Five Nights at Freddy's: Pizzeria Simulator

## Summary

*"Presenting a fun Five Nights at Freddy's adventure with a lighter touch for the holidays, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator puts you in charge of developing your own restaurant!"* **-Steam Description**

## Five Nights at Freddy's: Pizzeria Simulator

### Platform

Windows, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Playstation 4

### Release date

December 4th, 2017 (Windows) August 13th, 2019 (Android & iOS) October 31st, 2020 (Nintendo Switch & Xbox One) March 31st, 2021 (Playstation 4)

### Genre

Survival horror, point-and-click, business simulation

### Rating

9/10 (Steam) 4.6/5 (Google Play)4.6/5 (Apple Store)

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is an indie point-and-click survival horror game developed by Scott Cawthon, and the sixth installment of the Five Nights at Freddy's series. The game's save-data file is titled FNAF 6, confirming that it falls within the canonical lineup of games, and is the sequel to Five Nights at Freddy's 3, chronologically being the sixth game in the series.

As the title suggests, this game's main focus is running a pizzeria and making sure it's a safe environment. Failure to do so may result in getting sued, and possibly risk bankruptcy if sued too many times. The true gameplay of the game, however, after finishing their pizzeria, forces the player to sit in an office until closing time to fend off the salvaged animatronics that lurk inside while they finish their tasks.

There is no trailer for this game.

## Gameplay

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator begins as an 8-bit minigame where the player must control the titular Freddy Fazbear and distribute pizzas to several children. This minigame eventually ends in a scripted glitch.

The game then switches to a dark room where the player faces a broken version of the animatronic Circus Baby from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location (now known as "Scrap Baby"). A voice from a cassette tape instructs the player to observe the animatronic and document their responses to various audio simulations. A checklist must be filled containing the options "no", "yes" and "unsure". At the third audio stimulation, Scrap Baby speaks to the player, with the game suddenly jumping to the game's start menu.

The game then turns into a business simulation, where the player buys decorations for their fictional restaurant and places them around the restaurant. Buying these items can increase the atmosphere, health/safety and entertainment standards, with the possibility of also giving them extra revenue. However, many of these items can also increase liability risk and lead to lawsuits which can be fought or settled, both at the cost of money. Sponsorship offers can be accepted for money but can cause audio and visual distractions for the player later in the game. Arcade games placed in the restaurant can also be interacted with to play minigames, increasing their "Faz-Points". Faz-Points are the in-game points earned whenever the player plays the minigames or buys a new item and places it in the pizzeria. For every 1000 points increased, the player gets $100. Some minigames such as, "Fruity Maze", "Midnight Motorist", and "Security Puppet" have their own story inside the main game that all connect to Fazbear Entertainment's co-founder and series antagonist, William Afton.

The next portion of the game sees the player using a computer to complete various tasks to maintain the restaurant. However, any hostile animatronics loose in the establishment will try to attack the player. They can be stopped by shining the player's flashlight into the ventilation openings or by using audio to lure animatronics away. The player can use a network of motion detectors to track the animatronics' movements from one location to another. The player can also use the silent ventilation to reduce the noise, but only one of the systems from the motion detector, audio lure and silent ventilation can be used. Unlike the previous games in the series, all four animatronics in the game (Scrap Baby, Molten Freddy, Scraptrap, and Lefty) share the same behavior as opposed to having different mechanics. The player may upgrade the office equipment in order to increase efficiency and reduce the noise level. The player may also temporarily shut off the computer or switch to a secondary ventilation system that runs more quietly, but is not as effective in controlling the ambient temperature. Any sponsorships accepted will cause loud advertisements to be played randomly on the computer, attracting the animatronics and making the player unable to hear them or do anything for several seconds, until the ads are skipped. This portion ends when the daily tasks are done and the computer is logged off.

After completing the management, the player will be directed to the salvage segment, where the animatronics will be presented in the same setting as Scrap Baby. Each day, one of the four animatronics will be offered to be salvaged at their own prices. Just like the earlier setting, the player has to tick the checklist. Unlike the previous setting, the animatronic only moves when the player is looking down at the checklist. If the player feels the animatronic is about to jumpscare them, they are able to subdue it by using a taser. However, the animatronic loses value if it is tasered more than three times, lowering the amount of profit that could be obtained from it. If the player is successful in this portion of the game, they earn a cash reward. If unsuccessful, no cash reward will be obtained. Regardless of their success, the animatronic will immediately serve as a threat in the management section. On the other hand, the player can refuse to salvage the animatronic and discard it, which leads to alternate ending. If the animatronic has already entered through marked down items before its salvage segment, then a cutout will be present, with the only option being to throw it out.

In order to finish the game, the player must survive six full days and nights. Several different endings are possible, depending on factors such as the degree of improvement made to the pizzeria, the number of lawsuits brought against the pizzeria by customers, and whether or not the player salvaged every animatronic, among other conditions.

## Plot

The player character is the new franchiser of the re-branded Fazbear Entertainment Inc., with headquarters in Washington County, Utah. After investing in the restaurant, the player is left with $100 to spend on their new venue. After the first night, they are encouraged to prepare for their "ultimate test", which is a big party on Saturday. Under the guidance of "Tutorial Unit", the restaurant's artificial intelligence, the player invests in various props, animatronics, and sponsors to add to and fund the restaurant.

In addition to running the restaurant, the player, under obligations of "Paragraph 4", must also check maintenance at the end of each day with four possessed and dilapidated animatronics: Scrap Baby, which is Circus Baby rebuilt from scraps after being ejected from Ennard following the events of the previous game; Molten Freddy, the remains of Ennard with Funtime Freddy as its primary head; Lefty, a mysterious black bear animatronic; and Springtrap (nicknamed "Scraptrap"), the worn-out Spring Bonnie costume which contains the undead body of serial killer and Fazbear co-founder William Afton, who survived the destruction of Fazbear's Fright. The player can either complete the maintenance under the guidance of the mysterious "Cassette Man" before salvaging the animatronics, or throw them back outside, unless they have already snuck in the pizzeria through a previously purchased discounted object. The player is left to survive each night as the salvaged animatronics attempt to kill them.

### Endings

A total of six endings exist for the game, with all but one granting the player a certificate on the title screen.

* If the player has invested in the restaurant but does not have all four salvageable animatronics by Saturday's closing, they will be fired by the Cassette Man for not meeting their obligations of "Paragraph 4". This is the only ending that does not earn the player a certificate.

* Mediocrity – If the player has a Faz-Rating of 0 by Saturday's closing, achieved by not placing any items, not upgrading the pizzeria's floorplan, and not playing any minigames, they will be fired and berated by the Tutorial Unit for their laziness. This earns the player the "Certificate of Mediocrity".

* Insanity – If the player purchases the Egg Baby data archive, they can discover blueprints on their computer and an audio file recorded by the Cassette Man, who is implied to be Henry Emily, the second co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment. He laments Afton's actions and his own complacency in them, before discussing his plan to free all the lost souls trapped in the animatronics. To cover up their discovery, the player is then deemed insane by Tutorial Unit and fired. This earns the player the "Certificate of Insanity".

* Blacklisted – If the player's restaurant has a liability risk of 50 or higher by Saturday's closing, they will be reprimanded by Tutorial Unit for their recklessness and fired. This earns the player the "You Have Been Blacklisted" certificate.

* Bankruptcy – If the player ends up in debt while fighting or settling a lawsuit, they will be fired by Tutorial Unit for being a "lost cause". This earns the player the "Certificate of Bankruptcy".

* Completion – If the player has a liability risk of under 50, a Faz-Rating of above 0, and all four salvageable animatronics by Saturday's closing, Scrap Baby tells the player that they have been deceived into giving her a "gift" by gathering all the souls in one place and that she will make her father (William) proud. However, Henry interrupts her and reveals that he had constructed the restaurant to trap all the animatronics inside. He then begins burning it down to both end the murderous legacy of Afton and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and to free the spirits inside the animatronics, including William's daughter Elizabeth inside Scrap Baby, his own daughter Charlie inside the Puppet (from Five Nights at Freddy's 2) that was captured by Lefty, and the spirits of Afton's other victims inside Molten Freddy. After taunting his "old friend" Afton, Henry remains in the burning building to die alongside the animatronics. He also acknowledges that the player has also decided to stay and die in the fire, implying that the player character is William's son and Elizabeth's brother Michael (the protagonist of Sister Location). Upon achieving this ending, the player is congratulated by Tutorial Unit for finishing the work week and informed that Fazbear will no longer be a corporate entity. This earns the player the "Certificate of Completion".

* Lorekeeper – While not technically its own ending, if the player has discovered the secret endings within the "Fruity Maze", "Midnight Motorist", and "Security Puppet" minigames, an illustration of a peaceful graveyard will appear at the end of the game, which has six gravestones with the names of the children who were Afton's victims. Any playthrough of all three secret minigame endings will earn the player the "You Are the Lorekeeper" certificate.

## Reception

As of October 29, 2022, the game received one mixed review of 60 from critics on Metacritic, and holds a mixed 7.2 user score based of 58 reviews.

## Development History

### Unknown Year

* Unknown Date: Both of Scott Cawthon's known websites were turned to black for several months.
* Unknown Date: Scott announced that he had stopped working on the game and began focusing on a new one. This was widely assumed to be a ruse, until Scott submitted a Reddit post that stated otherwise.
* Unknown Date: A teaser image was added to fnafworld.com, while scottgames.com was teasing the second book. Scottgames.com later turned to an image of static just before the release of the book.
* August-November: There were three teasers of Freddy with a cake, Freddy close to three children, and Freddy juggling pizzas. This was speculated to be a pizzeria tycoon game, which was hinted back in June.
* Unknown Date: The title of the game was confirmed via a teaser on scottgames.com. The game was released two days later.

### 2018

* February 18th: Scott announced an update to the game featuring Ultimate Custom Night, containing fifty animatronics.
* August 8th: The update release was planned (4th anniversary of series). However, on May 30th, Scott revealed that UCN will be a standalone game, which was released on June 27, 2018.