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Five Nights at Freddy's

Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food as far as the eye can see! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two…

72 8 August 2014

Five Nights at Freddy's is an indie developed by Scottgames, released 8 August 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.

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What Five Nights at Freddy's is

Five Nights at Freddy's is an indie game developed by Scottgames and released in 2014. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Clickteam Fusion.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Freddy Fazbear's Pizza was once a popular restaurant for adults and children alike. However, due to a number of incidents including the kidnapping and implied murder of five children by a man wearing an empty animatronic suit, sanctions by the Health Department over the numerous reports of dirtiness, and "The Bite of '87", the pizzeria has fallen on hard times. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is set to close by the end of the year, as potential buyers do not want to be associated with the tainted reputation of the company. The four mascots - Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Rabbit, Chica the Chicken, and Foxy the Pirate had a particularly foul odor and what appeared to be "blood and mucus" around their…
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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 is the first of 60 entries we hold in the Five Nights at Freddy's series. The next entry was Five Nights at Freddy's in 2014. Its critic score of 72 is 4 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit at 95.

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How it was received

Five Nights at Freddy's holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 43% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 182 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 5 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent, 1 GB RAM and 1 GB. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Five Nights at Freddy's launched on 8 August 2014, within three weeks of The Last of Us Remastered, Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux and Metro Redux. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Remastered, Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Metro Redux.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Five Nights at Freddy's yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Five Nights at Freddy's — frequently asked questions

When did Five Nights at Freddy's come out?
Five Nights at Freddy's was released on 8 August 2014 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Five Nights at Freddy's?
At minimum, Five Nights at Freddy's needs 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB graphics, 250 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Five Nights at Freddy's?
The main story of Five Nights at Freddy's takes around 3 hrs, or 5 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Five Nights at Freddy's?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("250 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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