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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

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Take the night technician job at Circus Baby's, among machines that are still awake.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (90% of 12,706 reviews); Metacritic 62 on PC, where critics praised the voice acting and found some nights very hard
Length: about 4 hours
Players: 1
Made by: Scott Cawthon
Released: 2016

No. 20 of the pizzeria horror games · No. 27 of the clown horror games · No. 12 of the robot horror games · No. 10 of the circus horror games

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What frightens As a late-night technician at Circus Baby's Pizza World, you crawl through cramped vents between dark rooms full of active animatronics, shocking them from control pads and creeping past them on the orders of a cheerful company voice that seems not to care whether you live.
Content: jumpscares, fantasy violence, references to death and dismemberment.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location puts you in the shoes of a late-night technician at Circus Baby's Pizza World. Each night a company voice gives you maintenance tasks in cramped rooms and vents among animatronics like Circus Baby, Ballora and the Funtime pair.

About Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location is a game in Scott Cawthon's series, released on PC on October 7, 2016, then on Android in December 2016 and iOS in January 2017, and in 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with the mobile and console versions published by Clickteam.

Circus Baby's Pizza World promises family fun with cutting-edge animatronic entertainers and party catering. Behind the scenes, it is hiring a late-night technician: must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery; not responsible for death or dismemberment. You take the job.

Unlike the earlier games, you are not sitting in one office waiting for 6 AM. Each of the five nights, HandUnit, the facility's voice, greets you and assigns maintenance tasks, and a night ends when the tasks are done. You crawl through crawlspaces between the Primary Control Module, the Funtime Auditorium, Circus Control and the Ballora Gallery, use control pads to light rooms and shock the animatronics, and on one night navigate in the dark with only a flash beacon. Circus Baby, Ballora, Funtime Foxy and Funtime Freddy are always close.

Finishing the story unlocks a Custom Night with several modes and difficulty settings. The voice acting is a large part of its character, and critics were divided on how difficult it is.

The nights vary a lot in difficulty, and night four in particular stops many players; it was patched to be easier after release. Dying means sitting through some of the dialogue again before you can retry. Most players finish the story in about four hours.

How to play Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Start a night and listen to HandUnit, who gives you that night's tasks.
Crawl through the vents and crawlspaces to the room each task needs.
Use the control pad in each room to light it or shock the animatronics as instructed.
Move carefully past the animatronics when a task sends you among them.
Finish every task to end the night, then unlock Custom Night after the story.

Screenshots

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location screenshot: the closed doors of a dark metal elevator beside a Ballora Dance poster

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location screenshot: a white animatronic bear grins out of deep blue darkness among hanging cables

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location screenshot: a dark control room with coloured lights, a control panel with a small clown figure and a Celebrate poster

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location screenshot: the narrow metal crawlspace leading to the next room

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location screenshot: a green-lit control room with a clown face in a party hat above a large fan grille, static-filled screens and a light and shock control pad

Tips

Listen closely to instructions; each night has its own task and rules.
Take your time in the vents rather than rushing into the next room.
On the night in the dark, rely on the flash beacon to see where you are going.
Try Custom Night after the story for different modes and difficulties.
Expect night four to take several tries; learn the timing of what you hear before acting.
Pay attention to anything unusual after a death, since the game has a few hidden extras.

Questions

Is Sister Location like the other FNAF games?

It keeps the animatronics and night structure, but instead of sitting in one office until 6 AM you move between rooms and complete tasks each night.

Who are the animatronics in Sister Location?

Circus Baby, Ballora, Funtime Foxy and Funtime Freddy, among others.

Is there a Custom Night?

Yes. Finishing the game unlocks Custom Night with several modes and difficulty settings.

What platforms is Sister Location on?

PC on Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iPhone and iPad, and Android.

How long is Sister Location?

Most players finish the five nights in about four hours on a first play, according to GameFAQs player reports. Custom Night and the hidden extras add more time.

Is Sister Location hard?

Yes for many players. Difficulty jumps between nights and relies on trial and error, and night four was made easier in a patch after players found it too hard.