When Five Nights At Freddy’s: Security Breach launched, some fans were disappointed at the lack of a multiplayer mode. The latest FNAF game aims to shake up the franchise, putting players into the shoes of Gregory, a young boy inside Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex, who goes head to head with several demented animatronics while trying to survive the night. It would seem like the perfect map and set-up for multiplayer, but there’s a pretty good reason why FNAF: Security Breach doesn’t have multiplayer yet.
Multiplayer survival horror games are routinely a hit, with games like Phasmophobia getting incredibly popular in 2020, and Dead By Daylight and Back 4 Blood offering players jump scares and fun ways to survive (and die) with friends online. The Five Nights At Freddy’s games have likewise proved to be especially popular over the years, and so it’s somewhat surprising that developer Steel Wool Studios didn’t include multiplayer in FNAF: Security Breach.
Surviving the threat of sinister animatronics together, as players navigate the Mega Pizzaplex, seems like a cool idea. Offering players a chance to become the animatronics themselves, leading to an Among Us-type of Imposter versus crewmates scenario, also sounds enticing. However, thus far, it doesn’t look like FNAF: Security Breach will get multiplayer any time soon – although developers haven’t ruled it out via future DLC or updates. Still, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up too high.
Will FNAF: Security Breach Multiplayer Release As DLC?
In a recent interview with Steel Wool Studios and content creator Dawko on YouTube, Steel Wool Studios’ executive producer Ray McCaffrey said that as an indie developer, it was quite the undertaking to try to produce multiplayer and the full title as well, which is why FNAF: Security Breach doesn’t have multiplayer right now. However, McCaffrey did say, “We talk about it, but there’s no concrete plans.” So, the possibility is always out there. The full video can be viewed below:
A game like FNAF: Security Breach could greatly benefit from multiplayer since it could increase the game’s longevity once players beat the story and view all the endings. And while it seems like Steel Wool Studios is open to having multiplayer in FNAF: Security Breach, it doesn’t seem incredibly likely at this point. In the same video, developers hint at upcoming DLC for the game, though, so it’s always possible a multiplayer mode will get added into Five Nights At Freddy’s: Security Breach via future DLC, especially considering Steel Wool Studios has already discussed it and seems to want it in the game.
