Five Nights at Frickbear's 3 is a Five Nights at Freddy's fangame developed by Spookyrick released on March 13th of 2026, and is the third installment in the Five nights at Frickbear's series. Unlike most fangames, Frickbear's 3 takes a different approach on the classic FNaF formula, with its more cartoony artstyle and unique gameplay that allows for more replayability, scares, and secrets.
The main gameplay loop of Frickbear's 3 takes place in a security office, with the player being able to defend themselves using security cameras, blast doors, and a spare Freddy Frickbear* mask (*note: Freddy Fazbear was renamed because the new owner of the restaurant thought it would be funny). The main threats during this portion of the game are the animatronics that will slowly advance towards your office, and the rising temperatures that require the player to use the desk fan to stop.
After each night, the player must go to an abandoned Freddy Fazbear's location and salvage a set number of animatronics before starting the next night, with a total 40 main animatronics in the game, with some additional secret animatronics that require a special item to spawn. During these segments, the player can also purchase upgrades that affect either the main nights, or the salvaging segments. However, there are secrets that can be found in these decrepit pizzerias that can change the outcome of the main story. The game has four main endings, with an endless mode coming in the next major update, adding more characters.
Frickbear's 3 has four different player characters to choose from, with each one corresponding to a specific difficulty setting. Jeremy Fitzgerald is the player character for easy mode, with the animatronics being much less aggressive, and only needing to salvage one threat after each night. Mike Schmidt is the protagonist of normal mode, with average aggression from the animatronics, as well as requiring two salvages before starting the next night. Vanessa Shelly takes over for hard mode, with the animatronics being much more aggressive, and a quota of three salvages after each night. The final player character is Fritz Smith, representing lunatic mode, with the animatronics' aggression maxed out, as well as certain tweaks made to the mechanics of certain threats, and requiring a minimum of FOUR animatronics to salvage.
