Thanks to its explosive popularity and touch of goofiness, practically every internet-dwelling gamer knows at least a little bit about Five Nights at Freddy’s. This is even more true in recent years, thanks to the blockbuster film of the same name, but aside from the haunted animatronics, dead kids, and William Afton always coming back, how much of the bizarre and disturbing series lore do you know? How much do you want to know?
As an avid fan of Markiplier and a lover of deep dives, I consider myself pretty up-to-date on the lore of Scott Cawthon’s indie horror game empire, but with Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 set to hit theaters on December 5, 2025, I wondered just how long it would take a newcomer to absorb everything the FNAFverse has to offer first-hand, rather than through let’s plays or Game Theory videos, and the answer shocked me.
First, let’s start with the games. My data set includes all of the mainline titles, Help Wanted 1+2, Into the Pit, Ultimate Custom Night, and FNAF World, which is surprisingly lore-heavy for a silly fantasy RPG. I left out any of the charity spoof games like Freddy in Space 2, as these add nothing to the mainline series’ lore, as well as Special Delivery, the AR mobile game, as it’s no longer available to download. According to completionist data taken from HowLongToBeat, it’ll take you 222.5 hours to learn all there is to know from the games. That’s just over nine days straight.
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