Five Nights at Freddy's 4

About Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is the fourth game in Scott Cawthon's series and, in the words of its store page, the last chapter of the original story. It came out on PC through Steam on July 23, 2015, on Android and iOS days later, and on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on November 29, 2019. Clickteam publishes the phone and console versions.

This time the terror has followed you home. You play a child whose role is not yet known, alone in a bedroom at night, and you must last until 6 AM. Nightmare versions of Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie and Foxy, and worse things, come for you down the hallways, out of the closet and onto the bed behind you.

There are no security cameras, which sets it apart from the earlier games. You walk between the two doors, the closet and the bed, and you can hold one door shut at a time. Your only weapon is a flashlight: it scares away things at the far end of the hallway, but if something has crept close to the door, shining a light in its eyes gets you killed. So you listen at each door before you decide. On the fifth night Nightmare Fredbear comes alone, and the flashlight does not stop him.

Between nights a red light, green light minigame called Fun with Plushtrap can take two hours off the next night, and on PC Atari-style minigames tell more of the story; these were left out of the mobile versions. Beating the game opens harder nights, including a Nightmare mode, and a later Halloween update added more for players who had finished it.

The game suits players who like learning a pattern by ear and do not mind dying often while they learn it. Critics were split, with a Metacritic score of 51 on PC, while players on Steam and the phone stores rate it highly. Because so much depends on sound, it is best played with headphones in a quiet room.

How to play Five Nights at Freddy's 4

1. Walk to one of the two doors and listen carefully before you do anything.
2. If you hear nothing, shine the flashlight down the hallway to drive back anything at the far end.
3. If you hear something close, hold the door shut instead and wait for it to leave.
4. Turn to the bed and the closet and use the flashlight to clear what climbs onto the bed or hides in the closet.
5. Keep going until 6 AM, and play Fun with Plushtrap between nights to shorten the next one.

Tips

• Play with headphones in a quiet room; a creature close to the door is easy to miss.
• Never shine the light on something that is already close at the door.
• Check the bed behind you regularly as well as the doors.
• Win Fun with Plushtrap to cut two hours off the next night.

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