The Game Census
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 cover art

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

Steel Wool Studios · ScottGames · 2023-12-14

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Franchise: Five Nights at Freddy's · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 14, 2023 (SteamVR), Jun 20, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jun 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 14, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), May 09, 2024 (Meta Quest 2), Nov 14, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 is the sequel to the terrifying VR experience that brought new life to the iconic horror franchise. As a brand new Fazbear employee you’ll have to prove you have what it takes to excel in all aspects of Pizzeria management and maintenance.

24
playing now
95%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted is a 2019 virtual reality (VR) survival horror game developed by Steel Wool Studios and Scott Cawthon. It is the eighth main installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's series, and is an anthology of minigames where the player must complete tasks without being attacked and killed by homicidal animatronic characters. These minigames include VR adaptations of the main Five Nights at Freddy's games, from the original game to Sister Location, and several new experiences. Hidden inside the levels are coins that unlock collectible objects and cassette tapes that provide insight into a metafictional narrative.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 421 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,080 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 107k–242k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,369 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20232026Week of 2023-12-01: 1,922 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

42102026-08-07 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 30 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$19.992023-12-142026-08-282023-12-14 — best price $39.992024-09-11 — best price $23.992024-09-25 — best price $39.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992026-03-19 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-28 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3421132026-05-30 — 211 pageviews2026-06-02 — 175 pageviews2026-06-05 — 196 pageviews2026-06-08 — 257 pageviews2026-06-11 — 152 pageviews2026-06-14 — 135 pageviews2026-06-17 — 149 pageviews2026-06-20 — 158 pageviews2026-06-23 — 133 pageviews2026-06-26 — 141 pageviews2026-06-29 — 166 pageviews2026-07-02 — 149 pageviews2026-07-05 — 133 pageviews2026-07-08 — 148 pageviews2026-07-11 — 152 pageviews2026-07-14 — 137 pageviews2026-07-17 — 140 pageviews2026-07-20 — 133 pageviews2026-07-23 — 131 pageviews2026-07-26 — 165 pageviews2026-07-29 — 144 pageviews2026-08-01 — 199 pageviews2026-08-04 — 207 pageviews2026-08-07 — 207 pageviews2026-08-10 — 233 pageviews2026-08-13 — 184 pageviews2026-08-16 — 222 pageviews2026-08-19 — 157 pageviews2026-08-22 — 162 pageviews2026-08-25 — 162 pageviews2026-08-27 — 148 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
91.4%
earned "Liability Risk"
23.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)3,3107%37
PS5 (PlayStation)2,9689%37
Steam (Steam)1,54715%37
Xbox Series (Xbox)8426%37
Switch (Nintendo)290%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

VRIndieCasualHorrorLGBTQ+PuzzleRobotsJump ScareSimulationStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Don't Knock TwiceHouse of CaravanRusty Lake HotelRusty Lake: RootsForce of NatureThe Blackout ClubCHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Reddit ↗Discord ↗