
First release
Five Nights at Freddy's August 8, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-08-08)
Latest release
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic June 13, 2025; 14 months ago (2025-06-13)
Platforms
Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

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Five Nights at Freddy's

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Five Nights at Freddy's

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related to Main series · 60
Five Nights at Freddy's → Android, Announced, April, August, Cassie, Cawthon, Cawthon's, December, Fazbear's Fright, February, Five Nights, Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator, Freddy's, Free, Gregory, Halloween, He, Help Wanted
related to Spin-off games · 47
Five Nights at Freddy's → April, Cawthon, Chica, Daylight, Dead, December, Developed, Fazbear Frights, February, Five Laps, Five Nights, FNAF, FNaF World, Freddy, Freddy's, Freddy's AR, Fury's Rage, Game Jolt, Game Theorists YouTube, Illumix
related to Origin and development · 29
Five Nights at Freddy's → August, Autodesk, Cawthon, Chipper, Christian-oriented, Clickteam Fusion, Desura, Five Nights, Following, Freddy's, Greenlight, Guinness World Record, In, Initially, June, Max, Nintendo Switch, November, PlayStation, Ports
related to Legacy · 25
Five Nights at Freddy's → Additionally, Five Nights, FNaF, FNaF-inspired, Freddy's, Freddy's-related, Funko, Game Jolt, Game Theorists, In, In May, Jacksepticeye, Markiplier, McFarlane, Nights, November, PewDiePie, September, Since, The
related to Common elements · 24
Five Nights at Freddy's → Afton, Afton's, As, Doors, Five Nights, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Freddy's, Glamrock Freddy, Gregory's, Help Wanted, Henry Emily's, If, In, In Five Nights, Lights, Many, Players, Puppet, Security Breach, Security Breach's
related to Film adaptations · 20
Five Nights at Freddy's → Benjamin Lee, Both Five Nights, Cawthon's, Emma Tammi, Frank Scheck, Freddy's, He, James Mottram, Jesse Hassenger, Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Metacritic, Murtada Elfadl, NME, RogerEbert, Simon Abrams, The, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety
related to Video game series · 19
Five Nights at Freddy's → Destructoid, Five Nights, Freddy's, GameRevolution's Ryan Bates, Gamezebo, However, Metacritic, Mitch Vogel, Nic Rowen, Nintendo Life, Omri Petitte, PC Gamer, Petitte, Rowen, Subsequent, The, The Escapist, The Five Nights, TouchArcade
Platforms · 11
Five Nights at Freddy's → Android, Google Stadia, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Developers · 5
Five Nights at Freddy's → Clickteam, Illumix, Mega Cat Studios, ScottGames, Steel Wool Studios
Publishers · 4
Five Nights at Freddy's → Clickteam, Illumix, Mega Cat Studios, ScottGames

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Five Nights at Freddy'sDevelopersClickteam1.00infobox
Five Nights at Freddy'sFirst releaseFive Nights at Freddy's August 8, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-08-08)1.00infobox
Five Nights at Freddy'sGenreSurvival horror1.00infobox
Five Nights at Freddy'sLatest releaseFive Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic June 13, 2025; 14 months ago (2025-06-13)1.00infobox
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Five Nights at Freddy'sPublishersMega Cat Studios1.00infobox
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