No matter how one feels about the original game and its many sequels, it seems fair to say that FNaF has forever changed the indie horror genre.
Five Nights At Freddy’s is a franchise that has flourished and forever changed the genre of indie horror games since the first game was released in 2014. The original Five Nights At Freddy’s was the first of eight main games as of 2022, with the most recent installment being Five Nights At Freddy’s: Security Breach in 2021.
No matter how fans or critics feel about the original game and its sequels, it’s an understatement to say that Five Nights At Freddy’s has forever changed the indie horror genre, including creating its own sub-genre of fan games inspired by the gameplay mechanics of the original.
Updated on September 14, 2023, by Callum Murray: There is due to be a sequel released in December 2023 to the Help Wanted game. This was revealed in May 2023 during a PlayStation Showcase, where Steel Wool Studios announced it would be called Help Wanted 2. Fans of the horror franchise were also delighted to hear that a movie version is due for release in October 2023. Blumhouse Productions and Striker Entertainment have joined forces to make it, and it stars Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard. 9 Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator was the sixth main game in the Five Nights At Freddy’s franchise. Released in 2017, Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator was unlike any other game in the series, aligning itself more with the format of Five Nights At Freddy’s: Sister Location than any of the previous games. Although this change in the gameplay format was necessary for the series’ linear, and at times predictable, style, many fans found the difficulty of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator to be much easier than earlier games.
This significant shift in the game’s difficulty made it extremely easy to complete quickly, especially for those who have mastered previous games in the Five Nights At Freddy’s franchise. Having said that, it still makes for a fun, easily playable game, as the atmosphere is haunting and the writing manages to be self-aware, funny, and satirical at times. 8 Five Nights At Freddy’s: Ultimate Custom Night
Five Nights At Freddy’s: Ultimate Custom Night is a free-to-play addition to the Five Nights At Freddy’s series. Five Nights At Freddy’s: Ultimate Custom Night entirely bases itself on the mechanic of « custom nights, » which is a feature that all the Five Nights At Freddy’s games have as an unlockable gameplay mode after players have finished the main portion of the game.
The game pits up to fifty different animatronicsagainst the player, each with its own mechanics to keep them at bay. Easter eggs that are hidden in the game point to Five Nights At Freddy’s: Ultimate Custom Night being a metaphor for the eternal suffering of William Afton. Known as the « purple guy » and creator of the animatronics, he is being tortured by his own creations in his own personal hell.
