Five Nights at Freddy's 4

 PC
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. PC Gamer
    Aug 5, 2015
    70
    The biggest frights of the ever-expanding series without quite the same unease and variety.
  2. CD-Action
    Oct 17, 2015
    55
    FNaF4 differs from the previous games and that’s good. I had a bit more fun with it but it’s still based on jump scares and that’s the least refined technique of scaring. [10/2015, p.73]
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  3. Vandal
    Aug 3, 2015
    50
    FNAF takes a step back, and relies on sound to scare you. It still works, but now your biggest fear would be going deaf because of its loud scare jumps.
  5. PCGamesN
    Jul 27, 2015
    50
    Considering you’ve likely played the previous three games and have now spent around eight hours keeping homicidal animatronics at bay, there’s nothing about this fourth game that begs for you to return. Instead spend the cash on a bag of snacks and some drinks, and watch someone else shriek loudly into a microphone for you.
  6. Destructoid
    Jul 24, 2015
    40
    You'd be better served experiencing Five Nights at Freddy's 4 the way it was obviously intended to be enjoyed. By going on YouTube and watching some twenty-five-year-old, dressed like a fourteen-year-old, scream and cry his way through the game like a seven-year-old.
  7. LevelUp
    Jul 28, 2015
    30
    A new low for the series, Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is a poor effort in almost every respect, an exercise in mediocrity better suited for YouTube than for an actual playthrough.

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User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 409 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 202 out of 409
  2. Mixed: 98 out of 409
  3. Negative: 109 out of 409
  1. BrushedRed
    Jul 29, 2015
    2
    These games are so overrated. I played the first whenever everyone was ranting and raving about it. I never found it scary. I played theThese games are so overrated. I played the first whenever everyone was ranting and raving about it. I never found it scary. I played the second when it came out.. Didn't find it scary. Gave up on this series. Skipped the 3rd one. Then I heard rave things about the 4th and reluctantly played it with one of my friends... Yep.. Same as the first one, and the second one.. And from deductive reasoning, the 3rd one. They're just overrated games that are titled the "scariest game ever made," yet I found more scary things in an M. Night Shymalan movie (and I don't find his movies scary, they're just pretentious.. as are these games).… Full Review »
  2. kuehnau
    Sep 19, 2015
    0
    If you've played any of the other three games in the franchise, you'll know what to expect from the fourth entry in the game, more of theIf you've played any of the other three games in the franchise, you'll know what to expect from the fourth entry in the game, more of the same. FNAF's 4 has less gameplay and mechanics then it's predecessors and will leave you with more questions then answers.

    More importantly, the entire franchise makes an attempt to have some sort of weird, deep, twisting mystery behind it. It's a horror story to be sure and as you play the games, bits and pieces of the story get revealed through a number of ways. The rest of this is left up to the game community to speculate on what is actually happening.

    Many of us jumped on board with the game because we were intrested in the story, less of the actual game and we hoping that by the end of Five Nights at Freddy's 4, most of the story would be revealed. This couldn't beany further from the truth. The "final" game (and I use that term loosely) barely answers anything, while bringing up even more questions. Scott in all of his glory decided that since the community couldn't unravel the story, that he wasn't going to shed anymore light on it.

    That's right, the developer of the franchise, the one that used to be a failure in game development, that used to work at a dollar store, who was lifted from the dirt and pushed into the spotlight by his fan base now refuses to actually elaborate anymore on the story. Talk about a giant middle finger to the people who have financially supported Scott.

    Scott has already admitted the first game was supposed to be the only one, but it was so successful, he decided to continue pushing out more games. Given the fact he had no future plans for the franchise and he had to come up with a story, on the spot, I have a feeling Scott threw in a bunch of junk and then allowed the community to come up with theories for his game, essentially doing the writing for him.

    It's my opinion that Scott had NO IDEA how to wrap up the games, he had NO IDEA what he was doing and because of that, he bascially refused to explain anything, blaming it on the fans for not being able to "find" all of his clues.

    More of an insult, his latest game is simply a different game, using all of the old characters from the first four games. Scott doesn't even respect his fans enough to make an attempt to actually make anything new or unique. Scott is going to continue to milk the furry cash cow until it's all dried up and dead.

    Limited gameplay, shallow game mechanics, poor writing, it's almost embarrassing how little effort Scott put into this game, he should be ashamed at how much he has not only milked this franchise, but his "fans". I'll never spend another single penny in support of Scott and none of you should either.    … Full Review »
  3. Zulgot
    Aug 8, 2015
    0
    This has to be joke right now - the developer is milking this thing to bones. Pure cashgrab, zero effort put into making this even slightlyThis has to be joke right now - the developer is milking this thing to bones. Pure cashgrab, zero effort put into making this even slightly appealing to audience older than 10.… Full Review »
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