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when was fnaf made

Five Nights at Freddy’s (the original game, often called FNAF 1) was first released on August 8, 2014 for Windows.

Quick Scoop

  • The original Five Nights at Freddy’s game launched for Microsoft Windows on August 8, 2014.
  • It then came to other platforms shortly after: Desura/Steam in mid‑August 2014, Android on August 26, and iOS on September 11, 2014.
  • The success of that first 2014 release kicked off the wider FNAF franchise of sequels, spin‑offs, and later the 2023 movie adaptation.

In short: when people ask “when was FNAF made?”, they almost always mean the first game, which arrived in summer 2014 and quickly grew into a long‑running horror series.

TL;DR: FNAF was “made” and released in August 2014, with the very first game launching on August 8, 2014.

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