What is Five Nights at Freddy's (series)?
{{italictitle}} {{no sources|date=August 2022}} '''''Five Nights at Freddy's''''' is an American [[Horror story|horror]] [[Media franchise|multimedia franchise]] created by [[Scott Cawthon]], which began with [[Five Nights at Freddy's|the eponymous 2014 video game]]. The original game (''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]''), was followed by the sequels ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 2]]'' (2014), ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 3]]'' (2015), ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 4]]'' (2015), ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location|Sister Location]]'' (2016), ''[[Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator]]'' (2017), ''[[Ultimate Custom Night]]'' (2018), ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted|Help Wanted]]'' (2019), ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach|Security Breach]]'' (2021), Help Wanted 2 (2023) Security breach ruin (2023) The franchise has been expanded into four [[spin-off]] series, ''Five Nights at Candy's'', ''One Night at Flumpty's,'' ''The Joy of Creation'', ''Popgoes''; ''Into Madness'', Special Delivery, a [[mobile game]]; [[Novel|novels]], [[Comic book|comic books]], [[Short film|short films]], a [[television series]]; ''Freddy & Friends: On Tour!,'' and an upcoming [[film]] of the same name, comprising an all-encompassing [[fictional universe]]. The franchise maintains an active [[Fandom|fanbase]], known for its production of [[fan art]] and [[Fangame|fangames]], and [[merchandise]] for the games is available internationally. A horror attraction based on the franchise was featured in The Fright Dome for [[Halloween]] in 2016, and it also appeared in ''Guinness World Records 2017: Gamer's Edition'', where it set a record for the largest amount of [[Sequel|sequels]] released in a year. == Video games == === Main series === * ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' (2014) * ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 2]]'' (2014) * ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 3]]'' (2015) * ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's 4]]'' (2015) * ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location]]'' (2016) * ''[[Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator]]'' (2017) * ''[[Ulti