Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) is an American multimedia horror franchise created and owned by Scott Cawthon.

The franchise began with the release of its first video game on 8 August 2014.

The first seven games were independently developed and published by Cawthon, while he partnered with Steel Wool Studios for the Help Wanted VR sub-series and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021).

6 spin-off games have also been released, excluding troll games, and the series has inspired numerous fangames, the most prominent of which were later absorbed into the franchise as official spin-offs under The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.

[1] Beginning with Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes, Cawthon and Kira Breed-Weasley co-wrote a novel trilogy for the franchise from 2015 to 2018, transitioning it into a multimedia one.