Minigames are a major game mechanic in Five Nights at Freddy's 3. Unlike the minigames in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, the player does not need to die in order to trigger them. Instead, they can either play one at the end of each Night, or trigger the extra minigames manually, the former of which advance the story and contain hints on how to trigger the latter.
Nights[]
These minigames take place in the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza of the first game, albeit run down and rotting. At the start of each minigame the instructions "W A S D" appear, which refers to movement.
Night 1[]
Upon completing Night 1, the player is taken to a minigame. They will begin on the Show Stage, playing as Freddy Fazbear (flanked by Bonnie and Chica). Once leaving the first screen, going into almost any other screen will have Shadow Freddy appear, saying "follow me." in the lower left corner. As Freddy follows him through the pizzeria, he will eventually come to the top right screen of the map, where Shadow Freddy will continue upward into another room. However, upon attempting to move into that room, the Freddy will push backward and the message "ERR" will appear in the lower left of the screen. Moving back down, the Purple Guy will suddenly run after Freddy, tearing him apart and leaving his dismantled body on the floor.
- If the player enters the West Hall, they will find two hints. On the left is the text "BBdblclick," and on the right is a series of four sets rectangles with one rectangle highlighted in yellow in each set. These clues refer to "BB's Air Adventure" and "Mangle's Quest" respectively, in which the player must find and double-click a poster of BB and push the buttons on an arcade machine in the correct order.
Night 2[]
Upon completing Night 2, the next minigame plays. This time Bonnie is the player character, and he follows Shadow Freddy again. Bonnie will eventually come to the top right screen of the map, finding Freddy's remains. Attempting to move into the next room will yield the same results. Moving back down leads to William dismantling Bonnie.
- Entering the West Hall will present the player with a new hint. Four gray cupcakes will appear in the box on the left of the screen. This refers to the four gray cupcakes the player must find and click in Night 3 in order to trigger "Chica's Party."
Night 3[]
Night 3 repeats the cycle, with Chica following Shadow Freddy up to the top right room, and being unable to enter the next room, before being dismantled by William, alongside the other animatronic parts.
- The West Hall's hint is the numerical code "395248." This refers to the hidden keypad the player can find in The Office just under the window beside the cardboard box. Pushing the tiles in the right order will trigger "Stage 01."
Night 4[]
Night 4 starts with Foxy standing outside of Pirate Cove. The rest of the minigame continues as the others, wherein Foxy follow Shadow Freddy to the top right room, where the parts of the other animatronics litter the floor. As with the last three nights, Purple Guy attacks and destroys Foxy upon trying to enter the topmost room.
- The hint within Night 4's minigame is a still sprite of "Shadow Bonnie" standing inside the right-side box in the West Hall screen. This refers to a hidden figurine of Shadow Bonnie that stands on the player's desk. Double-clicking this figurine triggers the "Glitch" minigame.
Night 5[]
Night 5 has the player take the role of a ghost child. The child goes up to the top room, without Shadow Freddy to guide them. Arriving at the outside of the Safe Room, filled with the discarded pieces of all four main animatronics, enters the room. Once inside, they find four more crying children lining the exit, blocking the terrified William from escaping. Also inside this room is an empty Spring Bonnie suit, lying against the right wall, and three arcade cabinets. The child chases William around the room until he finally grows bold enough to run to the suit, slipping inside and laughing triumphantly at the kids. However, moments later, the suit malfunctions, crushing William and slowly dropping him to the floor, dead in a pool of his own blood. The children disappear, and the minigame ends.
Hidden Minigames[]
BBs Air Adventure[]
To access this minigame, simply double-click on the Balloon Boy poster in Cam 8. This can be done on any night.
In order to complete the minigame, you must collect all of the Balloons on the map. Collecting the seventh balloon spawns the final door, which can be used to end the minigame there; However, the top left wall lacks collision, and the player can alternatively choose to jump through it. Jumping through the wall is required for the Happiest Day quest.
On the first time playing the minigame, simply fall down to the bottom, and then walk to the right. You'll stumble upon another room similar to the starting one, containing the final balloon inside; Jump into the bottom left wall, and you'll phase inside. Collecting the balloon ends the minigame, and activates the balloon pathways in each following level.
Make sure to complete the secret route for Mangle's Quest before returning for the other route. With the balloon unlocked, balloon platforms will spawn in the second level. Jump across these platforms to reach a flat blue platform, where a gray child sits; If you've collected the cake from Mangle's Quest, approaching this child will cause the cake to appear, with the child opening his eyes. The minigame will end, and Freddy's spirit will appear in Happiest Day.
Mangle's Quest[]
To access this minigame, Press the buttons on the arcade machine in the correct order. This is done on night 2.
In this minigame, you play as Mangle, trying to collect her parts after being torn apart again. The main way to complete this minigame is by collecting each of the parts, while avoiding the child running around in the second and third rooms. After collecting the final part, the exit door appears, and you can end the minigame.
For the Happiest Day quest, however, make your way to the final room as normal, but instead of using the exit door, jump onto the top right platform. From here, jump into the right wall, which will allow the player to fall through it. Mangle will fall through two separate rooms, with the lower room containing a large crying figure resembling The Puppet. Travel left, and if the balloon has been collected from BB's Air Adventure, you'll find a pathway made of balloons to travel up.
On the final balloon is a cake, which can be collected just as the parts are. Collecting the cake will end the minigame, and unlock it for all of the other minigames in the Happiest Day quest. This minigame does not contain a child, so from here, return to BB's Air Adventure to save the child from that minigame.
Chica's Party[]
To access this minigame, collect the Phantom Cupcakes on cameras 2, 3, 4, and 6. This is done on night 3.
In this minigame, you play as Toy Chica, giving cake to children. Four children are present, alongside four cakes; Bringing these cakes to each child will cause their sprites to change, and after all four children have received cake, the exit door will open.
The secret pathway for this minigame, required for the Happiest Day quest, is found in the left side of the lower section, in the same room as the two children. Head to the top left platform, and jump while holding left. The screen will transition back to the top room, where you'll be standing in a gap in the wall. Travelling left will drop the player in a room with a fifth child, and if the balloon has been collected from BBs Air Adventure, balloons will appear to let the player up.
As long as the cake has been collected from Mangle's Quest, approaching the child will cause the cake to appear in front of her. The child's eyes open, and the minigame ends, with Chica's spirit appearing in Happiest Day.
Stage 01[]
To access this minigame, click on the keypad in the office tiles, and input the code 3-9-5-2-4-8. This is done on night 4.
In this minigame, you play as what appears to be Golden Freddy, standing on stage with Spring Bonnie, with three children standing off-stage. There is no normal route to this minigame; To progress, jump down off the stage, and then head left, walking into the side of the stage. From here, you'll be pushed through the wall, and end up on the far left side of the map. For the sake of clarity, these will be referred to as glitch-boxes.
Falling down will cause the player to fall past two duplicates of the starting map. Simply continue falling all the way to the bottom, and travel to the right. The second screen serves no purpose, so simply continue on to the third screen. This screen contains the exit door on the far right, for players who want to back out here.
Continuing on the Happiest Day quest, stand on the left side of the room, and jump towards the wall. Doing so will trigger the glitch-box, and send the player upwards until they're on top of it. From the top of this room, jump back to the left, and walk into the wall of this room, where another glitch-box will activate. From this point, walk to the left until the glitch-box sends you upward. The player will end up in the middle screen, inside the room.
In this room, walk to the right, and jump against the right wall. The glitch-box will send the player up on top, back outside the room. Jump up to the left, and eventually you'll collide with another glitch-box to send you into the next room.
In this room, immediately walk left, and then jump to be brought on top. Walk to the right, and jump off the edge, heading towards the right side of the screen. The screen following is unique from the others, containing an empty room with only a child inside. A glitch-box covers the entire left wall of the room, forcing the player inside. If the cake has been collected from Mangle's Quest, approaching the child will cause the same cutscene as the previous minigames to occur, and Foxy's spirit will appear in the Happiest Day minigame.
Glitch Minigame[]
On the far right of the office, on night 5, a Shadow Bonnie figure will appear, illuminated by the green light of the office. Double-clicking on this figure will trigger the minigame.
In this minigame, you play as a glitchy Shadow Bonnie, starting in the Stage 01 room behind Golden Freddy. In the top right corner of this room is an exit door. The jump button from the previous games is replaced with a flight button, while the down button is mapped to glitching.
Pressing the glitch button causes the room to change, with each room representing the other minigames for Happiest Day. Stage 01 and BB's Air Adventure are identical to their original counterparts, while Mangle's Quest and Chica's Party are condensed to a single room.
As the rooms are identical, the false wall from BB's Air Adventure is also present. For the Happiest Day quest, glitch through the rooms until you find BB's Air Adventure. Take the same route as done in the original minigame, making your way to the top left platform and floating up through it.
Now outside, cycle through the rooms until a glitchy purple background appears, with the room being empty. A lone child sits in the bottom left corner of the screen. Simply fall down to him, and the same cutscene as usual will appear. After completing the Happiest Day quest for this minigame, Bonnie's spirit will appear in Happiest Day.
Happiest Day[]
The Happiest Day is the final minigame on the quest for the good ending. It can be activated on any night by clicking on the Puppet's drawing on the right side of Camera 3.
The player takes control of the Puppet in this minigame, who is noticeably smaller than in any other appearances. The player starts on the left side of the map, with the exit door behind them. In this first room, a single table sits on the right side, with cake placed on top of it; Sitting at the table is two children, one of which wears a mask resembling Pigpatch from Pizzeria Simulator, and the other wearing an alligator-like mask with yellow eyes.
As long as all of the other secret minigames have been completed, head to the right. In the second screen, you'll pass by more children sitting at the tables, each wearing different masks, which appear to be a blue bear, purple crocodile, and an orange bird. The third screen contains one lone table, with between one and five children standing around it; The children in this room are determined by which minigames are completed, with the final one always being present.
Approaching the table will cause cake to appear on it, with it playing the same cutscene as the other minigames. However, after the child's eyes open, the sprite changes to the same one used by Freddy, only with a lighter mask on. The children then all disappear, with the six masks falling to the ground; The Puppet's mask falls slower than the rest. With all six masks lying on the ground, the balloons above float off, and the minigame ends.
After witnessing the final cutscene, the Good Ending will be unlocked.
Gallery[]
Nights[]
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Hidden Minigames[]
Trivia[]
- It is unclear which child is the protagonist in Night 5.
- William presumably runs into the Spring Bonnie suit to scare the children off, as it is the suit that he murdered them in.
- If you take too long in the Night 1-4 minigames without going towards the safe room, William will appear and destroy you.
- It unknown if the kid resaving their happiest day is the Crying Child or Cassidy.