What is the best game similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?

The closest game to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is Killer Frequency, scoring 78/100 on our similarity scale. They share 6 gameplay attributes, including horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?

The three closest games to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 are: 1. Killer Frequency (78/100, 6 shared attributes) 2. Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition (74/100, 5 shared attributes) 3. Buckshot Roulette (69/100, 6 shared attributes). All share Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 7 dimensions.

Is Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?

Yes, very much so — Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition scores 74/100 similarity to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2. They share 5 attributes, including horror tension and deep simulation. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Horror games are similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?

The best Horror games similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 are Killer Frequency, Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition, Buckshot Roulette and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. All share the Horror genre alongside other key Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 attributes like horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design.

How is similarity to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 calculated?

We compare Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 against every game in our catalog using 7 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is hard to replace: few games combine horror tension, horror setting and single-player focus in quite the same way. We compared Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 against over 6,700 titles across 7 gameplay attributes and found 47 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. Killer Frequency, Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition and Buckshot Roulette lead the list, with Killer Frequency reaching a 78/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 special.

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Top games similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2. Each one has been evaluated across 7 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Killer FrequencyClosest overall match

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SoloHorrorFirst PersonNarrativeExploration

Steam👍 93%· 5.9KRAWG👍 92%· 22OC79· 29

Year 2023Dev Team17 DigitalPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping early access

The year is 1987, and as the clock strikes midnight in small-town Gallows Creek, USA, former big city radio DJ Forrest Nash is live on air in what will turn out to be the graveyard shift of a lifetime...

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

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#2Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorCasualCozyNarrative

Steam👍 70%· 92

Year 2015Dev PezomiPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and vibe casual, while skipping visual first person

Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition is the answer to the full grocery store cashier experience that many have dreamed about, and dozens asked for. Shoppy Mart puts you in the shoes of a grocery store cashier, where it is your job to scan items and stuff them into bags.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonMultiplayerMelee

Steam👍 95%· 118KRAWG👍 86%· 108OC83· 13

Year 2024Dev Mike Klubnika · CRITICAL REFLEXPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Linux

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping early access

BUCKSHOT ROULETTE is a tabletop horror game that attempts to re-design the infamous game of Russian Roulette, replacing the traditional revolver with a proper 12-gauge pump-action shotgun.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2: game mode.

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#4The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonNarrativeCasual

Steam👍 94%· 35KIGDB83· 3OC90· 43

Year 2022Dev Crows Crows CrowsOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, deep simulation and horror setting

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and vibe casual, while skipping puzzle design

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

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#5Soma

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonMeleeStealth

Steam👍 96%· 51KIGDB81· 15OC83· 94

Year 2015Dev Frictional GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonStealthMelee

Steam👍 91%· 4.1KRAWG👍 74%· 237MC73IGDB74· 4

Year 2007Dev Frictional GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Penumbra Overture is a survival horror game developed by Frictional Games. In the year 2001, after his mother's death, Phillip receives a message from his father who left the family and was supposedly dead. The letter leads Phillip to Greenland where he finds a mine his father wrote about.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Bendy and the Ink Machine

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonMeleeDark

Steam👍 89%· 35KIGDB87· 2OC69· 25

Year 2017Dev TheMeatly Games, Ltd. · Rooster Teeth GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonMeleeStealth

Steam👍 77%· 9.2KIGDB82· 9OC78· 92

Year 2020Dev Frictional GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

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SoloHorrorCasualManagementPixel Art

Steam👍 96%· 90KRAWG👍 78%· 140

Year 2013Dev Orteil · PlaysaurusPlaytime ~52hOn PC · Android · Web

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, deep simulation and horror setting

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, resource management and visual pixel, while skipping puzzle design

Cookie Clicker is an idle clicker game with a baking theme. Bake cookies by clicking on a giant cookie. Use the collected cookies to buy upgrades. Which will get you even more cookies, and more, and more... you get the idea!

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2: visuals.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Tea Party Simulator 2015

iRank43

GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorMeleeNarrativeCasual

Steam👍 69%· 669RAWG👍 4%· 25

Year 2015Dev Power Up to MaximumPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual first person

Ever wanted to be a tea party extraordinaire? Well now you can. Brew the tea, pour the tea, serve the tea. Serve biscuits and cake. Try not to mess it up too bad, or your guest will get angry Find the hidden easter eggs You know...

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Erica

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonMeleeNarrative

Steam👍 78%· 1.7KIGDB72· 4OC71· 47

Year 2019Dev FlavourWorks · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · iOS

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorFirst PersonMultiplayerOpen World

Steam👍 83%· 35KRAWG👍 84%· 66

Year 2016Dev Forward Development · Forward Global GroupPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, deep simulation and horror setting

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, survival mechanics and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design

City Car Driving is a driving game that will help you to master the basic skills of car driving in different road conditions, immersing in an environment as close as possible to real.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

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#13The Walking Dead: The Final Season

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorMeleeNarrativeDark

Steam👍 95%· 21KIGDB71· 5OC78· 30

Year 2018Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2: visuals.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorMeleeNarrativeDark

Steam👍 79%· 4.6KIGDB75· 4

Year 2024Dev Pieces Interactive · THQ NordicOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

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#15Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloHorrorNarrativeCasualCozy

Steam👍 93%· 465RAWG👍 54%· 25MC82IGDB73· 3

Year 2008Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, puzzle design and horror setting

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, sports simulation and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

You may already know Strong Bad from his regular appearances answering emails and doling out not-so-useful advice on Homestarrunner.com. Now he's the star of a five episode comedy series, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.

Where it drifts furthest from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2.

It predates Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?: The closest game to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is Killer Frequency, scoring 78/100 on our similarity scale. They share 6 gameplay attributes, including horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?: The three closest games to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 are: 1. Killer Frequency (78/100, 6 shared attributes) 2. Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition (74/100, 5 shared attributes) 3. Buckshot Roulette (69/100, 6 shared attributes). All share Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 7 dimensions.
Is Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?: Yes, very much so — Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition scores 74/100 similarity to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2. They share 5 attributes, including horror tension and deep simulation. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Horror games are similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2?: The best Horror games similar to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 are Killer Frequency, Shoppy Mart: Steam Edition, Buckshot Roulette and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. All share the Horror genre alongside other key Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 attributes like horror tension, deep simulation and puzzle design.
How is similarity to Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 calculated?: We compare Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 against every game in our catalog using 7 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.