Five Nights at Freddy's ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' (''FNaF'') is a video game series and media franchise created by Scott Cawthon that includes video games, novels, graphic novels, and films. The story arcs typically follow a night guard or other character trying t ...

'' (''FNaF'') is an American multimedia horror franchise created and owned by

Scott Cawthon Scott Braden Cawthon is an American video game developer, writer, and producer. He is best known for creating ''Five Nights at Freddy's'', a series of survival horror video games which expanded into a media franchise. Cawthon began his career ...

. The franchise began with the release of its first video game on . Three sequels were released up to , setting a

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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'' (). 6 spin-off games have also been released, excluding troll games, and the series has inspired numerous

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s, the most prominent of which were later absorbed into the franchise as official spin-offs under ''The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative''. Beginning with ''Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes'', Cawthon and Kira Breed-Weasley co-wrote a novel trilogy for the franchise from to , 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

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directed by Emma Tammi was released on , with a

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set for release in .

Video games

Core series

The main series of video games developed by or directly under

, composing the franchise's primary canon. They are the most well known works in the franchise. The titles are often divided into two eras: "ScottGames" or "Clickteam" era, encompassing the first seven instalments developed solely by Cawthon himself, and the "Steel Wool" era, developed by Steel Wool Studios, Inc.

Spin-offs

Major titles

''Freddy in Space'' series

A spin-off series of space-themed 2D sidescrollers. The series is sequel to a '' FNaF World''

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"Five Nights at Freddy's 57: Freddy in Space", hence it beginning with ''Freddy in Space 2''. The original minigame was a reference to a joke-game under the same title (''Five Nights at Freddy's 57: Freddy in Space''), announced for a supposed 2031 release on

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2016.

Standalone

Fazbear Fanverse Initiative

''Five Nights at Candy's''

''POPGOES''

''One Night at Flumpty's''

Standalone

Troll games

Compilations

Crossover games

Print publications

Novels

''Five Nights at Freddy's'' trilogy

Short story anthologies

Interactive novels

Unfiction

Non-fiction

Guides

Art activity books

Miscellaneous

Adaptations

Film novelizations

Graphic novel adaptations

Film

Tabletop games

Original

Licensed

References

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