Players act as a security guard at the restaurant Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where they must survive their shift that lasts from midnight to 6:00 a.m. The game's success led to the launch of an expanded series, including five sequels, two spin-offs, and five books (three novel adaptations, a children's activity color book, and a strategy/lore guide), with a film in production.įive Nights at Freddy's is a survival horror video game with point-and-click elements. The game was the top-selling game on Desura for the week ending August 18, 2014, and the game became the subject of numerous popular "Let's Play" YouTube videos.
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Mobile ports were later released for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.įive Nights at Freddy's received positive reviews from critics, who praised its originality and atmosphere, and quickly gained a cult following. The game was first released in August 2014 on Desura and Steam. Five Nights at Freddy's was developed in six months using the Clickteam Fusion 2.5 game engine. Cheese's and the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza Place), where the player must act as a night security guard by defending themselves from the malfunctioning, homicidal and haunted animatronic characters by tracking their movement through the facility using security cameras.Ĭawthon conceived of the game following criticism of his previous game, Chipper & Sons Lumber Co., for its unintentionally frightening characters who moved like animatronics. The game centers around a fictional pizza restaurant called "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza" (a pastiche of Chuck E. It is the first installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's series. Five Nights at Freddy's (often abbreviated to FNaF) is a point-and-click survival horror video game developed and published by Scott Cawthon.