Overview
Five Nights at Freddy’s is a unique horror video game by an IndieDB user known as animdude.
The goal of the game is to survive five nights at Freddy Frazbear’s Pizza (a pizzeria and children center) from animatronic animal characters Freddy and his friends.
The gameplay is unique since you have to keep watching the animatronic animals using the security cameras and close the doors to prevent them from getting you
Background
The game was first released on July 24, 2014 at IndieDB as a demo by user animdude, then later released at Desura available for purchase at five dollars. The game is yet to be released on Steam as it is on greenlight.
Development
The game picked up fame when Let’s Player yamimash and Markiplier posted videos of themselves playing the game. Many other youtubers started posting “reaction” videos to the game. The game is also widely discussed on 4chan’s /v/ board as users loved the game
Notable deriatives
Here are some examples of people playing the game