Platform: PC

Horror is at its finest in simplicity in Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's – which happens to be a simple point-and-click survival game. You – the player takes the role of Mike Schmidt who is a newly hired security guard at Freddy Frazbear's Pizza restaurant. The owner calls you up at night to give you instructions on how to play the game – you need to conserve electricity, check the cameras – all of which sounds simple enough. But here's the catch: At night due to some machinery failure, the animatronic mascots that perform for the kids don't lock up. So, if at night they happen to see you they'll try to stuff you into a Freddy Frazbear suit. That wouldn't have been an issue either, except these suits have metal wires sticking out, so that would undoubtedly result in your demise.

As a player you have very little control over the situation, you have five nights to get through and have to conserve energy from 12AM to 6AM. That can get difficult to do as everything you do requires energy. Whether it's checking the camera for whether the mascots moved  or closing the gates, which is the only way of protecting yourself from certain death – all of it expends energy/power. The best way to get through the game is to close the gates only when the mascots show up at the door, which you can only confirm by turning on the lights – and that of course, expends energy. If your energy or power bar completely goes down, the lights and gates won't work and that too will result in your certain death.

The best part of the game isn't in intricate techniques or even the design, though the design itself is well made in 3D; it's in the atmosphere. The game plays on your paranoia and your only means of surviving is through observation, conserving energy and timing. With each night the mascots begin to get smarter and there's always an atmosphere of impending children's-mascot-trying-to-kill-you. Jumpscares do exist in this game but the horror isn't solely reliant on them. They're well executed and will almost always catch you off guard.

The game may feel repetitive after playing a few times, as often the mascots follow the same patterns. But the player has to carefully observe these patterns to make it through the five nights at Freddy's.