Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator

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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
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Developer(s)	Scott Cawthon[a]
Publisher(s)	Scott Cawthon[a]
Composer(s)	Leon Riskin
Series	Five Nights at Freddy's
Engine	Clickteam Fusion 2.5
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows iOS Android PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch
Release	Microsoft Windows WW: December 4, 2017 iOS, Android WW: August 13, 2019 Xbox One, Nintendo Switch WW: October 31, 2020 PlayStation 4 WW: March 31, 2021
Genre(s)	Survival horror, point-and-click, business simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator (alternatively known as Five Nights at Freddy's 6) is a freeware point-and-click business simulation survival horror video game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. The game was released on December 4, 2017 on Steam and Game Jolt. It is the sixth installment of the Five Nights at Freddy's video game series, the seventh game overall, and is chronologically set after the events of the third game. Initially marketed as a simulation game where the player manages their own franchised pizzeria, the game gradually reveals itself to continue its predecessors' concept of surviving against hostile animatronics.

A mobile version for iOS and Android was released on August 13, 2019, entitled FNaF 6: Pizzeria Simulator; unlike the PC version, the mobile release, which is developed and published by Clickteam LLC USA, is pay-to-play. A Nintendo Switch and Xbox One port was released on October 31, 2020, with a PlayStation 4 port released on March 31, 2021. A sequel, Ultimate Custom Night, was released on June 27, 2018.

Gameplay[]

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

The game then switches to a dark room where the player faces a broken animatronic with an appearance similar to Circus Baby from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location (referred to as "Scrap Baby"). A voice from a cassette instructs the player to observe the animatronic and document their responses to various audio stimulations. 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 Freddy Fazbear Entertainment's co-owner 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, William Afton/Scraptrap, 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[]

Sometime after the events of the third game, 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 a new restaurant. After the first night, they are encouraged to prepare for their "ultimate test", which is a big party on Saturday. The player invests on various props, animatronics, and sponsors to add to and fund the restaurant. After each day is over, the player is faced with checking maintenance with four possessed and dilapidated animatronics: Scrap Baby, which is Circus Baby rebuilt from scraps after being ejected from Ennard; Molten Freddy, the remains of Ennard with Funtime Freddy as its primary head; Lefty, a mysterious black bear animatronic; and William Afton, Fazbear's co-founder and child serial killer whose undead body remains inside his worn-out "Scraptrap" outfit. The player could either complete maintenance with guidance from an unnamed "Cassette Man" before salvaging it, or throw it back outside, unless it had already been hidden in a previously-purchased low-quality object. The player is left to survive each night as the salvaged animatronics attempt to kill him.

After Saturday, if the player has not salvaged all of the animatronics, receives too many lawsuits, or gets bankrupt, they will be fired from their job. The player may also obtain an "Insanity" certificate where the player is deemed insane after discovering blueprints and secret information in their office following their purchase of the Egg Baby animatronic. In this ending, Cassette Man reveals that he unwillingly helped Afton to build the animatronics and his daughter was the first victim of Afton's mass murder.

If the player has salvaged all of the animatronics and survived the final night, Scrap Baby tells the player that all of them have been gathered at the restaurant to be whole and to receive a "gift." However, Cassette Man – later confirmed to be Henry Emily, a co-founder of Fazbear alongside Afton – interrupts her and reveals that he had constructed the restaurant to trap all the animatronics inside. He begins burning it down to both end the murderous legacy of Afton and to free the spirits inside the animatronics, including Afton's daughter Elizabeth inside Scrap Baby, his own daughter Charlie inside the Puppet that Lefty had captured, and the spirits of Afton's victims inside Molten Freddy. After taunting Afton, Henry remains in the burning building to die. He also acknowledges that the player has also decided to stay and die in the fire, with the player implied to be William's son and Elizabeth's brother Michael who had previously survived his encounter with Ennard. Upon achieving this ending, the player is congratulated for finishing with work week and informed that Fazbear has been shut down again before being given the "Completion" certificate.

If the player has discovered the secret endings within the "Fruity Maze", "Midnight Motorist" and "Security Puppet" minigames, a picture of a graveyard will appear at the end of the game, which has six gravestones with the names of the children who were Afton's victims and possessed previous animatronics. This gifts the player the "Lorekeeper" certificate.

Development[]

In June 2017, Cawthon hinted towards the development of a sixth main game in the series, with a teaser on scottgames.com ^[1] showing a picture that appeared to be Circus Baby from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, but later announced his decision to cancel the game and instead develop a separate installment similar to FNaF World such as a "pizzeria tycoon".^[2] Teasers for a new game began appearing on Cawthon's website in late 2017. On December 4, 2017, Cawthon released Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator on Steam as freeware, which fans presumed to be the game he had referred to previously.^[3][4]

In February 2018, Cawthon announced on a Steam post that he would think about gaining help from larger publishers in making future games.^[5] In an edited version of the same post, he added that he would be developing an "ultimate custom night" for Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator, which, as revealed on his website, has over 50 animatronics from the whole series attacking the player.^[6] After realizing the size of the update, Cawthon decided to make it its own separate game.

Reception[]

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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator received mostly positive reviews. GameCrate called it the "best value in gaming right now",^[7] with Rock Paper Shotgun calling it "spooky as hell".^[8] Ball State Daily News also gave a positive review, calling it "an interesting evolution of the Five Nights [at Freddy's] formula".^[9] IGN listed Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator in their top 18 Best Horror Games of 2017.^[10]

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