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Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic

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Search a costume maker's dark workshop for a prototype that can become anything.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, VR
Stores: Steam, Epic
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (86% of 11,740 reviews)
Length: about 6 to 8 hours for the main story
Players: 1
Controls: Keyboard and mouse or controller, with full controller support on Steam; VR headsets on PC and PlayStation VR2 on PS5
Made by: Steel Wool Studios
Released: 2025

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What frightens A prototype endoskeleton called the Mimic hides inside the costumes of an abandoned workshop and can take the shape of any of them; it stalks you through dark corridors, and the costumed figures around you may or may not be it.
Content: jumpscares, loud sounds, fantasy violence.

A first-person Five Nights at Freddy's game in which you explore Murray's Costume Manor, the abandoned workshop of the inventor Edwin Murray, to recover Fazbear Entertainment's prototype technology. The Mimic, an endoskeleton that can wear any costume and become any character, hunts you while you solve puzzles with only a few gadgets. It trades the series' office and cameras for a free-roaming stealth hunt.

About Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic

Secret of the Mimic was made by Steel Wool Studios and published by ScottGames. It came out on PC (Steam and the Epic Games Store) and PlayStation 5 on 13 June 2025, and on Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on 16 December 2025. A VR mode followed: the PlayStation version supports PlayStation VR2 played sitting, standing or room-scale, and the Steam version lists VR support.

You are sent into Murray's Costume Manor, the abandoned workshop of the reclusive inventor Edwin Murray, with a few gadgets and a heavily redacted corporate briefing, to bring back Fazbear Entertainment's prototype technology. The game is played in first person and the manor is a maze of workshops, showrooms and offices. You read notes, open locked rooms and solve basic puzzles to go deeper, and the story is told in animated cutscenes with full voice acting.

The threat is the Mimic itself, a prototype endoskeleton that can adapt to any costume and become any character. It appears as clowns, elephants and other costumed figures, and you can never be quite sure whether a figure slumped in a corner is a costume or the thing hunting you. You cannot fight back. You listen for it, hide, use gadgets to distract it, and run when it finds you, including some scripted chases.

The game saves automatically and has no manual save. Game8 scored it 84 out of 100, praising its sound, visuals and performance and faulting the clunky mouse-based hand controls and the scripted chases. It is rated Teen by the ESRB for fantasy violence and 12 by PEGI. It suits FNAF fans who want more story and lore, and players who like a slow stealth hunt in the dark.

How to play Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic

Read your briefing and explore the manor's rooms with your flashlight.
Collect keys, parts and notes, and use them to open locked areas and solve puzzles.
Listen for the Mimic and break line of sight when it is near.
Find cover and stay out of its sight until it moves on; run only when you must.
Use your gadgets to distract it or open new routes.

Screenshots

Secret of the Mimic screenshot: half-built headless polka-dot clown and elephant costumes stand in a dim workshop storeroom

Secret of the Mimic screenshot: an elephant costume figure walks down a dim hallway lined with cages

Secret of the Mimic screenshot: a top-hatted animatronic with green slatted eyes reaches out with a mechanical arm

Secret of the Mimic screenshot: a clown animatronic with glowing eyes hangs upside down from a ceiling vent above a dark catwalk

Secret of the Mimic screenshot: a lit stage of cartoon animal animatronics, a crocodile with a banjo and a hippo with a fiddle, beside a circus wagon

Tips

Check notes and computers carefully; there is no quest marker to tell you where to go.
Learn each area's hiding places before you start a noisy task.
Costumed figures that seem lifeless are worth watching for a moment before you pass.
The game only autosaves, so finish a tense stretch before you quit rather than counting on a manual save.

Questions

How long is Secret of the Mimic?

About 6 to 8 hours for the main story, 1 to 2 hours more for side tasks, and about 12 hours to finish everything, according to Sportskeeda. The difficulty setting changes the time.

Is Secret of the Mimic like the first FNAF games?

No. You roam a large building and hide from the Mimic instead of sitting in an office watching cameras.

What platforms is it on?

PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch. It can also be played in VR with PlayStation VR2 on PS5 and with a VR headset on Steam.

Can you save manually in Secret of the Mimic?

No. The game saves automatically at set points, and Game8 listed the lack of manual saving as a drawback.

Is Secret of the Mimic suitable for younger players?

It is rated Teen by the ESRB for fantasy violence and 12 by PEGI for moderate violence. Game8 notes that its jump scares come with a loud noise.