

The original Five Nights at Freddy's inspires five minigames that recreate each of the game's five nights (levels). In all minigames, losing results in a jumpscare. The minigames are divided into groups by game of origin, and sorted by increasing difficulty. Many of these minigames recreate the mechanics of the previous games in the series, with their controls adapted to be better suited for a 3D virtual environment.

The game contains forty playable minigames, which can be accessed from the game's hub. A sequel, Five Nights at Freddy's: Special Delivery, was released on Novemfor Android and iOS. Downloadable content, Curse of Dreadbear, was released on October 23, 2019. and is among the top selling virtual reality games on Steam. The game received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised it for its narrative, content, voice performance, and original soundtrack. An Xbox One port was then released three days later. An Android port was released on Octoand an iOS port was released the following day. An Oculus Quest port was released on July 16, 2020. A Nintendo Switch port was released on May 21, 2020.

A non-VR version of the game was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on December 17, 2019. The game's design took inspiration from the history of Five Nights at Freddy's across all media.įirst announced in August 2018, the game was released on for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets on Microsoft Windows, and PlayStation VR headsets on PlayStation 4. ĭevelopment of Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, the first licensed game by Steel Wool Studios, began in 2018 and took less than a year. The game's canon establishes that Fazbear Entertainment hired an unnamed indie developer to create a video game series based on the events of the previous seven games, before cutting ties with him, and commissioned a virtual reality game meant to make light of the rumors and convince players that those events were completely fictitious.

Gameplay is presented from the first-person perspective and focuses on a series of minigames based on previous games in the series, in which the player must evade attacks from sentient animatronics. The game is the eighth installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's series (ninth game overall), following Ultimate Custom Night (2018), and presents itself as "The Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience", produced for the fictitious corporative entity Fazbear Entertainment to help improve its public image after a series of debilitating lawsuits, following several incidents and disasters that allegedly occurred at their various locations. Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted is a 2019 virtual reality survival horror video game developed by Steel Wool Studios and published by Lionsgate Games and ScottGames for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.
