A Look Back at Five Nights at Freddy's - 9 Years Later 

I can’t believe FNaF is almost a decade old. It feels like it’s only been *5* years of FNaF

9 years later and the community stills moves on. But Just like Afton, the series always comes back.

You’d think that having a horror game about dead kids being one of my favorite franchises during my development would be bad for me (maybe it was) but I don’t regret it for a second

I remember my FNAF phase as a teenager…. It never truly left me.

I love hoe realistic the fnaf 1 and 2 renders are it just has a style no other game has reached in years

And after 9 years of this franchise, there is still no game that has the player survive for exactly 5 nights.

9 years later and FNAF fandom still being strong goes to show how dedicated community is

I don’t think there will ever be a horror game video franchise as special as FNAF. It was once a series that was a short point and click experience and now to this day it has become possibly one of the most important things to ever exist.

The FNAF community will live on forever

Fun fact: Foxy can actually be halted on any camera since his AI is tied to overall camera usage. So as long you stay on the cameras for a significant amount of time, he'll be put at bay way longer and won't exit his curtain throughout the night if you're good enough.

Fnaf having a fandom still over these years is very impressive!!! Its very nice that it hasnt even died down ONCE. Happy bday fnaf! 🩷

Nearly a decade… let’s go!

The theorys that people made before even any context of some events in the lore were revealed were crazy

I find it crazy how Fnaf literally gave people jobs and the popularity they needed to have a stable life style

The fact the game was released 9 years ago just blows my mind, that's literally over half my life, I remember watching so many people playing the game and I'd be so terrified of it, this game will always hold a special place in my heart.

Man, nearly 10 years old. How far we've come! As for tier-list...I'd put it in A as well. Gameplay's simple but effective, if a bit repetitive. Everything else is fantastic!

I remember that back in my day, there was a group of kids, which I was in was wild. We theorised that William got scooped then turned into a murderer by the robot manipulation and the killed and somehow reborn. We even sometimes did big pauses talking about Afton, cause thinking about that was disgustingly scary.

god man, i have so many memories of fnaf. it'll always hold a special place in my heart. good video mate.

Happy birthday FNAF!!! And thank you plaintrace for being an awesome part of this community and making great content!! :)

I don't think matpats video was disrespectful. It was just a theory, and he took it very seriously to not disrespect the victims in it or downplay the situation that occurred. Literally multiple times.

Awesome video! I can't believe it's been nine years. I still remember being freaked out by the first game when I was 11. but I just want to point out: 2:08 the original demo for dark deception came out before FNAF 1 did

For anyone who knows/watches Ambience's videos, you know that Foxy and Freddy can be easily dealt with

Really sad that we won’t see that amazing remake that got scrapped…

Hey, that was a darn good game theory. He wasn’t claiming it was true: he was making a case that Scott may have been inspired. He meant no disrespect and you know it.

You did such a good job making this video! I love it!

Matpat did say about Chuck E. Cheese shooting incident that it was tragic and that he won’t make any jokes on it whatsoever. So I personally don’t think it was that bad of him comparing them. It was a stupid theory and I’m sure a big coincidence but I don’t think he was disrespecting the incident at all. I do understand your point of view though.

Honestly feels so surreal knowing this franchise is nearly a decade old. I can remember the day Markiplier uploaded his first lets play of the first game, at that time I was only 9 years old, and now the game itself turns 9 while I become an adult. Bro.....

tbh hearing phone guy death scarred me as a kid. this part sacred me most as a kid10:43 i just dont know why it scared me... and to this day its still iconic

To this day the first FNAF game is perfect and is easily in my top 3 favorite fnaf games

8:16 that makes me think that that’s how all their souls acted before they got stuffed in a suit, the way you characterized them made them seem like qualities of children, especially the “needing to be watched”

couldn't we wait a year and just make a 10th anniversary special

9 YEARS AT FREDDYS! Wow, it has been a crazy journey.

It's still astonishing how far this game has gone from the start to the present

Happy 9th Anniversary!🎉🎉🎉

FNAF 3 is peak. It is truly the best ending to the franchise.

9 years ago I was playing fnaf 1, 9 years later I’m playing security breach ruin 😭 THANK YOU SCOTT

I remember my first experience with FNaF, One of my parents' friends brought me to school. They had a kid with them going to school and I think he had FNaF 1 or 4 on his iPad, I asked if I could see and right as I looked over he got jumpscared, He told me what it was called, FNaF. So when I got home I searched it up and years later I'm still a fan. Can't believe it's been 9 years.

Its my birthday today actually, Its nice to celebrate on the same day as one of the biggest game franchises ever.

Man, I remember hearing about this game as a kid and decided to play it, somehow the first time I played fnaf I got jumpescare by golden freddy and had nightmares for roughly a year after 😂

Yeez man, you grew up as fast as a plane. Hope to be here for the 500k❤

Almost a decade man, all day ive been vibing to classic(and obviously cringey) fnaf music, going over tons of fnaf videos, ive just been reliving my childhood.

I appreciate how you look back at your video and correct any missaid things, gotta be pretty hard to look through a whole 18 min video for errors.

It was said that 1-9-8-7 in the custom night menu would give you a secret ending so Scott updated the game to give a jumpscare to believers

Yoooo me and my dad love your content , keep it up!

I can't belive it's been 9 years, I feel old now. #thankyouscott

Next year Fnaf is officially 10 years old. And it would be cool if we got a game centered around the unwithered animatronics for Fnaf 10 Year Anniversary, or switch the Fnaf 1 animatronics with unwithereds for a day

Happy 9 year anniversary! Thank you Scott!

everyone always craps on matpat's first fnaf theory, despite everything linking surprisingly well. everyone is like "oh it's disrespectful" like bro how? he's just saying "this thing is like this other thing", which it absolutely is.

Fnaf is one of those games that changed the industry.

Love the vids keep it up.

I fucking love these videos, i always try to forget your channel exists so i can comeback and binge the new stuff

I am proud to be a FNAF fan! 3 days since the anniversary. 7 days from now is August 18th the Steam release date of FNAF 9 years ago. Great video PlainTrace

the realisation of me being with fnaf since i was 7 now makes me feel way older than i probably should feel

Now we gotta wait for December 4th. They’ll all be gathered in one place.

amazing content!

I remember playing fnaf 2 and crying when the puppet got me 9 years. That's so crazy 😢

and knowing that the 8 bit big band may make another hella good version of a tombstone song

Time flies man, I was 10 years old when fnaf released

awesome video!!!!! (I totally watched it al!!!)

bro i thought movie unleashers fnaf videos were cannon as a kid. it blew my mind to find out years later that it wasnt.

glad to see this vid so soon!

Your goated PlainTrace

I was 5 when this game out, and I've been a fan of this series since then. (Foxy is still the best.)

Man this game bring back some memories.

remember back when the community gave the killer a name even before he got called purple guy?

I am just realizing that I ended up starting my first ever playthrough of a FNAF game on it's anniversary.

Happy 9 Years Scott :D

"I also made theories back when I was a kid" Your voice suggests you're still a kid.

9 years wow it’s truly been so long

even with the volume down and the length shortened all of the jumpscares in the footage (that had their original sound) got me LMFAO

"9 years isn't that long!: Me who's been playing the game since it first released: 👴🏻

I now am 16 years and still love the games i cant wait to tell my kids in the future this amazing game

3:35 I'd say Freddy is the scariest one in the game. His laugh is haunting and he only becomes really active in the later nights like he's the final boss

Nice video dude! Also, you should try this fangame called fazbear entertainment:storage since its actually really good!

foxy fax: 1: it is actually possible to cut off foxy's jumpscare by running out of power 2: you can beat 4/20 mode whil afk by setting the game to run at 2 or 3 fps, because freddy, bonnie, chica, and golden freddy can't kill you if you don't put up the moniter (golden freddy can only be summoned by using the moniter), and foxy takes around 1500 frames to get from the cove to the office, so you can finish the night before foxy kills you 3: in foxy's jumpscare, the reason why he just goes "ayo the pizza here" instead of screeching in your face is likely because his jaw is actually broken, so he attacks the nightguard in other ways (also foxy appears to have some control over his jaw, as in the first frame of his jumpscare, his mouth is closed)

I can’t believe next year fnaf will be 10 years old and transformers will be 40 years old

9 Long years... Man time flies

Cant believe its been nine years...i was ten when this game was released and i remember it being so popular in my elementary school and now im almost 19 in September and its been nine years since it was released and this game is still good as it was back then Still cant believe it was nine years ago

2:03 my heart was RACING in this section.

9 YEARS 🎉

14:18 PlainTrace clearly did not hear the part where Theory man CLEARLY pointed out that he is not trying to make light of that horrific event.

Woo! 9 years!

9 years is wild

Happy birthday to the big brown bear himself

Man. Almost 57 years

Don't know if others have said this, but, Outlast is not a Triple AAA game, it is made by an indie studio!

i dont think matpat's vid was disrespectful. Simply speaking on the situation isnt mocking it. literally in the next video, he said the theory was wrong, not to mention fnaf 1 theories were always just wrong, since no one really knew shit about the lore until fnaf 2.

So cool that my birthday is right after FNAF's release.

oh wow do I feel old, feels like it only released a few years ago

it feels just like its 2014 again

fnaf has given me sm happiness more then a loving single mother gift shopping for xmas eve my life would literally be sm different if this game didn't exist 😭

Man, that thing where Freddy does that jingle and then it becomes 6AM gives me a lot of nostaligia.

take a bow Scott, you’ve given us everlasting memories with a simple risk on a new kind of horror game

Its hella pogg that even through the rough (and i mean *ROUGH*) patcheswe still got it goin

Plaintrace is basically uhyeah but more underrated

It's best to watch and play in autumn

No fnaf game instills the same fear and anxiety of running out of power at 5 am and quietly begging for 6 am, especially with Freddy playing that damn song

A good thing to know when playing this game is how much power you should have when a certain hour goes by, for example: 12AM = 100% 1AM = 80% or above 2AM = 60% or above 3AM = 40% or above 4AM = 20% or Above 5AM = 8% or above Just a little strategy I came up with, it helps a lot with power management :)

How have I supported this series for 7 years… since fnaf 3

Man i was 2 years old when fnaf 1 came out i think i know fnaf when sister location came out so nostalgic