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Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 key art: a cluster of animatronic heads with Funtime Freddy at the centre, Circus Baby and Ballora beside him and the Sun daycare attendant above

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

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Work every job at the Pizzaplex, with killer animatronics an arm's length away.

Platforms
PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, VR
Stores
Steam
Price
Paid
Rated
Very Positive on Steam (95% of 5,413 reviews); 4.8 of 5 on the Meta Quest store (about 3,800 ratings)
Length
about 8 hours (main story), about 16 to finish everything
Players
1
Controls
Motion controllers in VR on Steam, PS VR2 and Quest; full controller support in flat mode on PC, PS5, Xbox and Switch.
Made by
Steel Wool Studios
Released
2023

No. 6 of the jumpscare horror games · No. 4 of the amusement park horror games · No. 5 of the pizzeria horror games · No. 19 of the animatronic horror games · No. 2 of the arcade horror games · No. 5 of the circus horror games · No. 7 of the puppet horror games · No. 3 of the kitchen horror games

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What frightens As a new Fazbear employee you are put within arm's reach of killer animatronics: repairing them while they may wake, working in dark backstage rooms, and surviving remade Sister Location scenes where one wrong move ends in a jumpscare in your face.

Content: jumpscares, loud sounds, fantasy violence.

The sequel to Help Wanted: a collection of minigames set in the Mega Pizzaplex of Security Breach, made first for virtual reality and later playable on a flat screen. As a new Fazbear employee you run arcade games, cook, give first aid, do makeovers backstage and repair animatronics, and play VR versions of classic Sister Location moments.

About Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

Help Wanted 2 was made by Steel Wool Studios and came out on December 14, 2023 for PC VR on Steam (published there by ScottGames) and for PlayStation VR2. It reached Meta Quest in May 2024, a non-VR flat mode followed in June 2024, the Switch version arrived on November 14, 2024 and Xbox Series X|S on December 3, 2024. The console stores list Steel Wool Games as publisher.

You are a fresh hire at the Mega Pizzaplex, and the game is a run of job training stations spread across departments. Some are cheerful on the surface: whack-a-mole with bunny heads and Fazerblast in the Fazcade, cooking for hungry robots in Food Prep, a makeover for Roxanne Wolf in the backstage salon, Captain Foxy's log ride at the Ticket Booth. Others are not: first aid and animatronic maintenance in Staff Only, and Sister Location levels rebuilt in VR so you stand inside scenes the old game showed from a distance.

The horror comes from closeness. In VR the animatronics loom at full size, inches from your face, and the jumpscares land right in front of you. Even the light minigames tend to turn on you. A thread of story about the company runs through the stations for players who want the lore.

It suits FNAF fans and anyone with a VR headset who wants to be frightened in it; on a flat screen the scares are smaller, but it is still a varied set of short challenges. The ESRB rates it Teen for fantasy violence and PEGI 12 for horror, so younger fans should expect frequent, loud scares but little blood.

How to play Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

  1. Pick a department from the hub: Fazcade, Backstage, Staff Only, Food Prep, the Ticket Booth or Sister Location.
  2. Read or listen to each station's instructions; most give you a task like repair, cook or perform.
  3. Use your hands, or the controller in flat mode, to grab tools and objects.
  4. Watch the animatronics around you and stop or hide when a task tells you to.
  5. Clear levels to unlock harder stations and new prizes.

Screenshots

Help Wanted 2 screenshot: Funtime Freddy with a Bon-Bon hand puppet stands in a dark room
Help Wanted 2 screenshot: the Bonk-a-Bon whack-a-mole arcade game with bunny heads popping out of holes
Help Wanted 2 screenshot: a grinning clown-faced animatronic in headphones looms over a glowing music mixing console
Help Wanted 2 screenshot: Roxanne Wolf leans on a salon counter beside a screen showing her face and a tray of paints
Help Wanted 2 screenshot: a white and purple bear animatronic sits by a first aid bag while Circus Baby peers out of a dark doorway
Help Wanted 2 screenshot: a bear animatronic in a striped vest and top hat stands in a curtained booth next to a starry backdrop
Help Wanted 2 screenshot: the Moon-faced daycare attendant clings to a pole on a dark carousel lit with string lights

Tips

  • Play with headphones; many dangers announce themselves by sound first.
  • In repair tasks, keep an eye on the animatronic's face, not just the part you are fixing.
  • Collect the hidden tokens and tapes in levels to unlock extras and story.
  • Take breaks between VR sessions; some stations are intense up close.

Questions

Do I need VR to play Help Wanted 2?

No. It began as a VR game, but a flat-screen mode is available on PC and PlayStation 5, and Switch and Xbox versions also play without a headset.

Is Help Wanted 2 scary?

It mixes light minigames with jumpscares; in VR the animatronics appear life-size and close, which makes it more intense.

What platforms is Help Wanted 2 on?

PC on Steam (VR on Valve Index and Meta Quest through SteamVR, or flat mode), PlayStation 5 with optional PS VR2, Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch. The Switch and Xbox versions do not use VR.

How long is Help Wanted 2?

HowLongToBeat lists about 8 hours for the main story, about 12 hours with side content and about 16 hours to complete everything.

Is Help Wanted 2 multiplayer?

No. It is a single-player game on every platform.

  • first person
  • vr
  • minigames
  • animatronics
  • fnaf
  • pizzaplex
  • jumpscare

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