Which FNAF game is the best?

Five Nights At Freddy's is one of the greatest horror game franchises out there. What initially started as a single indie game with a unique concept quickly spawned an entire series, including spinoffs and even fan content. You'd think it would be hard to keep a series revolving around a simple gameplay element without it becoming too repetitive, but creator Scott Cawthon found a way to keep drawing audiences back.

While there are plenty of animatronics with different functions and plenty of terrifying jump scares to endure, each Five Nights At Freddy's game has its ups and downs. But they're all important to the overall lore that connects all the games and keeps fans coming back for more. Here is a ranking of all the games.

Updated January 10, 2025 by Ben Jessey: Our ranking of the Five Nights At Freddy's games was not complete. So in this update we have added the last two games to the collection.

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Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery

Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery was an augmented reality game that launched on November 23, 2019 and ran until March 14, 2024. The game introduced a new service from Fazbear Entertainment, allowing customers to order their favorite animatronics to their homes. But in typical Fazbear Entertainment fashion, the animatronics malfunctioned, turning what should have been entertaining experiences into terrifying attacks on customers.

The game's mechanics were similar to those of Pokemon Go or Jurassic World Alive, but with a distinct FNAF twist. You had to fend off the errant animatronics with their mobile devices in real world environments. Unfortunately, FNAF AR suffered from significant technical issues, including frequent glitches that caused phones to overheat and the game to freeze or shut down mid-session.

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Five Nights at Freddy's World

It's hard to forget the massive garbage fire that was FNAF World. It's a departure from the series that trades the usual horror gameplay for a sweet tone and turn-based RPG battles. The game was heavily criticized upon launch for its numerous bugs and 8-bit art style that differed from the 3D graphics shown in the trailer.

While the game saw a huge update that boosted the graphics and fixed many of the issues, it failed to improve the problem at the core of the game. The adventure lacks a story outside of minor lore implications, and the overworld is simplistic and forgettable. Unfortunately, it falls short of everything you'd expect from an RPG or Five Nights At Freddy's game.

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted

Help Wanted is the first Five Nights At Freddy's game to bring a unique aspect to this horror franchise: virtual reality. While this makes the game feel different and often scarier than other entries, it doesn't have a lot of original content.

The game's biggest feature is that you can experience the first three games in VR. While it has some mini-games and the DLC is mostly new, it's not really a full game in itself, so it's far from the best FNAF game.

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Five Nights at Freddy's 4

FNAF 4 is the hardest Five Nights At Freddy's game because it relies heavily on sound. Instead of the usual security office, this game takes place in a child's bedroom. You must keep looking back and forth between two bedroom doors, the closet and the bed if you hope to survive.

Unlike other FNAF games, if you flash your light in the hallway and the animatronic is too close to the door, it's game over. You have to rely solely on listening to see if the animatronics are nearby, meaning the game may be impossible to play if you're hard of hearing or don't own a good pair of headphones.

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Five Nights At Freddy's: Security Breach

Security Breach gave the series an open world – the first game to do so. You run around as a kid named Gregory, and get help from Freddy himself to survive the other animatronics and explore the hidden secrets of the Pizzaplex. There are even six possible endings, giving the game a lot of replay value.

Unfortunately, many bugs at launch resulted in many finding it unplayable, while others found the game fun instead of scary. Thankfully, the tit was updated a few months after it was launched, and most of the bugs were fixed. It is now in a much better condition and easier to enjoy.

Steelwool released Ruin, Security Breach's DLC, in July 2023. This addition to the story follows the adventures of Cassie, who explores the Pizzaplex after the events of Security Breach. The DLC, which was free for players who owned the base game, was a great experience with a cohesive story, tight gameplay and, of course, plenty of endings. This helped attract the overall game.

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Five Nights At Freddy's: Ultimate Custom Night

Imagine the average Five Nights At Freddy's game, only with five times the number of animatronics, and they're all coming for you. Welcome to the Ultimate Custom Night. This game is like the Avengers of FNAF, with almost all the animatronics from previous games teaming up against you to create a nightmarish survival horror experience.

Ultimate Custom Night feels like a tribute to the FNAF series. You have to juggle mechanics from previous games, such as monitoring the cameras, repairing valves, conserving power, maintaining a consistent room temperature, and much more. You can take on the preset challenges with a few select animatronics or tackle all 50 enemies at once in the near-impossible 50-20 mode.

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Five Nights At Freddy's: Secret Of The Mimic

Secret of the Mimic lets you explore an abandoned workshop called Murray's Costume Manor. Along the way you learn a lot about the previous owner of the place, Edwin Murray. Edwin's story unravels over the course of the game, and it actually becomes quite an engaging story.

Another great aspect of the game is how unsettling and creepy it is to wander around the workshop. You always feel like one of the broken animatronics will suddenly wake up and attack you. So the game excels when it comes to story and creepiness. Unfortunately, some uninspired puzzles and pacing issues hurt the game's overall appeal.

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Five Nights At Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

Usually, horror VR games are often scarier than other entries because you're more immersed in what's going on. Still, Help Wanted 2 bucks that trend as it's a VR game that's generally less scary than other entries in the FNAF series. It still has a creepiness to it, and there are some scary moments, but it's not scary all the time.

This is mainly because the game is not about you being chased or hunted. Instead, it involves completing a series of mini-games. Many of these minigames are really well designed and fun to play in VR. This somewhat makes up for the lack of scares, making this a solid game overall.

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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is a free-to-play game in the series, which left everyone wondering if it was just another spin-off. After all, the game doesn't seem to connect with the others when you go through the tutorials on how to build your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria.

The game becomes more interesting once you are placed in your office trying to balance work and keep your sanity. You will see some familiar faces at night when you find them left for scrap in the back alley. Unfortunately, there are very few tips that will push you in the right direction. If you don't do exactly what the game wants, you'll miss the true ending and get one of the six basic endings instead.

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Five Nights at Freddy's 3

After the first two Five Nights At Freddys games, Freddy Fazbears becomes something of a legend in the game's universe, culminating in FNAF 3 attempting to replicate the supposed horror experience. Everything seems fine the first night, but on night two, your employer finds a real Fazbear animatronic to make the attraction more realistic. He has no idea it's still alive.

As Springtrap haunts the halls for the rest of the night, you have to worry about the building's less-than-perfect systems, like the faulty camera wires that need to be reset and the valves that cause hallucinations if they stop working. Springtrap is menacing enough to scare you all by itself, making it one of the best FNAF games.