Five Nights at Freddy's (scariest video game)

Five Nights at Freddy's is a point-and-click video game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. The game centers around a fictional pizza restaurant called "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza", where the player must act as a night security guard, defending themselves from the malfunctioning, haunted animatronic characters by tracking their movement through the facility using security cameras.

Cawthon conceived of the game following the negative reception to his previous game, Chipper & Sons Lumber Co. Developed in six months, Five Night's at Freddy's was developed using the Clickteam Fusion 2.5 game engine. The game was first released in August 2014 on Desura and Steam. Mobile ports were later released for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

Five Nights at Freddy's received positive reviews from critics, who praised its originality and atmosphere. The game was the top-selling game on Desura for the week ending August 18, 2014, and the game became the subject of a number of popular "Let's Play" videos on YouTube. The game's success led to the launch of an expanded series, including four sequels, a spin-off, and 2 novel adaptations, with one more book and a film in production.