With Blumhouse’s new 5 Nights at Freddy’s movie releasing this yr on October 27, there’s no higher time than now to play by means of the 5 Nights at Freddy’s video games. Created by Scott Cawthon, the primary recreation launched again in 2014 and has since garnered an unimaginable fan base and adopted up its horror hit with all kinds of video games; from mainline installments to loads of spinoffs.
For these occupied with taking up the evening shift towards these killer animatronics, we’ve detailed how one can play every of the mainline FNAF video games in each chronological and launch date order under.
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How Many 5 Nights at Freddy’s Video games Are There?
In the case of the primary FNAF video games, there are 9 in complete, which we’ve coated under. So far as spin-offs and extra challenge-based video games go, although, there are 4 further FNAF video games that fall on this class. These are 5 Nights at Freddy’s World, Freddy in House 2, Safety Breach: Fury’s Rage, and Final Customized Evening.
5 Nights at Freddy’s Video games in Chronological Order
For these trying to play by means of the 5 Nights at Freddy’s video games in chronological order to get the complete story, we’ve accomplished our greatest to rearrange them in story order. When you have completely different theories about this franchise’s order, although, share them within the feedback!
1. 5 Nights at Freddy’s 4 (2015)
Out there on: Android/IOS, Nintendo Change, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
When working by means of the timeline of 5 Nights at Freddy’s, the sport to begin out with is definitely 5 Nights at Freddy’s 4, because it takes place in 1983. That is assumed due to an easter egg throughout one of many post-Evening minigames that may be seen by interacting with a TV in the lounge. After hitting it sufficient occasions, it’ll finally carry up a nonetheless for a business for a present referred to as Fredbear and Buddies, which seems to have aired in 1983, provided that’s the date beneath the title.
In comparison with its predecessors, although, FNAF 4 has a distinct setting. This time, you play as a younger little one of their bed room reasonably than as a safety guard in an workplace. All through the evening, you’ll have to run out of your bed room doorways to your closet (and even verify behind you in your mattress) for quite a lot of terrifying enemies, however primarily nightmare variations of the unique animatronics: Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Cunning. Pay attention out for them and hold your flashlight near scare them away.
2. 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2014)
Out there on: Android/IOS, Nintendo Change, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 is subsequent in a chronological playthrough and brings gamers to the newly-opened Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza to work the evening shifts as a safety guard. FNAF 2 additionally introduces new animatronics within the combine alongside up to date variations of its classics. These new additions are The Puppet and Balloon Boy, so that you’ll have extra to be careful for on the cameras.
This time round, you’re additionally given a Freddy Fazbear head to put on in case the animatronics occur to succeed in your workplace. With it on, many of the animatronics can have a more durable time recognizing you and depart, which’ll purchase you some extra time earlier than the daybreak. You even have a music field that you’ll want to hold wound as much as hold The Puppet away. This animatronic received’t be fooled by your sneaky little pretend Freddy head, so be sure that to maintain the music field going.
We’ve positioned this recreation as second in line for a chronological playthrough, because it’s set in 1987. This may be assumed from the paycheck you obtain on the finish of Evening 5, which is dated for that yr.
3. 5 Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location (2016)
Out there on: Android/IOS, Nintendo Change, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
In a departure from the earlier recreation, and as its title could level to, 5 Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location takes place at a distinct spot referred to as Circus Child’s Leisure and Rental, which options its personal animatronics as nicely. This time round, you play as a technician working evening shifts with a sequence of duties to finish alongside surviving the animatronics.
5 Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location is definitely a bit trickier to put on the timeline, and lots of followers nonetheless debate when it could possibly be set. The explanation we’ve chosen this slot is due to a line HandUnit says at first of the sport: “Because of the large success, and much more so, the unlucky closing of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, it was clear that the stage was set, no pun supposed, for an additional contender in kids’s leisure.” This line could possibly be referencing when Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza closed down in ‘87 following FNAF 2, which can also be introduced up by Cellphone Man in FNAF 1 throughout Evening 1. So, for now, having Sister Location between the 2 looks as if a very good match. Tell us your theories within the feedback under, although!
4. 5 Nights at Freddy’s (2014)
Out there on: Android/IOS, Nintendo Change, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
The one which began all of it. 5 Nights at Freddy’s was the primary recreation that had gamers taking up the safety guard mantle to maintain watch of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza for 5 evening shifts. Primarily, you’ll want to regulate the animatronics there: Chica, Bonnie, Cunning, and naturally, Freddy Fazbear. Their conduct has grow to be a bit unpredictable recently, and so they wish to roam round freely at evening… simply be sure that they don’t roam into your workplace.
Alongside the cameras that must be checked, gamers may also shut the safety doorways close to them if the animatronics get too shut throughout the evening. Take note, although, you solely have restricted quantities of energy to make use of. As soon as it’s gone, goodbye doorways and lights!
5 Nights at Freddy’s takes place a number of years later than the beforehand talked about video games, probably someday within the early ‘90s. This may be assumed from Cellphone Man’s dialogue throughout Evening 1 the place he says that the animatronics used to have the ability to stroll round throughout the day, “however then there was the chunk of ‘87.” This helps place it after FNAF 2 and earlier than FNAF3, which we’ll get to subsequent.
5 Nights at Freddy’s 3 (2015)
Out there on: Android/IOS, Nintendo Change, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
In response to 5 Nights at Freddy’s 3’s Steam description, this recreation is ready “Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza closed its doorways,” which might put it after the occasions of FNAF 1, provided that’s when Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza closed for good, and, if we’re going with the early ‘90s, would set it someday across the 2020s. It brings gamers right into a model new location as nicely… Fazbear’s Fright: The Horror Attraction. Sure, this new attraction is predicated on the terrifying occasions that occurred in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, and so they even have previous animatronics from it to essentially hold you in your toes!
As soon as once more, you step into the footwear of a safety guard protecting watch of the attraction and its “nice new relics” which were picked up. Like earlier than, you’ll have safety cameras to watch, however this time you even have a upkeep panel to reboot methods that go offline and shut off vents to stop these creepy animatronics from crawling towards your workplace area.
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator (2017)
Out there on: Android/IOS, Nintendo Change, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
If you happen to’re feeling bored with working safety or upkeep, why not make the soar into operating your personal pizza place? In Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator, you get to just do that. However don’t fear, this recreation isn’t with out its frights. You’ll nonetheless have to hold the animatronics away from you when in your workplace, and there’s a lot to watch once you’re in there as nicely.
Not solely do you might have a pc close to you to maintain tabs on the whole lot and full your duties, however you’ll want to observe the vents on each side of you for something that could possibly be crawling by means of. Nonetheless, each your pc and the vents make fairly a little bit of noise, so that you’ll need to take turns shutting them off to listen to your environment.
All through the sport, you’ll salvage animatronics as nicely. One in all these is Springtrap, whose first look within the sequence was in FNAF 3, which locations this recreation someday after it in a chronological playthrough.
5 Nights at Freddy’s: Assist Needed (2019)
Out there on: Android/IOS, Nintendo Change, Oculus Quest, PSVR, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
5 Nights at Freddy’s: Assist Needed was the franchise’s first step into VR – and later got here out on PC and consoles – and even has a sequel set to return out later this yr referred to as 5 Nights at Freddy’s: Assist Needed 2 for PSVR 2. Developed by Metal Wool Studios in collaboration with Scott Cawthon, in Assist Needed you may play by means of quite a lot of mini-games that function acquainted animatronics and experiences from earlier video games within the sequence.
However the place does this recreation match into the timeline? In the course of the opening ‘Welcome’ message for the sport, HandUnit states that “Fazbear Leisure has developed one thing of a nasty fame over the previous few many years, […] That is why now we have recreated many of those utterly fictitious eventualities (lies) that you have been fed during the last a number of years right into a hilarious VR recreation.” And provided that Assist Needed recreates conditions from earlier video games within the timeline as much as FNAF 3 on our record, it is sensible to put it after that recreation and close to Pizzeria Simulator.
5 Nights at Freddy’s: Particular Supply (2019)
Out there on: IOS/Android
5 Nights at Freddy’s: Particular Supply is an Augmented Actuality recreation that was launched on cell units just some months after Assist Needed. Very like how Assist Needed immersed you into FNAF in VR, Particular Supply did the identical by bringing the animatronics house to you. On this recreation, you need to hold an eye fixed out for them in your cell system as they stalk across the room, using a flashlight and managed shock to cease them.
Much like Assist Needed, Particular Supply entails its personal department of Fazbear Leisure. Right here, the Fazbear Funtime Service is what’s sending the animatronics to your own home and, with regards to the franchise’s timeline, it could make sense that they’d create one thing like this across the time of The Freddy Fazbear Digital Expertise in Assist Needed. Given how HandUnit explains firstly of Assist Needed that, “Fazbear Leisure is worked up to affix the digital age, and what higher method to try this than with an edge-of-your-seat digital actuality expertise,” it appears like that was their first endeavor, and this may be their second outing into it.
5 Nights at Freddy’s: Safety Breach (2021)
Out there on: Google Stadia, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, Nintendo Change
The newest 5 Nights at Freddy’s recreation, Safety Breach, is the second recreation within the franchise to be developed between each Scott and Metal Wool Studios, following Assist Needed. It’s a free-roam survival horror the place you play as a younger boy named Gregory who will get trapped at evening in Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. All through the evening, he’ll have to survive the assorted animatronics, however with a stunning useful hand alongside the best way.
In a chronological playthrough, this recreation is available in final. This could largely be taken away from the truth that Freddy Fazbear’s has now grown right into a Mega Pizzaplex, however there’s additionally a second in one of many endings that helps verify that it’s set after one of many beforehand talked about video games. Nonetheless, in order to keep away from spoilers, we’ll allow you to uncover that ending by yourself!
5 Nights at Freddy’s Video games in Launch Order
If you happen to’re occupied with taking part in by means of the primary 5 Nights at Freddy’s video games of their launch order, you’ll find them listed as such under:
5 Nights at Freddy’s Video games Coming Quickly
Introduced throughout PlayStation’s Showcase in Might, 5 Nights at Freddy’s: Assist Needed 2 from Metal Wool Studios is the sequel to 5 Nights at Freddy’s: Assist Needed and is ready to launch someday later this yr for PSVR2.
Hannah Hoolihan is a contract author who works with the Guides and Commerce groups right here at IGN.
