Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

## Summary

*"When fear takes hold, and reality falls. The stage is set, and insanity prevails."* **-PS5 Trailer**

## Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

### Platform

Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Stadia

### Release date

December 16th, 2021 (Windows, Playstation 4 & Playstation 5) July 1st, 2022 (Stadia) November 22nd, 2022 (Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S) April 19th, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

### Rating

9/10 (Steam)

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is a 2021 first-person survival horror video game developed by Steel Wool Studios and published by ScottGames. It is the ninth main installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's series and the eleventh game overall, taking place after the events of Five Nights at Freddy's: Special Delivery. The game differs from other installments in the franchise, featuring only one night instead of five and having free-roam gameplay. The player takes the role of a young boy named Gregory, who must evade hostile animatronic characters and a night guard in a large shopping mall, unveiling its morbid secrets while trying to survive until morning.

The game was released digitally on December 16, 2021, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, with ports for other platforms planned to be released at later dates. The physical release for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 was released on April 1, 2022. A Google Stadia port released on July 1, 2022. Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game were released on November 22, 2022. The game received mixed reviews from critics. A Nintendo Switch port was released on April 19, 2023. A free DLC expansion titled Ruin was released on July 25, 2023 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, with release on other platforms at later dates.

## Gameplay

### Main Gameplay

Unlike most games in the series, Security Breach is a true free-roam game, meaning that the player is not restricted to one area and can move throughout the Pizzaplex with little to no obstacles, as opposed to Sister Location where there are only a few rooms that the player can move to.

### Collectibles

There are many collectible items in the game. Guides to finding these items can be found on their respective pages.

Prize Boxes

Dufflebags

Retro CDs

### Minigames

There are also a few playable arcade minigames that can be found in the game. Information about these games can be found in their respective pages.

Princess Quest Series

Balloon World

Monty Golf AR-Cade

## Plot

In an opening cutscene, Glamrock Freddy, Montgomery Gator, Roxanne Wolf, and Glamrock Chica get ready for a musical performance. However, right when they are about to start, Freddy malfunctions and collapses.

Freddy then wakes up in "Safe Mode", to the sound of Gregory, who had been hiding within him. Gregory tries to escape through the front doors before they close at midnight, but he arrives late by a few seconds. With Freddy's help, Gregory enters the Superstar Daycare, where he obtains his first security pass. After being kicked out by the Daycare Attendant for shutting the lights off, Gregory hides in Freddy and they run to a recharge station to avoid being caught by Vanny at 1 AM. Surprisingly, Freddy cannot see Vanny with his current set of eyes and mentions that there used to be a rabbit there, but not any more.

Eventually, Vanessa catches Gregory and locks him up in the lost and found, but he finds a screwdriver and escapes through the vent when Vanny appears. Gregory finds Freddy, who has been damaged, and takes him to Parts and Services to be fixed. Unfortunately, the Daycare Attendant (as the Moon) captures the body. Gregory makes his way to Parts and Services alone, avoiding endoskeletons along the way. There, he finds Vanessa talking to Freddy about Gregory and threatening to replace him by putting his casing on a new Endo if he is indeed helping Gregory. She does not repair Freddy and instead continues her search for Gregory. Gregory repairs Freddy himself.

Depending on the player's choices, the duo then proceed to defeat a number of animatronics, including DJ Music Man and two of Freddy's three band-mates before the night ends at 6 AM. Gregory uses the parts obtained from Freddy's bandmates to upgrade Freddy in the Parts and Services workshop. Gregory can stay after 6 AM to defeat the remaining band member and/or get other endings, but only one save point, located in the second floor of the Atrium by the elevators, will work.

## Reception

Five Night's at Freddy's Security Breach received mixed reviews. Praise was directed at its open world, gameplay mechanics, characters, and introduction of boss fights and cutscenes. Criticism was directed at its tone being too bright and upbeat compared to previous entries which were dark and gritty. Its messy gameplay was also criticized due to the many bugs and glitches that considerably ruined gameplay. The game was also criticized for being far too large and having many unnecessary aspects. Vanny's short amount of screen time in the game was widely criticized due to her being an important part of the games marketing from before its release.

The Steam store currently holds a "Very Positive" 82% rating for the game.

The game is nominated with PlayStation's Player Choice crown as December 2021's best new game on January 13, 2022.

## Development

### Unknown Year

With the following reveal of Freddy in Space 2's production, the teaser from Scott's main website, http://scottgames.com, shows off another upcoming game. It shows that the game will be set inside a mall-like building with an 80's-style motif. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza being a restaurant inside the mall. Also included is a laser tag arena, an arcade, and what looks to be a cinema. In the main square of the mall, an animatronic band consisting of new "glamrock" animatronics (Glamrock Chica, Glamrock Freddy, Montgomery Gator, and Roxanne Wolf) play for an excited crowd waving glowsticks. It is entirely possible some of these animatronics are new characters, however.

When looking into source code from the website, a hidden conversation between two characters can be found. It reads as such:

*Stay the course.*
I will.
Focus on my voice.
I will.
Don't let anyone lead you astray.
I won't.
Have you selected one?
I have.

### 2019

September 29th: scottgames.com was updated with a new teaser featuring the new version of what seems to be Freddy Fazbear. While the file is named 7\_1.jpg, if the teaser is opened in Notepad, the text "G l a m r o c k \_ F r e d \_ P o s t e r" can be found. This may imply the new set of animatronics will be known as the glamrock animatronics, with glam rock being a term referring to rock musicians in the 1970s that "wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter." The name found in Notepad also leaves the possibility open that the animatronic featured may be a version of Fredbear instead of Freddy.

November 5th: The teaser for "Glamrock Fred" was updated. From the image's left side close to "Glamrock Fred's" head, a silhouetted human/rabbit-like figure is silhouetted against the sky. Looking into Notepad, another string of characters can be found reading "S h a d o w o f V a n n y." Given the recent discovery of the Reluctant Follower in Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted, her relation to the rabbit mask, and the generally feminine figure of the shadow, some believe this to be the Reluctant Follower and that her name is Vanny. This was later proven to be true.

### 2020

March 24th: A new teaser is uploaded on scottgames.com. The teaser poster reveals a brand-new animatronic with a design based on an alligator. The file name is referred as "Montgomery.jpg", and when converting the image to metadata, his name is revealed as Glamrock Monty.

April 21st: The characters' names are leaked from Funko's list of upcoming products, including in a respective order: Glamrock Chica, Glamrock Freddy (as Glamrock Fred), Montgomery Gator (as Glamrock Monty), Roxanne Wolf, and Vanny (as Vannie).

April 24th: The game's upcoming 2020-2021 calendar is found at Amazon. The cover (although it was subject to change later on) reveals the renders of Montgomery Gator, Glamrock Freddy, and Roxanne Wolf.

May 5th: scottgames.com is updated with a new teaser, showing off a neon sign with Glamrock Freddy's shape and the revealed title - Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach. Behind the franchise's trademark logo from the top are faint glows that somewhat appears to be police LED light bars as indicated by the red, white, and blue tints.

June 11th: scottgames.com is updated once again. The new teaser reveals a female security guard, who will serve as a supporting character. On the same day, Scott confirmed that the game is set to come out around the end of the year.

August 7th: Another new teaser is uploaded to scottgames.com, featuring the full body of the new character and antagonist - Vanny.

September 16th: The teaser trailer was launched during the PlayStation 5 Showcase event. The video shows a couple of new rooms and inside the mall restaurant, as well as instituting a new animatronic with a grinning crescent moon for a face (later revealed to be the Daycare Attendant). At the end, the game was announced to be a PlayStation console exclusive for the first three months after its release on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. While a release date has not been confirmed yet, this would likely mean the game will not come out any earlier than November 12, 2020, the same date as the release of the PlayStation 5.

November 17th: Scott Cawthon made an announcement stating that, due to the size of the game being much bigger than expected coupled with the complications of having to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was being delayed from a pre-Christmas release until early 2021.

### 2021

January 11th: Steel Wool Studios announced that the second trailer will be released tomorrow during the GeForce RTX: Game On Broadcast. The next day, the video was uploaded, featuring some new locations and new robots (S.T.A.F.F. Bots to be exact). Few hours later, Scott made a Reddit post to announce that the new video is more of a tech-demo than a real trailer, while confirming that the real second trailer is due in March.

February 25th: The second trailer for the game is publicly shown during the PlayStation State of Play livestream. The video reveals that, besides revealing some core gameplay elements and newer locations, the game allows the player to walk around freely, unlike any previous installments. The video reveals the cast of main characters, including Vanny, Vanessa, all four glamrock animatronics, the moon animatronic, as well as the physical reveal of the unnamed sun animatronic. At the end of the trailer shows a reaching arm of a new ominous animatronic.

March 13th: Dawko in his charity stream slowly reveals a total of nineteen new Security Breach screenshots. First, he uploads fourteen main screenshots to display numerous views of environments and some new locations. Dawko later went on to reveal five extra screenshots: Four screenshots display the glamrock animatronics' home stages, while the fifth and last screenshot reveal what seems to be an underground sewer location with a severely damaged Glamrock Chica and other destroyed objects.

April 28th: Scott announced that Security Breach was delayed to late 2021, and to satisfy the fans while waiting for the game, Scott released a beat-'em-up fighter spin-off game Security Breach: Fury's Rage on Game Jolt for free.

September 1st: Steel Wool Studios launched a website for Security Breach. The website takes place in the office room with a huge static-screened monitor, which was used for displaying a series of Freddy & Friends: On Tour! shorts as teaser videos. When hovering the mouse cursor around, random corrupted texts will pop up, displaying "Having fun?", "Stay hidden", and "Just a glitch", as well as displaying "You cannot save this" when attempting to save the static monitor gif image by right-clicking it. Clicking on Steel Wool Studios' logo from the left monitor redirects to their YouTube channel. Also, clicking on the security badge case will emit a honk noise, one of the franchise's recurring Easter Eggs. If attempting to access the green-lighted button after modifying the source codes, the text will display with "Someone's watching".

September 7th: From the same TV website, the first Freddy & Friends: On Tour! episode was uploaded, and the video will play in the main monitor screen when clicking on the green-light button. An interesting discovery shows a hidden glitched image that appears for only a brief minimal second at timestamp 0:23, revealing what is later confirmed to be the corrupted versions of the S.T.A.F.F. Bots - Nightmarionne S.T.A.F.F. Bots. The bottom right corner of the paused scene has the text "AlphaZ 6Groups", and what it really means is unknown. Also, at the end of the video, a wire-like tentacle sways over the static screen for few seconds before it cuts to the game's logo, revealing the 6 digit number. The numbers glitch randomly but the fifth number stay as 2, resulting in: "????2?", revealing to be the countdown for the incoming release date reveal.

September 18th: The website was updated. The security badge case no longer has a honk noise, but Glamrock Freddy's plushie can emit a new honk sound when booping the nose. Hovering over a pizza box displays the text "pizza DELIVERY". The screensaver monitor from the right can now be interacted, as double-clicking the screen causes the Pizza Plex logo icon to change into a rendition of Security Breach's logo with Montgomery Gator replacing Glamrock Freddy, and hovering the cursor over it displays the crocodile emote (🐊). Finally, when waiting for a little while, the shadows of swaying tentacles (similar to the shape at the end of the first Freddy & Friends: On Tour! episode) will be shown on the main monitor for few brief seconds before fading away.

September 21st: The website was updated once again. Monty's popsicle was added to the desk, a bag of Meat Bites found next to the pizza box, and the corrupted "Stay away" text will appear when hovering the cursor around. Few minutes later, the second Freddy & Friends: On Tour! episode was shown. From the video, another hidden image appears at timestamp 0:43 for a split second, revealing what appears to be a withered version of Monty and a "REV531" text from the top left corner. As soon as the episode ends, the sun animatronic seen from the latest previous trailer shows up and soon switches as a moon animatronic, hinting that both characters may be the one same entity. The glitching six digit numbers appear, with number 1 appearing as the third number: "??1?2?"

October 1st: The website's office desk is now added with Pizzaplex coffee cups behind the phone, and the Monty popsicle appears to be melting. Double-clicking the screen-saver monitor now displays Glamrock Chica's and Roxanne Wolf's logo, and hovering the mouse cursor over displays a chick and wolf emote (🐥🐺). Hovering the cursor anywhere will also display another hidden glitched text - "be careful", and a non-glitched "I thought I heard something..." text when hovering over the phone. Occasionally, the movement of The Daycare Attendant can be heard.

October 5th: The website's office desk is updated with Mr. Cupcake and the hotdog at the left side, Glamrock Freddy's plush replaced with Roxanne Wolf's (although no longer honkable), and the security badge case is once again honkable. At the same time, the third Freddy & Friends: On Tour! episode premiered. Two more hidden images appear, revealing the withered versions of Roxanne Wolf (timestamp 0:12) with the text "Z2E" and Glamrock Chica (timestamp 0:34). At the end of the video, a new spider-like animatronic (later revealed to be a Music Man counterpart) with gloves is seen walking past the screen. Once again the glitching six digit numbers appear, with number 1 appearing as the first number: "1?1?2?"

October 15th: The website's office desk earned another update. The main monitor screen somehow begins to crack around the sides, the screen-saver monitor is now shattered and no longer does anything when clicked, some items (such as the hotdog and Mr. Cupcake) are scattered, and the melting Monty popsicle is smeared over the desk. The desk is added with a Foxy chocolate bar, a paper ball, and some empty cups.

October 19th: The fourth Freddy & Friends: On Tour! episode premiered. A hidden image of Vanessa's close-up briefly flashes at timestamp 0:18, containing captions found around the image: "Bleak Reactant", "Test and Fix", and "Pool". Also, glitching yellow and purple bit-blocks will randomly appear throughout the episode, and if putting the screenshots together like a puzzle, an image of Glitchtrap is revealed, confirming that Glitchtrap will indeed return in Security Breach. Finally, Vanny appeared as soon the episode ends, asking "Are you having fun yet?". The glitching six numbers now ends up as "1?1?21", drawing closer to the game's full release date.

October 27th: A final trailer was revealed during PlayStation State of Play livestream. The trailer reveals newly improved graphic designs in comparison to the first trailers, new gameplay features (such as climbing inside Glamrock Freddy for self-defense), and some clear glimpse of new enemies who were first introduced in the Freddy & Friends shorts' hidden scenes. At last, a full release date was revealed: December 16, 2021. Around the same time, Ray McCaffery, the executive producer of the game, posted a PlayStation blog post to explain the game's new gameplay details and how the game itself really works, while confirming the addition of unique office escape games, boss fights, more enemy types, and unlockable arcade minigames.

December 2nd: The game's Steam page is uploaded, and it also comes with some brand-new screenshots.

December 16th: The game was released.

## DLC

Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach Ruin