About Five Nights at Freddy's Origins
Five Nights at Freddy's Origins is a fan-made prequel to Five Nights at Freddy's, a FNAF fan game that imagines what happened before the story fans already know. You take on night shifts one at a time, with a yellow animatronic bear in a purple top hat staring out from the menu.
It's dark and slow in the way the early games in the series were. The screen is grainy with static, the menu is bare, and the game keeps your place so you can pick up on the night you reached. It's a compact project, and it plays like a tribute.
It's an unofficial fan game made by its creator. It's not part of the official series, and the people behind that series had no hand in it. You can play Five Nights at Freddy's Origins online in a browser tab on a computer, and you get Five Nights at Freddy's Origins free from the first night on.
How to Play Five Nights at Freddy's Origins
- Choose New game on the menu to start from the beginning.
- Click inside the game window first, then try the mouse and keyboard.
- Get through the night to move on to the next one.
- Come back later and pick Continue to resume from the night you reached.
- Pressing O on the menu erases your saved data, so only use it for a clean restart.
What Makes Five Nights at Freddy's Origins Scary
Five Nights at Freddy's Origins leans on atmosphere. It's dim, grainy and quiet, and the bear on the menu sets the tone before you've started a night. If you like this kind of horror game for the dread of waiting, that's what's here.
There are jumpscares, loud noises and flashing lights. The static effect flickers across the screen from the menu onward, so take that into account if flicker bothers you.
Tips for Five Nights at Freddy's Origins
- Use Continue when you come back. New game starts you over from the first night.
- Keep your hand away from the O key on the menu. It wipes your save.
- Play in a dim room with the sound on. The game is dark, and glare makes it harder to see.
- Set the volume before a night begins. The scares are far louder than the quiet before them.
Who Made Five Nights at Freddy's Origins
Five Nights at Freddy's Origins was made by A Void Games, who released it on itch.io. It was built in GDevelop and is one of the creator's first finished games. FunClicker embeds the creator's own version so you can play it here without downloading anything. We did not make the game, and the credit for its design, code, and art belongs to its creator. You can find the original on the Five Nights at Freddy's Origins page on itch.io.
FAQ
Is Five Nights at Freddy's Origins free?
Yes. Five Nights at Freddy's Origins is free to play in your browser here, with no account and nothing to install. Press play, wait for the menu with the yellow bear to load, and choose New game. Every night in the build is included.
How do you play Five Nights at Freddy's Origins?
Pick New game on the menu, click inside the game window, and use the mouse and keyboard. You work through night shifts one after another, and each one you survive opens the next. Your place is saved, so Continue brings you back to the night you reached.
Is Five Nights at Freddy's Origins scary?
Yes. It's a dark, slow horror game that builds dread through static, silence and waiting, then breaks it with jumpscares. It also has loud noises and flashing lights. The grainy static effect is on screen from the menu, which some players find hard on the eyes.
Is Five Nights at Freddy's Origins an official game?
No. Despite the name, it's an unofficial FNAF fan game. A fan made it as a prequel story to Five Nights at Freddy's. It's not part of the official series, and the series' own developers did not make or approve it.
Who made Five Nights at Freddy's Origins?
Five Nights at Freddy's Origins was made by A Void Games and released on itch.io. It was built in GDevelop and is one of the creator's first finished games. FunClicker did not make it. The credit link here goes to the creator's itch.io profile.
Can I play Five Nights at Freddy's Origins on a Chromebook or phone?
A Chromebook works, since the game runs in a browser tab and you have a keyboard and trackpad. It's made for a computer, and one of its menu commands is a keyboard key, so a phone is a poor fit. Use a laptop or desktop.
Is Five Nights at Freddy's Origins unblocked at school?
Five Nights at Freddy's Origins needs only a browser tab, with nothing to install and no login. Whether it opens on a school or library network is up to that network's filter, which we do not control. If the game window loads, it plays the same as it does at home.
Does the game save my progress?
Yes. The menu has a Continue option that shows the night you reached, and New game starts over. Your place is kept in the browser on the device you played on. Pressing O on the menu erases that saved data, so avoid it unless you mean it.
