Five Nights at Freddy’s was released in August 2014. It immediately stirred up the world of video games. What is so special about this indie horror?

Five Nights at Freddys: The Beginning

The game was designed by Scott Cawthon. The american developer created this piece after having his previous game shattered. Gamers called his characters “unsettling and animatronic-like”. One of the reviews described Chipper Sons Lumber Co as “terrifying”. Not only did the author survive all this hate, but he used it for inspiration.

He took the idea of a cute family restaurant turning into a nightmare. Instead of classic screamers he harped skillfully upon our fear for the unknown. This was a success, a real cult-gainer. Today it is available on almost any platform. And, besides real FNAF games there are a huge number of tributes and remakes. Some of them even got promotion from The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative created by Cawthon.

Welcome on board of a made-up family restaurant called “Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza”. Your name is Mike Schmidt, you’re a new night security guard. This silent creepy room with cameras is your office. The guy whom you’re about to replace left four voicemails for you. He did that to explain to you the petrifying aspects of your job.

Your goal is to survive five night shifts. These nights are the five levels of the game. The shift lasts from midnight till 6 a.m. The restaurant’s four animatronics: Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy - will try to kill you. Every night they become mobile because the other way their mechanisms would lock up. If they meet a human after hours, they take him for an endoskeleton without a costume. To make things right they force him into one. Obviously, it’s lethal.