| Five Nights at Freddy's | |
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 Official Five Nights at Freddy's franchise logo | |
| Created by | Scott Cawthon |
| Original work | Five Nights at Freddy's |
| Owner | ScottGames |
| Years | 2014 – present |
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 Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021). 6 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 it 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 potential sequels already being considered.