Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear

The Curse of Dreadbear DLC unlocks a new Halloween themed hub packed with spooky new mini-games and prizes. New spine-tingling mini-games include; Trick or Treat, Mangle Repair, Corn Maze, the Plushkin-Patch…

23 October 2019

Puzzle Action Horror Survival

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear is a puzzle developed by Steel Wool Studios, released 23 October 2019 on Meta Quest 3, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR.

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What Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear is

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear is a puzzle game developed by Steel Wool Studios and released in 2019. It was published by Scottgames. It is available on Meta Quest 3, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Curse of Dreadbear DLC unlocks a new Halloween themed hub packed with spooky new mini-games and prizes. New spine-tingling mini-games include; Trick or Treat, Mangle Repair, Corn Maze, the Plushkin-Patch, “Cap’n Foxy’s Pirate Adventure” dark ride and many more! Featured frightening animatronics include; Nightmare Bonnie, Nightmare Chica, Nightmare Freddy, Jack-o-Chica, Jack-o-Bonnie and a few... surprises.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Five Nights at Freddy's series

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear is the 26th of 60 entries we hold in the Five Nights at Freddy's series. The next entry was Five Nights at Freddy's 2 in 2019.

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What it launched against

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear launched on 23 October 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium and Persona 5 Royal. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal.

Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Parents

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Quick answers

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When did Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear come out?

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted - Curse of Dreadbear was released on 23 October 2019 for Meta Quest 3, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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