Many popular video game series end up with spin-off games, and the popular Five Nights at Freddy’s is no different. One thing that does set some of the FNAF spin-offs apart from the others, however, is there are several official games and most are made by the original creator, Scott Cawthon. The rest are officially licensed, and are still considered proper FNAF games.
These games don’t fit into the official overall FNAF universe, whether because they were for a fundraiser, released as promotional material, or simply don’t have a story of their own to even try and fit them in. This doesn’t make them any less popular though, and in some cases, any less scary.
6 Youtooz Promotion Flew Under The Radar
The popular figurine company Youtooz made their own game to promote their limited edition FNAF: Security Breach figurines. However, this AR game isn’t available on the App Store or Google Play. Unless you already have the separate Augmio app on your phone, you wouldn’t have known it existed.
Still, the game mimics a classic FNAF game that can happen right in your own home. Play as a Youtooz employee who has to watch a shipment of FNAF Youtooz that have been upgraded into mini animatronics. Keep them in their boxes and watch your power as you wait for their pickup, because if they get too close, it’s game over.
5 FNAF World Had A Rocky Start You Can’t Ignore
FNAF World takes some of the scariest animatronics you can think of and makes them no longer scary. Using animatronics you can find in the first four FNAF games, you fight against enemies in this RPG and unlock different perks and items to help you continue along the way. The game even has several of its own mini-games.
However, the initial release was met with harsh criticism. It was released too soon, having had several scheduled release dates that made the game come out sooner than initially planned. There were many elements of the game that were still unfinished upon initial release though, and Cawthon apologized for it by taking it off of Steam, refunding any who had bought it, and releasing it again for free when he did fully finish it. Though fans may enjoy it now, that initial release remains a stain on the game’s record.
4 Freddy in Space 2: A Minigame So Popular It Got Its Own Spinoff
Freddy in Space 2 is an interesting case, as the first Freddy in Space isn’t an official game in any capacity. In fact, it was just a mini-game added to FNAF World. The side-scrolling shooter features highly stylized versions of the popular animatronics, and the bosses are mostly themed after animatronics too. Play as Freddy and unlock more choices along the way as you save the animatronics and work to defeat the boss that has hijacked the central computer on their lunar base.
The fans clearly liked this mini-game a lot if a spin-off was even considered, let alone created. What really makes it special though, is that the game was made to promote a charity livestream on YouTube, raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
3 Security Breach: Fury’s Rage Is A Delightful Apology Game
When Steel Wool Studios first announced FNAF: Security Breach, it seems they had not planned for any of the struggles they encountered throughout development. Though the game is most known for the glitches that ran rampant upon release, it was actually delayed twice before . As an apology for the second delay, Security Breach: Fury’s Rage was released to the public.
The game features the main glamrock animatronics in a stylized animation, but instead of jump-scares, this side-scroller is a fighting game. You play as one of the four animatronics, all with different stats, through five stages of gameplay. It’s short but sweet, and makes for a nice break from the usual in the series.
2 FNAF AR: Special Delivery Brings The Animatronics To Life In Your Home
FNAF AR: Special Delivery is a mobile game that brings the animatronics to life in a new way. The game is meant to be an animatronic rental service created by Fazbear Entertainment, sending animatronics into your own home as you look around through your phone’s camera. But watch out, none of these animatronics are friendly, and defeating them can be rather difficult.
Whether you want to play the game for its small story or just for its portable horror game capabilities, there are a lot of features that delighted fans and critics alike. As it expands more on the Fazbear Entertainment company, there are certainly more secrets we don't know about waiting for us.
1 Ultimate Custom Night Is Unforgettable
What was originally meant to be a DLC for Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator spiraled out of control and became too large, turning into its own game in Ultimate Custom Night. With a total of 50 different animatronics from the previous games, there are so many possible combinations and difficulty levels that the game almost seems full of endless possibilities.
If tackling all 50 animatronics sounds like too much for you, and you don’t know what animatronics you want to play against, there are also 16 themed game modes available, giving you presets to try out for yourself. Though it lacks any structure or story besides some of the many popular fan theories out there, with so many options to play and in the classic FNAF structure too, it’s almost impossible to not like.