FNAF: Security Breach Developers Haven’t Ruled Out Multiplayer

The developers of FNAF: Security Breach have teased the possibility of multiplayer coming to the game in the future. FNAF: Security Breach launched earlier this month, introducing new fears for players with survival-horror gameplay, pivoting into a AAA setting for the first time in the series. The game features a 1980s aesthetic complete with new Glamrock animatronics and a host of other threats as players try to survive their time in Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex.

The Five Nights at Freddy’s series is known for its expansive and complex lore, which features many characters across a range of time periods and locations. FNAF: Security Breach puts players in the shoes of Gregory, a young boy trapped in the pizzaplex who must survive against an onslaught of animatronic threats. As is typical of the FNAF series, the game continues to offer jumpscares despite moving away from the traditional gameplay of earlier titles, and fans have already dubbed the new Map Bot as Security Breach‘s most terrifying new character.

In a recent interview with FNAF content creator Dawko, Steel Wool Studios executive producer Ray McCaffrey and creative director Jason Topolski spoke about potential multiplayer for Security Breach, admitting it’s a possibility that hasn’t yet been ruled out. Speaking with the YouTuber, McCaffrey explained that the studio has “certainly” thought about multiplayer, stating:

“As game developers and having made multiplayer games in the past, we talk about it all the time. The thing about multiplayer […] That is an undertaking, and again, we’re an indie studio […] We talk about it, but there’s no concrete plans.”

Topolski added that the team did have a functional couch co-op version of FNAF: Help Wanted that was played internally by developers, but noted it never made it to launch. The comments can be seen at around the 18:00 mark in the video below.

Watch the interview on YouTube here.

The new setting and characters of FNAF: Security Breach offer endless different opportunities for a potential multiplayer. The Glamrock animatronics and FNAF pizzaplex inspired by real arcades would make for an interesting setting to take on with friends. Fans have previously made their own multiplayer versions of earlier FNAF releases, but the AAA-like survival horror of Security Breach could arguably make it the best base game for fun with friends.

The FNAF series has typically been a single-player one, but part of its success has been down to reaction videos and Let’s Plays shared across Twitch and YouTube. The Five Nights at Freddy‘s series is one that doesn’t shy away from fan suggestions and involvement, and this community aspect could well make FNAF: Security Breach a multiplayer hit. While Steel Wool isn’t certain whether or not the indie studio could make it happen, other indie multiplayer horrors from small teams, such as the incredibly popular Phasmophobia, have proven a hit, which could well mean FNAF: Security Breach multiplayer is very possible.

Source: Dawko/YouTube

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