Every Five Nights at Freddy's game, ranked
All 7 Five Nights at Freddy's games we hold, spanning 2014 to 2021: 7 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 209,278 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Five Nights at Freddy's (GamingPickz Score 8.0), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The Five Nights at Freddy's games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 7 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
7 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 7 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Mobile
- Multi-platform
- Nintendo
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
7 best Five Nights at Freddy's games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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Five Nights at Freddy's
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
8.0GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceFive Nights at Freddy's at a glance Released 2014 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 94% positive of 59,195 Critics 78/100 Price $4.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 0.24 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 94% shrinks to 93.9 on 59,195 reviews, then blends with the 78 critic aggregate, giving 8.0.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 0.24 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 94 against 78. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
8.0GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceFIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Critics No aggregate Price $29.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 11 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 96% shrinks to 95.6 on 13,118 reviews, giving 8.0. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 11 GB.
- 3
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
7.5GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceFive Nights at Freddy's 2 at a glance Released 2014 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 94% positive of 26,115 Critics 62/100 Price $7.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 0.24 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 94% shrinks to 93.8 on 26,115 reviews, then blends with the 62 critic aggregate, giving 7.5.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 0.24 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 94 against 62. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
- 4
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
7.4GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceFive Nights at Freddy's 3 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 90% positive of 11,334 Critics 68/100 Price $7.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 0.24 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 90% shrinks to 89.8 on 11,334 reviews, then blends with the 68 critic aggregate, giving 7.4.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 0.24 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 90 against 68. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
- 5
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
7.3GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceFive Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach at a glance Released 2021 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 86% positive of 69,950 Critics No aggregate Price $39.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 80 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 86% shrinks to 86.0 on 69,950 reviews, giving 7.3. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
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Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
7.2GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceFive Nights at Freddy's 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 93% positive of 16,924 Critics 51/100 Price $7.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 1 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 93% shrinks to 92.8 on 16,924 reviews, then blends with the 51 critic aggregate, giving 7.2.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 1 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 93 against 51. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
7.1GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceFive Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location at a glance Released 2016 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 90% positive of 12,642 Critics 62/100 Price $7.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 1 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 90% shrinks to 89.8 on 12,642 reviews, then blends with the 62 critic aggregate, giving 7.1.
What the data supports- Small install at 1 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 90 against 62. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Five Nights at Freddy's game we can score is Five Nights at Freddy's at 8.0. The lowest is Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location at 7.1, a 0.9-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 2014 to 2021. It has held roughly steady across the years.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Five Nights at Freddy's at $4.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Five Nights at Freddy's, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Five Nights at Freddy's entries on Steam:
- Verified: Five Nights at Freddy's, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Five Nights at Freddy's 4, Five Nights at Freddy's 3, FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
- Playable: Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Platforms across the series
Where the 7 Five Nights at Freddy's games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 7 of 7 |
| PlayStation | 4 of 7 |
| Xbox | 4 of 7 |
| Nintendo | 5 of 7 |
| Mobile | 4 of 7 |
The Five Nights at Freddy's series, game by game
Every Five Nights at Freddy's game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2014
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds! (Steam)
Reception
Video game series The Five Nights at Freddy's video game series has had a mixed reception. The original game received "generally favorable" reviews, earning a score of 78 on the review aggregator website Metacritic . Omri Petitte of PC Gamer described it as a "less-is-more" experience, where fear stemmed more from anticipation than direct threats. (Wikipedia)
- 2014
Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment. (Steam)
Plot
In 1987, Jeremy Fitzgerald begins working as a night security guard at a new Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location. An unnamed staff member calls Fitzgerald on the phone each night to provide advice and information on the franchise's backstory. The employee explains that the restaurant's animatronics feature facial recognition software connected to a criminal database, with the purpose of protecting children from potential harm. (Wikipedia)
- 2015
In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows. (Steam)
Plot
Playable minigames in between nights tell the story of a young boy in 1983, presumed to be the player character . In the first minigame, he is locked in a bedroom with plush toys that he considers to be his "friends". Throughout the minigame, a plush based on the animatronic Fredbear talks to him, strengthening his fear of the animatronics from a family restaurant near his home. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Five Nights at Freddy's 4 received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic , assigning the Windows version a score of 51 out of 100, based on six critic reviews. The gameplay of Five Nights at Freddy's 4 received a mixed response. Some reviewers felt that the franchise and its gameplay were becoming stale, such as Nic Rowen of Destructoid and Omri Petitte of PC Gamer . (Wikipedia)
- 2015
Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l (Steam)
Plot
An unnamed security guard is hired to work night shifts at Fazbear's Fright, a horror-themed attraction based on Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, a family restaurant that closed thirty years prior, where homicidal animatronic characters attacked anyone present after midnight. The player is assigned the night shifts for the week before the opening of Fazbear's Fright, while the team behind the attraction searches for items from the former restaurant to be… (Wikipedia)
- 2016
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment. (Steam)
Plot
Mike is hired by Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental, an underground facility storing animatronics from the closed Circus Baby's Pizza World. The facility's AI, HandUnit, greets Mike each night and assigns him maintenance tasks. On the first night, everything runs smoothly: using elevated control pads, Mike checks on and, if necessary, administers electric shocks to the three animatronics—Ballora, Funtime Foxy, and Circus Baby—to ensure they remain… (Wikipedia)
- 2019
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play. (Steam)
- 2021
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn. (Steam)
Plot
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach takes place in a massive entertainment complex known as Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, which has animatronic mascots , Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery "Monty" Gator, and Roxanne "Roxy" Wolf. As the animatronics perform for an audience at the complex, Freddy suddenly suffers a malfunction and breaks down on stage, ending the performance. Afterwards, he is taken to Rockstar Row and discovers that a… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 55% of critics. The atmosphere and visual design of the Pizzaplex were viewed positively. (Wikipedia)
Five Nights at Freddy's, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
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Common questions
How many Five Nights at Freddy's games are there?
We hold 7 Five Nights at Freddy's games in the catalogue, released between 2014 and 2021. 7 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Five Nights at Freddy's game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Five Nights at Freddy's rates highest at 8.0. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Five Nights at Freddy's games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2014 to 2021. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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