Five Nights at Freddy's
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2014
Platforms
Genres
- point-and-click adventure
- survival horror
- horror game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- T - Teen*
Engines
- Clickteam Fusion 2.5
Localized titles
- Five Nights at Freddy's
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Indie*
- Simulation*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
Audio languages
- English*
Community tags · historical
- Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 3,015*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 1,863*
- Survival Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 1,780*
- Robots*
- Votes · historical
- 1,607*
- Psychological Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 1,572*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 1,454*
- Difficult*
- Votes · historical
- 1,416*
- First-Person*
- Votes · historical
- 1,358*
- Point & Click*
- Votes · historical
- 1,343*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 1,293*
- Survival*
- Votes · historical
- 1,118*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 820*
- Mouse only*
- Votes · historical
- 786*
- Jump Scare*
- Votes · historical
- 579*
- Supernatural*
- Votes · historical
- 500*
- Resource Management*
- Votes · historical
- 478*
- Lore-Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 465*
- Silent Protagonist*
- Votes · historical
- 459*
- Short*
- Votes · historical
- 350*
- Historical*
- Votes · historical
- 230*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- XP,Vista,Windows7*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1 GB*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 250 MB available space*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 71*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Scott Cawthon
Publishers
- Scott Cawthon
Release history
- 2014-08-08
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2014-08-08 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2014-08-08*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Aug 19, 2014*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Verified*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Specifications 2 · 2 fields
- Name
- Five Nights at Freddy's*
- Release year
- 2,014*
Specifications 3 · 7 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Scott Cawthon
- Scott Cawthon*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- T - Teen*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- horror game
- horror game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Scott Cawthon
- Scott Cawthon*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2014-08-08 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2014-08-08*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 4 · 35 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 0*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 341* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 1,609* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Scott Cawthon*
- DLC count · historical
- 0*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2000000 - 5000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Store genres
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- No*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 47* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 80* min
- Metacritic score
- 78*
- Name
- Five Nights at Freddy's*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 3,406*
- Peak ccu
- 118*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 48,831*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 4.99*
- Publishers
- Scott Cawthon*
- Recommendations
- 50,052*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.scottgames.com*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Scott Cawthon
- Scott Cawthon*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- No*
- Publishers
- Scott Cawthon
- Scott Cawthon*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 5 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 59* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 208* min
- Ccu
- 118*
- Developer
- Scott Cawthon*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Historical US original list price
- 499* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 59* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 82* min
- Name
- Five Nights at Freddy's*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 3,406*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 48,831*
- Historical US price
- 499* US cents
- Publisher
- Scott Cawthon*
- Community tags · historical
- Horror*
- Singleplayer*
- Survival Horror*
- Robots*
- Psychological Horror*
- Indie*
- Difficult*
- First-Person*
- Point & Click*
- Dark*
- Survival*
- Atmospheric*
- Mouse only*
- Jump Scare*
- Supernatural*
- Resource Management*
- Lore-Rich*
- Silent Protagonist*
- Short*
- Historical*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Languages
- English*
- Community tags · historical
- Horror
- Horror*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Survival Horror
- Survival Horror*
- Robots
- Robots*
- Psychological Horror
- Psychological Horror*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Difficult
- Difficult*
- First-Person
- First-Person*
- Point & Click
- Point & Click*
- Dark
- Dark*
- Survival
- Survival*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Mouse only
- Mouse only*
- Jump Scare
- Jump Scare*
- Supernatural
- Supernatural*
- Resource Management
- Resource Management*
- Lore-Rich
- Lore-Rich*
- Silent Protagonist
- Silent Protagonist*
- Short
- Short*
- Historical
- Historical*
- Tags votes
- Horror
- Votes · historical
- 3,015*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 1,863*
- Survival Horror
- Votes · historical
- 1,780*
- Robots
- Votes · historical
- 1,607*
- Psychological Horror
- Votes · historical
- 1,572*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 1,454*
- Difficult
- Votes · historical
- 1,416*
- First-Person
- Votes · historical
- 1,358*
- Point & Click
- Votes · historical
- 1,343*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 1,293*
- Survival
- Votes · historical
- 1,118*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 820*
- Mouse only
- Votes · historical
- 786*
- Jump Scare
- Votes · historical
- 579*
- Supernatural
- Votes · historical
- 500*
- Resource Management
- Votes · historical
- 478*
- Lore-Rich
- Votes · historical
- 465*
- Silent Protagonist
- Votes · historical
- 459*
- Short
- Votes · historical
- 350*
- Historical
- Votes · historical
- 230*
Specifications 6 · 25 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Scott Cawthon*
- Store genres
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Metacritic score
- 78*
- Name
- Five Nights at Freddy's*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS: XP,Vista,Windows7 Processor: 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 250 MB available space *
- Platforms
- windows*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $4.99*
- Publishers
- Scott Cawthon*
- Recommendations total
- 48,984*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio)*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Scott Cawthon
- Scott Cawthon*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- XP,Vista,Windows7*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1 GB*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 250 MB available space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Scott Cawthon
- Scott Cawthon*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 19, 2014*
- Interface languages
Specifications 7 · 15 fields
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Store genres
- Indie|Simulation*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 409*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 71*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,014*
- Title
- Five Nights at Freddy's*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 71*
- Community confidence
- strong*
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