five nights at freddy's is the first installment of Scott Cawthon's indie point-and-click survival horror video game series. It was first available on Desura on August 8, 2014 (though it was later removed at an unknown date), and then on Steam on August 18, 2014. The player's goal is to survive five nights at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza without being caught, stuffed into a mascot costume, and thus killed by the animatronic characters; this is accomplished by tracking their movements using the restaurant's security cameras. The game is set in the same timeline as Five Nights at Freddy's 2 and the prequel to Five Nights at Freddy's 3, making it the fourth game in the series.