Secret Of The Mimic Already Has An Intriguing Place In The FNAF Timeline

The teaser trailer for next year’s has already hinted towards the game having a particularly intriguing place within the timeline. With concrete details about the games’ lore and setting often hard to discern, it can be difficult to definitively place many of the franchise’s depicted and referenced events on a timeline. However, putting the games themselves in chronological order is generally much easier, and has given an early hint which continues this trend.

Within the games, the Mimic is an animatronic first encountered during the ending of ’s DLC, although it also appeared far earlier within the franchise’s books. Between the books and games, the Mimic has rapidly grown in significance within over the last few years, and this trend is now set to continue in. However, between the Mimic’s design and other indicators seen throughout the trailer, it seems that the new title will shed light on a point in time that could have widespread implications for the franchise’s lore.

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Towards the end of ’s teaser released by Steel Wool Studios, it dissolves into imagery reminiscent of a film reel running out and perhaps even burning up. During this ending sequence, there is a brief flash of white text best viewed by pausing and viewing the teaser frame-by-frame. When done so, this is revealed to be ‘1979’ written sideways, a detail which naturally suggests that is set during the year 1979. Notably, this would make the earliest-set game in the franchise so far.

Prior to this, the earliest-set game was, which takes place (at least partially) in 1983. This is apparent due to the copyright of “Fredbear & Friends”, which is shown on a television during one of the minigames which follow the events leading up to the death of the ‘Crying Child’. As such, until now, 1983 was undoubtedly the earliest-depicted point in the timeline, with all