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Is FNaF actually based on a true story?

09/22/25 7:13pm
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Annabelle Reyes
Annabelle Reyes
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09/22/25 7:14pm
No, Five Nights at Freddy’s isn’t based on a true story. However, some fans have speculated that the game’s creator, Scott Cawthon, may have drawn loose inspiration from a real-life tragic event that occurred at Chuck E. Cheese. In December of 1993, a former employee went to the Chuck E. Cheese where he worked and shot several employees, killing 4 and wounding 1 more. The events in FNaF aren’t the same, but YouTube creator MatPat of The Game Theorists channel pointed out that FNaF does take place in 1993, just like the real-life tragedy.
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