Best experience Release order Chronological 13 games and 27 books from the Five Nights at Freddy's series in the order they came out, from Five Nights at Freddy's (2014) to Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic (2025).
Essential Recommended Optional Skippable
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2
3
4
5
NovelRecommended Separate continuity ~10 h about 10 hours 6
7
NovelOptional Separate continuity ~8 h about 8 hours 8
9
NovelOptional Separate continuity ~9 h about 9 hours 10
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12
Short storiesRecommended Disputed canon ~5 h about 5 hours 13
Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~5 h about 5 hours 14
Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~5 h about 5 hours 15
Short storiesRecommended Disputed canon ~4 h about 4 hours 16
Short storiesEssential Disputed canon ~4 h about 4 hours 17
Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~4 h about 4 hours 18
Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~4 h about 4 hours 19
Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~4 h about 4 hours 20
Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~4 h about 4 hours 21
Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~5 h about 5 hours 22
Short storiesRecommended Disputed canon ~4 h about 4 hours 23
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Short storiesOptional Disputed canon ~3 h about 3 hours 25
Short storiesRecommended Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 26
Short storiesOptional Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 27
Short storiesOptional Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 28
Short storiesOptional Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 29
Short storiesOptional Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 30
Short storiesRecommended Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 31
Short storiesOptional Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 32
33
Short storiesRecommended Separate continuity ~5 h about 5 hours 34
35
NovelOptional Not canon ~2 h about 2 hours 36
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NovelOptional Not canon ~3 h about 3 hours 38
NovelOptional Not canon ~3 h about 3 hours 39
NovelOptional Not canon ~3 h about 3 hours 40
Last reviewed October 27, 2026
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