Five Nights At Freddy’s has finally arrived at the cinema, but in what order should you play the games to learn the story and be prepared? Let’s find out together in this guide
What the video game saga written by Scott Cawthon has become over the years is an intricate tale, with many narrative turns and many secrets to discover. Contrary to what you might think, the story behind Five Nights At Freddy’s it’s quite complicated and there are many connections to make to understand what is really hidden behind the pizzeria. In fact, we talk about lore, an approach quite similar to the first video games in the series Dark Soulsalthough on the contrary FNAF presents some scenes in the form of minigames that tell a story on a visual level. Here you will find the exact order to play Five Nights At Freddy’s.
FNAF 1 | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
Let’s start from the beginning: the first chapter of the saga. Released way back in 2014, Five Nights At Freddy’s introduces us to the Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. The story tells the same events that we will see in the film, which hit the box office, in which a young man named Mike Schmidt he takes a summer job as a night watchman to pay for his university studies in the famous club. Mike is consulted every night by Phone Guy, a man of unknown identity (voiced by Scott Cawthon), who previously worked as a guard and serves as Mike’s aid and advisor on how to survive during his shifts. The gameplay is limited to controlling the cameras and closing the doors on the sides of the office in case an animatronic gets too close. Here we begin to discover the first details on what is hidden behind the pizzeria and we discover the mysterious murder of 5 children at the hands of an entrepreneur and engineer William Afton. William is the one who came up with the idea of the animatronics and the 5 children are the ones who they take over Freddy and his friends.
FNAF 2 | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
Contrary to what you might think, the second chapter is actually a prequel of the first. Here the protagonist is different, Jeremy Fitzgerald. In this chapter, instead of the doors on the left and right, there is another door in front of the guardian which opens onto a corridor and a carillon which will have to be rung to keep the The Muppet. il Phone Guy (who is another character here), reveals to the night guard that the old place had been closed due to an accident with an animatronic. The animatronics in the old place, however, were only two, Golden Freddy e Springbonnierespectively worn when necessary by William Afton e Henry. Here Jeremy will find out about the existence of the events of the old place and the reason why it was closed. In addition to the 5 children, it is revealed that William killed Henry’s daughter, after the two had an argument over clashing ideas. William had discovered the existence of a part of the soul, called Remnant. This would allow you to find the secret to immortality.
FNAF 3 | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
This is where things get interesting. The third chapter of the saga reveals many secrets about the past of the history of the place and in particular about William Afton. Nothing new is added to the gameplay, except for ventilation ducts that must be controlled to let air pass and avoid hallucinations and a child’s voice player that the player uses to distract the animatronic. It is not known who the guardian of the third chapter is, but what is really at the center of the story is the killer. This time the guardian works in aFreddy Fazbear’s Pizza themed horror attraction. There are no animatronics, except for one: Springtrap. The animatronic’s identity is revealed through classic minigames, which show William Afton being tormented by ghosts of murdered children. The man tries to escape by getting into the old costume of Springbonnie, but the suit malfunctions and kills him, breaking his ribs, knocking his eyes out of their sockets and leaving him to bleed to death. At least that’s what people think. There are those who say he is dead, those who say he is still alive and that living in those conditions has made him even crazier.
FNAF 4 | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
If you thought the first few chapters were scary, you are very wrong. The fourth chapter is in fact the scariest of the saga and adds something new to the gameplay. Albeit in a limited way, it will be possible to move around the roomwhere the child tries to survive a night of nightmares. The story is in fact about William Afton’s second son, who is about to celebrate his birthday. The little boy is terrified of animatronics, and is constantly bullied by his older brother Michael Afton, or the night watchman from the first chapter. The minigames tell the sad story of the child, without friends, who has only Freddy’s puppets and company as friends. While he tries to survive through the nights, his birthday approaches. When he comes, Michael grabs his little brother and places his head in his mouth Golden Freddy. Due to the child’s tears landing on the springs, Freddy’s mouth drops and kills the child. Since then, William’s hatred towards Michael begins to grow.
FNAF: Sister Location | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
This title begins to revolutionize gameplay, as well as add more lore. Here the player finds himself in the Circus Baby Entertainment, a warehouse of Afton Robotics. The main character is Michael Aftonwho is hired by his father William as a technician to take care of the animatronics and maintain them. It turns out that the animatronics’ goal is to kill the children and take their Remnant. Michael finds himself stuck inside the warehouse and lets himself be led by Baby, the animatronic who killed William’s daughter, against the latter’s will. The little girl’s soul was trapped in the animatronic and she decides to help her brother get out and invites him to avoid the advice of theIA HandUnit. Michael will face the various animatronics, including Funtime Foxy, Ballora and Funtime Freddy, moving from one area of the warehouse to another. In the end Baby tricks Michaelall the animatronics have in fact united into a single body called Ennardkills Michael and takes possession of his body, the final shot is of the protagonist’s reflection in the mirror with purple eyes.
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
The events of this title occur after the events of the third game. Michael becomes the restaurant chain’s new franchiser and has $100 left to spend on the restaurant. After spending his first night, he works up the courage to stop by he final test which will be held on Saturday and to do a maintenance check on the four animatronics: Scrap Baby, Molten Freddy, Lefty e Scraptrap. Whether the player has recovered the 4 animatronics or not, Scrap Baby reveals to Michael that it was all Henry Emily’s plan. The souls in the animatronics were all victims of William, that is Elizabeth Afton (William’s daughter), Ennard, Charlotte in Puppet’s body (Henry’s daughter) e Michael himself. Henry had intended to burn everything and had given Michael the freedom to leave or stay, wishing him and all the other souls of find peace in the afterlifeexcept for William, who he wished to burn in hell.
Ultimate Custom Night | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
This title is actually of minor relevance, even if it helps to understand what happened to William Afton after the events of FNAF 3. There are various theories about it, some say that this title talks about thepersonal hell of William, who do you think is in coma. Even if the presence of an entity present within Golden Freddy. During the night, if Old Man Consequences is set to “1” and all other characters are inactiveafter catching a fish, a scene will be shown where the vengeful spirit represented by a shadow of a smiling child addresses a sprite of Golden Freddy saying “rest in peace and leave the demon to his demons”.
FNAF VR: Help Wanted | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
This game ironically breaks the fourth wall directly involving the player. After all the events of the previous titles, the restaurant chain has become a real one urban myth. An unnamed indie developer wanted to create a themed video game to convince people that those events were completely fictitious. The intention, however, is contradicted by 16 cassette that can be found within the game, recorded by a named beta tester Tape Girlwhich lays out the facts of an incident involving a former employee named Jeremy, which compromised the completion of the game. Within the game, however, there is a malicious code which was uploaded from an old animatronic circuit, named Glitchtrap. This malicious code is nothing other than the conscience of William Afton who will try to escape the game by taking possession of the player’s avatar. There are three endings that come to the same conclusion: William manages to escapeand the name of the person who was possessed is Vanessa.
FNAF AR: Special Delivery | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
This is the first and only game developed exclusively for Android and IOS systems. The player will sign up for a special shipping service that will send animatronics directly your house. The game consists of moving around your home with your device’s camera virtual reality and will have to defend himself from the attacks of the animatronics. Several emails are also sent to Vanessa, red flags for offensive and harmful behavior. The emails raise suspicions that Vanessa is under the control of William. Other emails warn that the developers are working on old animatronics to scan their circuits and create new ones for the animatronics to use in Help Wanted. There is talk of a virus that spreads via circuits and it is assumed that it is Glitchtrap.
FNAF Security Breach | Five Nights At Freddy’s: in what order to recover the games?
The final chapter of the saga (at least with Scott Cawthon) it completely changes the gameplay. The game also arrives on Sony and Microsoft consoles and becomes a open world. The protagonist of this chapter is a child named Gregorytrapped inside the Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex, a giant futuristic pizzeria with animatronics. The night watchman, Vanessaorders the animatronics to capture the child and kill him,…