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Five Nights at Freddy's, shortened as Five Nights, and abbreviated as FNaF, is an independent multimedia franchise created by Scott Cawthon that first started as a video game released on August 8, 2014. The franchise has since received worldwide popularity.
The franchise currently consists of a total of 28 video games (11 main games, 7 spin-offs, 6 expansions, and 4 troll games), 51 books (8 novels, 20 anthologies, 9 graphic novels, 5 guidebooks, 3 coloring books, and 6 miscellaneous books), a horror attraction, Snapchat lenses, a film, multiple crossovers, a slew of merchandise, and much more coming in the future.
Ludography
- Main category: Video Games
Core Series Games
- Main category: FNAF: Video Games
- Main articles: Scott Games Series, Steel Wool Series, Console Ports
The core series game are video games officially developed by Scottgames and Steel Wool Studios, Inc. All games bear the same canonical continuity. In 2019, Clickteam LLC would release HD remasters of the first seven games on major consoles and mobile devices.
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Untitled Twelfth Game[1] |
Some core series games have additional content that adds to the game in a significant way. These range from content updates to entire DLCs that may add to the continuity of the game.
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Spin-Offs
- Main category: FNAF: Spin-Offs
The spin-offs are video games officially developed by Scottgames, Illumix, Inc., Youtooz Inc., Clickteam, Mega Cat Studios, Inc., and Metaverse Team Frights. These games are usually in different genres than the core series and take place in their own separate canonical continuities. Games like Special Delivery, its DLC Dark Circus: Encore!, are set in the same continuity as the core series, but are still classified as spin-offs.
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Some spin-off games have additional content that adds to the game in a significant way. These range from content updates to entire DLCs that may add to the continuity of the game.
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Troll Games
- Main category: FNAF: Troll Games
The troll games are joke spin-off video games developed by Scottgames. These games are usually hidden behind a facade and are reskins or edited versions of older video games developed by Scott Cawthon before Five Nights at Freddy's success.
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Tabletop Games
- Main category: Tabletop Games
The tabletop games are board games that are developed by Moose Toys, USAopoly, and Funko Games. These games very from completely unique to skinned/themed versions of other popular tabletop games.
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Game Bundles
- Main category: Category:Game Collections/Bundles
The franchise has multiple game bundles for Windows and console devices.
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Crossovers
- Main category: Category:Crossovers
- Main article: Crossovers
The franchise has multiple officially endorsed crossovers that add Five Nights at Freddy's characters or media to other video games or apps.
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Fazbear Fanverse
- Main category: Fanverse: Video Games
- Main article: The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative
The Fazbear Fanverse are popular fangames endorsed and officialized by Scott Cawthon as non-canonical Five Nights at Freddy's spin-offs. Cawthon helps give funds and support to the original developers while staying out of the development process. The officially endorsed series' are:
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Bibliography
- Main category: Books
Original Trilogy
- Main articles: Original Trilogy Series
The Original Trilogy is a 3-book Five Nights at Freddy's series written by authors Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley. These books are based off the video game series, though, set in a separate canonical continuity. The series would be adapted into a 3-book "graphic novel" comic series with the help of Claudia Schröder and Christopher Hastings.
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Fazbear Frights
- Main articles: Fazbear Frights Series
Fazbear Frights is a 12-book Five Nights at Freddy's anthology series written by authors Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper, Andrea Waggener, Carly Anne West, and Kelly Parra. These books are based off the video game series, though some stories are set in their own canonical continuities. The final book released on April 19, 2022. The series would be adapted into a 5-volume "graphic novel" comic series with the help of Christopher Hastings, which concluded on September 3, 2024, ending the Fazbear Frights series.
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Tales from the Pizzaplex
- Main articles: Tales from the Pizzaplex Series
Tales from the Pizzaplex is an 8-book Five Nights at Freddy's anthology series written by authors Scott Cawthon, Kelly Parra, Andrea Waggener, and Elley Cooper. These books are based off the video game series, though, set in a separate canonical continuity. The final book released on October 3, 2023. The series is getting adapted into a "graphic novel" comic series with the help of Christopher Hastings.
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Interactive Novels
- Main articles: Interactive Novel Series
The Interactive Novels are a 4-book Five Nights at Freddy's Choose Your Own Adventure series written by Scott Cawthon, Eugene Myers, Adrienne Kress, and Lyndsay Ely. These books are based off the video game series, though, set in a separate canonical continuity.
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Film Novels
The film novels are a series of tie-in novels based on the Five Nights at Freddy's films. These films are based off the video game series, though, set in a separate canonical continuity.
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The Freddy Files
- Main articles: The Freddy Files Series
The Freddy Files is a Five Nights at Freddy's guidebook series written by Scott Cawthon. These books archive most descriptions and lore from across the franchise.
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Coloring Books
The coloring books are Five Nights at Freddy's coloring books by Crayola and Scholastic.
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Miscellaneous Books
The miscellaneous books are Five Nights at Freddy's books that stand on their own without a series.
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The Art and Making of Five Nights at Freddy's 1 and 2 |
Book Bundles
- Main category: Category:Book Collections/Bundles
The franchise has multiple book bundles ranging from collections to box sets.
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Videography
- Main category: Films
Film Series
- Main article: Film Series
The feature films are produced by Scott Cawthon Productions, LLC and Blumhouse Productions, LLC and directed by Emma Tammi. These films are based off the video game series, though, set in a separate canonical continuity.
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Web Series
The web series' are TV-like episodic content produced and directed by Scott Cawthon and Steel Wool Studios. These are primarily made to promote upcoming games.
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Final: October 19, 2021 |
Final: June 6, 2025 |
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Film Bundles
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Attractions
- Main category: Rides and Attractions
The attractions are official rides, experiences or promotional facades by other companies.
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Merchandise
- Main category: Merchandise
Starting back in 2015, official merchandise products (such as plush toys, Funko POP!'s, T-shirts, action figures, posters, etc.) can be found online and in stores. The merchandise is available on online stores such as Sanshee, Toywiz, Amazon, Funko etc. They can also be found in stores such as Target, Walmart, Macy's, etc. The company toy brands are Hasbro, Mattel, Basic Fun! and much more. McFarlane toys developed building sets based on locations and characters from the series. Youtooz produce a variety of merchandise, such as figures, puzzles, plushies, and even FNaF-themed gummies. Interestingly enough, half of the tags, covers, etc., for merchandises (especially few T-shirts) contain renders of characters from the entire series officially from Scott Cawthon.
In 2025, Striker Entertainment, LLC revealed Five Nights at Freddy's has around 40 licensees'.
Social Media
Accounts
These accounts are official Five Nights at Freddy's-focused social media accounts made by Scott Cawthon and other companies. These accounts promote and update fans on Five Nights at Freddy's-related projects.
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Snapchat
- Main article: Snapchat Lenses
The Snapchat lenses are official Five Nights at Freddy's lenses made by Illumix and Universal City Studios. Illumix planned to make more, but they never came to fruition before the closure of Special Delivery.
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Future
- For info regarding the Fazbear Fanverse titles' futures, please head to the specific series' page.
- Core Series
- An update for Help Wanted 2 is reportedly planned to release "sometime this month" [June 2025], as stated by DJ Sterf. Currently, DJ being added to the credits is all that is known of the update.
- The update didn't release in June, and it is currently unknown when it will as Steel Wool are likely putting their efforts on patching Secret of the Mimic as of mid-July 2025.
- The VR mode for Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic is planned be released sometime in the future.
- A currently untitled video game, presumably the twelfth core series game, is planned to be developed by Steel Wool Studios after the release of Secret of the Mimic, as revealed by Scott Cawthon in an interview with YouTuber Dawko.
- An update for Help Wanted 2 is reportedly planned to release "sometime this month" [June 2025], as stated by DJ Sterf. Currently, DJ being added to the credits is all that is known of the update.
- Spin-Offs
- Five Laps at Freddy's, the eighth spin-off game, is being developed by Clickteam and is set to release sometime in 2026.
- A currently untitled video game, presumably a spin-off game, is being developed by Clickteam.
- It is not fully known what is connected to the project, but, in April 2023, Clickteam used a blurred 3D render of a room in a trailer. They later shared the concept artwork and said "perhaps in time we can release that." when asked if they could post the unblurred version.[2] In October 2023, Clickteam shared a caution poster of Freddy[3] and a render which was recorded in Clickteam Fusion 2.5.[4] In November 2023, Clickteam's FNaF film page held hidden concept art, with some elements linking the artwork to the name Fritz.[5]
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Survival Crew, a spin-off game, is being developed by Metaverse Team Frights. The projects status is unknown.
- Scott Cawthon expressed wishes for Mega Cat Studios to develop another spin-off game, possibly based on the Fazbear Frights story "Fetch," from the anthology book of the same name.[6]
- Mega Cat Studios shares the wish to work with Cawthon again.[7]
- In an interview with YouTuber Dawko, Scott Cawthon confirmed that, if he "gets antsy about it," a FNaF World 2 could be developed in the future.[8]
- In YouTuber JonnyBlox's stream chat, Scott Cawthon replied to the background music, which was FNaF World tracks, saying "Sounds like a classic. Someone should totally do a sequel."[9]
- Other
- A currently untitled video game was confirmed to be in the works. The game, which is planned to be a multiplayer AAA game, had the ETA for 2021, before being "canceled" a month later, with development set to resume in 2020. The projects status is unknown.
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Into Madness, presumably a spin-off game, was revealed to be in development. The game was described to "be in the spirit of Foxy Fighters, or a mash-up of games similar to Foxy Fighters, in the vein of Update 2, where many games connected to create a single experience." and "a compilation of several previous gameplay ideas in the same vein as Update 2; just a free game for the fanbase." The status would be updated to say "On hold," then finally being updated to "On hold (or is it?)." The projects status is unknown.
- Matthew Lillard, the actor for William Afton, revealed that he had signed a three-picture deal with Blumhouse for the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, meaning the company and likely Scott hoped to make three films.
- On May 7, 2025, Production Weekly, a comprehensive production resource, posted issue 1452, which states a Five Nights at Freddy's 3 film is planned to start filming in Late-Q3 2025, though things can change.[12][13]
- In an interview with WHO LET US OUT, Jason Blum was asked if more than two films would be made, Blum responded with: "I hope so. I hope so. I'm going to try."[14]
- A plush series is planned for Fall 2025, currently known to consist of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and The Puppet.
- A "World of" series is planned for Fall 2025, currently known to consist of Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, Toy Chica, and Mangle.
- An "Endo-Series" action figure series is planned for Fall 2025, currently known to consist of the Classic Freddy set (Classic and Withered Freddy; with Endo) and Classic Bonnie set (Classic and Withered Bonnie; with Endo).
- Plush keychains are planned for Fall 2025, currently known to consist of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Golden Freddy.
- Animatronic plushies are planned for Fall 2025, currently known to consist Freddy.
- Squishmallows are planned for Fall 2025, currently known to consist of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy.
- Aaron Margolin, the Senior Global Brand Manager at Jazwares, confirmed that not everything from their FNaF wave has been shown off yet.
- Jazwares will be attending Comic-Con on July 26, Aaron Margolin confirmed that "VERY exciting FNAF announcements" will be revealed during the panel.[15]
- A Funko Fusion figure wave is reportedly planned for Summer 2025, known to likely consist Zombie Freddy Fazbear; though this could change.[16]
- A Help Wanted 2 figure wave is reportedly planned for Fall 2025, rumored to consist Glitchtrap, Scrap Baby, Vanny, and DJ Music Man.[17]
- Statues of Freddy and Bonnie are reportedly planned to release in the future.[18]
- A Secret of the Mimic wave is planned to release sometime at the end of 2025, maybe September or October. It is currently known to consist a plush and figure of White Tiger.
- Christmas wrapping paper and cards are set to release in December 2025.
- A Five Nights at Freddy's 2 figure wave is planned for later in the year, likely at the end of 2025, currently known to consist of Toy Freddy and Balloon Boy.
- A Sister Location wave of products is in the pipelines.
- A "Cake Freddy" figure is planned to release exclusively in retail stores. A prototype was revealed in May 2025 during YouTuber Dawko's Trevor Project charity stream.
- In a Reddit AMA from December 2023, Youtooz commented on various FNaF-related questions:
- A plush of Bon-Bon was given a "maybe."
- Plush waves for Help Wanted and RUIN are in designing stages. The RUIN plush wave released in November 2023.
- In March 2024, Youtooz held a Reddit AMA:
- keyboard keycaps are in the works.
- A Fredbear product is planned for a future wave "for sure."
- In July 2024, Youtooz held another Reddit AMA:
- A Gregory plush "will likely" be made in the future.
- They have "so many ideas" for plushies of the Toy animatronics.
- They would like to make Spring Bonnie and Fredbear products.
- Molten Freddy, Purple Guy plush, and non-Ruined Eclipse received a "maybe/possibly" response.
- In July 2025, Youtooz held another Reddit AMA:
- A Nightmarionne figure got a "maybe."
- A Mr. Hippo figure is unlikely.
- Products based on the human characters will come out in the future.
- More Nightmare plushies could happen in 2026.
- Something could be between the releases of their SotM and FNaF 2 waves.
- An Ennard collection of products in planned to release soon, currently known to consist of a plush, shirt(s), and pin.
- Dawko confirmed that, if Bonnie's backpack is received positively, backpacks of the other main four animatronics might happen.
- A second Secret of the Mimic wave is implied to happen in the future.
- A Yellow Rabbit collection, based on the film, is planned to release "soon," currently known to consist of a plush, shirt, and maybe a pin.
- A Five Nights at Freddy's character hoodie set is planned for sometime in the future, maybe Q4 2025. currently known to consist of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy.
- A vintage school mascot-like Freddy artwork was shown off during an update video by Dawko, planned for a future release.
- The next plush wave will include Glichtrap, Vanny, and Glamrock Bonnie.[19]
Other
- ExG Pro plans to release Cable Guys controller holders sometime in 2025, currently known to consist of Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica.
- Rubies plans to release updated Halloween masks (consisting of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy), yard decor (consisting of Freddy, Bonnie, and Foxy), and new plastic pumpkin candles (consisting of a single Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and standalone Freddy and Chica) and lights (consisting of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy).
Trivia
- The official anniversary of Five Nights at Freddy's is August 8.
- The Game Jolt site has an official tag for Scott's Five Nights at Freddy's games along with numerous fan games.
- The franchise appeared in the Guinness Book of Records: Gamer's Edition 2017, breaking the record for the largest number of sequels released in a year; from the first game released on August 8, 2014 to the fourth game released on July 23, 2015 (11 months and 15 days).
- Scott once joked in a Steam post that a sequel, Freddy in Space, was slated for an April 2016 release.[21] Scott actually released the "teaser" for this game on his website.
- Soon, it became a minigame for FNaF World.
- There is an ad for the original trilogy, Fazbear Frights, and Tales from the Pizzaplex by Feeria Young, which shows some of the books' covers animated.[22]
Gallery
Franchise Logos
Other Logos
Merch
References
- ↑ https://youtu.be/lrgSbteWMC8?si=dXprw_wQ_hd-mzCR&t=2962
- ↑ https://x.com/Clickteam/status/1647043082779598848
- ↑ https://x.com/Clickteam/status/1714365105066954969
- ↑ https://x.com/Clickteam/status/1719469457485992216
- ↑ https://www.clickteam.com/fnafmovie
- ↑ https://youtu.be/lrgSbteWMC8?si=-n-BEla5z_LhG1OR&t=2668
- ↑ https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/mega-cat-brings-a-fresh-pixelated-look-to-the-five-nights-at-freddys-franchise-26659778
- ↑ https://youtu.be/lrgSbteWMC8?si=aoxc6ngIdtOXycfd&t=780
- ↑ https://x.com/JonnyBlox/status/1907798061809537413
- ↑ https://x.com/blumhouse/status/1943369090296615004
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30274401/companycredits
- ↑ https://www.productionweekly.com/production-weekly-issue-1452-thursday-may-8-2025-213-listings-48-pages
- ↑ https://x.com/games878787/status/1925506928748163238
- ↑ https://wholetusout.com/jason-blum-drops-major-five-nights-at-freddys-sequel-bombshell-at-m3gan-2-0-premiere
- ↑ https://x.com/Aaron_Margolin/status/1945277914297033134
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DFD0KHCP-o4
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DHEfZAWJs0u
- ↑ https://x.com/TheScarletJoker/status/1764774258117427404
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seQl_RqwQpQ&t=5590s
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://x.com/JonnyBlox/status/1937564385888862328
- ↑ "This image is very misleading. Freddy in Space doesn't come out until APRIL 2016." - Scott Cawthon. December 12, 2015. Steam
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/FeeriaYoung/videos/883041269762481
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