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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED

Steel Wool Studios · ScottGames · 2019-05-28

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Franchise: Five Nights at Freddy's · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: TBD (PlayStation VR2), Jul 16, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Jul 16, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Dec 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2019 (SteamVR), May 21, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED is an Action and Casual game released in 2019, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 13119 reviews).

23
playing now
96%
positive of 13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (495 downloads)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (17,986 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 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
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 666 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~83/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,913 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 329k–790k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,166 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2020-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 2 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20192026Week of 2019-05-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

61102026-09-15 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 48 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 59 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 60 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 35 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 33 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 31 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 44 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24817Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 81 · peak 418Sep 2019 — avg 17 · peak 63Dec 2019 — avg 64 · peak 260Mar 2020 — avg 42 · peak 100Jun 2020 — avg 59 · peak 141Sep 2020 — avg 38 · peak 99Dec 2020 — avg 57 · peak 246Mar 2021 — avg 47 · peak 111Jun 2021 — avg 36 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 27 · peak 78Dec 2021 — avg 94 · peak 483Mar 2022 — avg 59 · peak 154Jun 2022 — avg 32 · peak 70Sep 2022 — avg 22 · peak 67Dec 2022 — avg 40 · peak 152Mar 2023 — avg 28 · peak 73Jun 2023 — avg 69 · peak 206Sep 2023 — avg 38 · peak 109Dec 2023 — avg 105 · peak 312Mar 2024 — avg 26 · peak 72Jun 2024 — avg 32 · peak 98Sep 2024 — avg 28 · peak 73Dec 2024 — avg 32 · peak 114Mar 2025 — avg 21 · peak 48Jun 2025 — avg 35 · peak 78Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 42Dec 2025 — avg 62 · peak 171Mar 2026 — avg 27 · peak 83Jun 2026 — avg 24 · peak 78Aug 2026 — avg 28 · peak 66
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.992019-05-282026-10-112019-05-28 — best price $29.992019-11-01 — best price $29.992020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-04-15 — best price $29.992020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-11-02 — best price $29.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-11-01 — best price $29.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-25 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-09-06 — best price $29.992026-09-20 — best price $29.992026-10-04 — best price $29.992026-10-11 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

342972026-06-02 — 175 pageviews2026-06-06 — 183 pageviews2026-06-10 — 176 pageviews2026-06-14 — 135 pageviews2026-06-18 — 166 pageviews2026-06-22 — 124 pageviews2026-06-26 — 141 pageviews2026-06-30 — 113 pageviews2026-07-04 — 191 pageviews2026-07-08 — 148 pageviews2026-07-12 — 149 pageviews2026-07-16 — 160 pageviews2026-07-20 — 133 pageviews2026-07-24 — 167 pageviews2026-07-28 — 166 pageviews2026-08-01 — 199 pageviews2026-08-05 — 233 pageviews2026-08-09 — 342 pageviews2026-08-13 — 184 pageviews2026-08-17 — 210 pageviews2026-08-21 — 181 pageviews2026-08-25 — 162 pageviews2026-08-29 — 145 pageviews2026-09-02 — 162 pageviews2026-09-06 — 151 pageviews2026-09-10 — 105 pageviews2026-09-14 — 150 pageviews2026-09-18 — 97 pageviews2026-09-22 — 120 pageviews2026-09-26 — 130 pageviews2026-09-30 — 172 pageviews2026-10-04 — 202 pageviews2026-10-08 — 171 pageviews2026-10-11 — 181 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
88.1%
earned "I scream. You scream..."
34.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,5717%15
Xbox One (Xbox)1,33913%15
Switch (Nintendo)1770%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRDarkActionCasualHorrorPuzzleRobotsSurvivalDifficultStory Rich

Census log

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

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