Choose Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Choose Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach if you want an Action and Adventure experience. 36,820 Steam reviews back the pick.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach vs Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach and Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic both land in Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Indie games on Steam. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021) is 4 years older than Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic (2025). Both sit near 86% positive on Steam (Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach: 36,820 reviews, Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic: 6,478). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Choose Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 6,478 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach and Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic sit in Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (85.6% vs 86.4% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach |  Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure | Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Verified |
| Price | 39.99 USD | 39.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 85.6% positive (36,820 reviews) | 86.4% positive (6,478 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Steel Wool Studios | Steel Wool Studios |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021) is 4 years older than Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic (2025).
- Both sit near 86% positive on Steam (Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach: 36,820 reviews, Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic: 6,478).
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (39.99 USD vs. 39.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Verified.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach vs Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic — FAQ
- Which is better, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach or Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach sits at 85.6% positive (36,820 reviews), Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic at 86.4% (6,478). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach or Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic first?
- If you want chronology, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021) came out before Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach and Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic similar?
- They overlap on Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach and Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic both run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — both are Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve confirms they run with full controller support, legible text, and default settings out of the box.