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Five Nights at Freddy's:
Into the Pit
Developer(s)Mega Cat Studios
Publisher(s)Mega Cat Studios
Director(s)Xianead Penilla
Producer(s)
  • Raina Cally Ang
  • Xiao Han
Designer(s)Asher Navarro Angeles
Writer(s)Madison Petrick
Composer(s)Alain Lee Godornes
SeriesFive Nights at Freddy's
Platform(s)
Release
August 7, 2024
  • Microsoft Windows
  • August 7, 2024
  • PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • September 27, 2024
  • Nintendo Switch
  • TBA
Genre(s)Horror, adventure
Mode(s)Single player

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit is a 2024 adventure horror game developed and published by Mega Cat Studios. The game serves as an adaptation of the 2019 book of the same name, originally written by Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon and Elley Cooper, from the Fazbear Frights series of novels. It portrays the events depicted in a 2D interactive side scroller in a pixel art style.

The game was released on August 7, 2024, albeit a day earlier as planned, coinciding with the 10-year anniversary of the franchise to positive reviews. Ports for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, was released on September 27.

Plot

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A boy named Oswald, sick of his dad leaving him at a rundown Jeff's Pizza every day of his summer, hides in the ball pit to teach him a lesson. He emerges at a different restaurant, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, with animatronics and arcade games in the 1980s. However, things go wrong when he follows a yellow rabbit to a back room of the restaurant. Parents and children are fleeing the restaurant and Oswald returns to the pit. His dad and Jeff are waiting for him but the yellow rabbit jumps out of the pit and takes Oswald's dad. When his father emerges, Oswald knows something is wrong but no one else can tell. Oswald has to avoid his "dad" (who glitches out to reveal the yellow rabbit) while uncovering the secrets of his town, his family, and the pizzeria, and try to get his real father back.[1]

Endings

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Depending on the player's choices throughout the game, they can obtain several endings distinguished by stars:

0 stars

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On any night, the player can exit Freddy Fazbear's Pizza out the main entrance, leaving Oswald's father behind; If the player fails the final quick time event on the fifth night, Oswald ends up back in the pizzeria and his eyes glow like the yellow rabbit.

1 star

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If the player gets to the fifth night without finding Oswald's father's belongings and the photo, Oswald rescues his father but the yellow rabbit takes him back in the pit and he is tied up, with his fate left ambiguous.

2 stars

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If the player gets the belongings and photo on the fifth night, Oswald is able to save his father from the yellow rabbit and it hangs itself in the ball pit's netting. However, having not seen them leave, Jeff checks in the ball pit and is attacked.

3 stars

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If the player gets the fixes and completes the arcade machines, completes the three secret games, and finds the belongings and photo, Oswald leaves with his father, the family has dinner, and Jeff lives.

Development

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Release

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Into the Pit was originally scheduled for release on August 8, 2024, the day the first game in the series released. However, because the game accidentally released a day early in Japan, the game was fully released shortly after. PlayStation and Xbox ports were released on September 27.[2][3]

Tie-in media and merchandise

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On August 13, 2024, Youtooz released a pin set of the game and a plush of Spring Bonnie. Five Nights at Freddy's: Return to the Pit will be released on December 24 as a tie-in book to the game.

Reception

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit received "generally positive" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.

References

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  1. ^ Brie Hoban (August 15, 2024). "How FNAF Into the Pit Expands the Lore of the Original Story". gamerant. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Romano, Sal (June 6, 2024). "Five Night at Freddy's: Into the Pit announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC". Gematsu. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  3. ^ Romano, Sal (September 13, 2024). "Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, and Xbox One launches September 27". Gematsu. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit (PC)". Metacritic. Fandom Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  5. ^ Perišić, Aleksandar (August 18, 2024). "Five Nights at Freddy's: Into The Pit recenzija". IGN Adria (in Serbian (Latin script)). Ziff Davis. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  6. ^ Adkins, Hannah (August 10, 2024). "Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit Review: A Pit of Despair You WANT To Dive Into (We Promise)". ComicBook.com. Savage Ventures. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  7. ^ Hoban, Brie (August 14, 2024). "Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit Review". Game Rant. Valnet. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  8. ^ Partleton, Kayleigh (August 14, 2024). "FNAF: Into the Pit review - ball pit time machine". Pocket Tactics. Wargamer. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  9. ^ Foster, George (August 16, 2024). "Five Nights At Freddy's: Into The Pit Review - FNAF At Its Best And Scariest". TheGamer. Valnet. Retrieved August 27, 2024.