Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) is an American multimedia horror franchise created and owned by Scott Cawthon. The franchise began with the release of its first video game on August 8, 2014. Three sequels were released up to July 2015, setting a Guinness World Record for "most video game sequels released in a year". The first seven games were independently developed and published by Cawthon, while he partnered with Steel Wool Studios for the Help Wanted VR sub-series and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021). 6 spin-off games have also been released, excluding troll games, and the series has inspired numerous fangames, the most prominent of which were later absorbed into the franchise as official spin-offs under The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[1]
Beginning with Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes, Cawthon and Kira Breed-Weasley co-wrote a novel trilogy for the franchise from 2015 to 2018, transitioning it into a multimedia one. The trilogy was later followed by a short story anthology series titled Fazbear Frights and later its sequel series Tales from the Pizzaplex. Other print publication such as an in-universe activity book, cookbook, graphic novel adaptations of the novels and a series of guide books were also published. A film adaptation directed by Emma Tammi was released on October 27, 2023, with a sequel set for release in December 2025.[2][3]
This title originally released on July 18, 2015, as a fangame, with a remake released on August 14, 2019, before the series' absorption into the official franchise under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[51]
This title originally released on February 28th, 2016 as a fangame, before the series' absorption into the official franchise under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[51]
This title originally released on March 5th, 2017 as a fangame, before the series' absorption into the official franchise under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[51]
Alternatively known as Five Nights at Freddy's: POPGOES Arcade.
This title originally released on June 12, 2020 under the name of POPGOES Arcade 2020 Edition as a fangame, before the series' absorption into the official franchise under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[51]
This title is a reimagining of Kane Carter's two older fangames, titled POPGOES Arcade (2016) and POPGOES Arcade 2.
This title originally released on January 28, 2015, as a fangame, before the series' absorption into the official franchise under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[51]
This title originally released on April 11, 2015, as a fangame, before the series' absorption into the official franchise under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[51]
This title was originally a collection of remakes of Nick Sita's older fangame series, consisting of The Joy of Creation: Reborn and The Joy of Creation: Story Mode.[51]
This title originally released on April 1, 2015, as a fangame, before the series' absorption into the official franchise under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.[51]
^Lawton, Tilly (June 20, 2024). "All FNAF games in order". Pocket Tactics. Retrieved July 13, 2024. The little experience that kicked off the massive franchise, Five Nights at Freddy's 1 still stands up today as one of the most iconic horror games of all time.
^Carter, Kane [@kanethecarter] (September 11, 2023). "There has been some significant progress on all three of my current projects" (Tweet). Retrieved September 19, 2023 – via Twitter. myPOPGOES is also getting done. Unfortunately we've had zero updates on when its Fanverse inclusion will be officialised or when its Steam page can go live - it has become apparent that Scottgames and co. are EXTREMELY preoccupied with FNAF movie shit, which is understandable. Though even if the Steam page went up today, it'd still take a few more months to finish myPOPGOES I imagine.
