Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) is an American multimedia horror franchise created and owned by Scott Cawthon. The franchise began with the release of its first video game on August 8, 2014. Three sequels were released up to July 2015, setting a Guinness World Record 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 (2021). Six spin-off games have also been released, excluding troll games, and the series has inspired numerous fangames, 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 2015 to 2018, transitioning the franchise 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 film adaptation directed by Emma Tammi was released on October 27, 2023, with a sequel released on December 5, 2025.
TheÃÂ main series of video games developed by or directly under Scott Cawthon, composing theÃÂ franchise's primary canon. They are theÃÂ most well known works in theÃÂ franchise.
TheÃÂ titles are often divided into two eras: "ScottGames" or "Clickteam" era, encompassing theÃÂ first seven instalments developed solely by Cawthon himself, and theÃÂ "Steel Wool" era, developed by Steel Wool Studios, Inc.
AÃÂ spin-off series of space-themed 2D sidescrollers. TheÃÂ series is sequel to aÃÂ FNaF World minigame "Five Nights at Freddy's 57: Freddy in Space", hence it beginning with Freddy in Space 2.
Theàoriginal minigame was aàreference to aàsupposed 57th core series entry under that same title â Five Nights at Freddy's 57: Freddy in Space â announced for a 2031 release on April Fools' Day 2016.