Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic

Item: Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Rating: 61
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-14

Summary

Fun, engaging gameplay with varied mechanics.
Excellent atmosphere and visuals enhance experience.
Compelling story and deep lore.
Overpriced, short, uninspired FNAF entry.
Frequent crashes and game-breaking bugs.
Poor optimization causes performance issues.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic header

Reviews (sample size): 1065
Helpful reviews: 56%
Unhelpful reviews: 43%
Protest reviews: 1%

61%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
39%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 944
Negative points: 1093
Gameplay points: 103
Perf. points: 234
Rec. points: 439
Misc points: 65

Point	Description	Importance
Fun and engaging gameplay Description The game is consistently praised for being fun, enjoyable, and engaging. Reviewers highlight the well-designed gameplay, puzzles, and overall experience, noting that it's easy to understand and provides a genuinely good time. Many found the game amazing and loved every part of it. Importance 95%	The game is consistently praised for being fun, enjoyable, and engaging. Reviewers highlight the well-designed gameplay, puzzles, and overall experience, noting that it's easy to understand and provides a genuinely good time. Many found the game amazing and loved every part of it.	95%
Excellent atmosphere and visuals Description The game excels in its atmosphere, sound design, and visuals, creating a tense and immersive horror experience. Reviewers appreciate the detailed environments, character designs, and effective use of audio to enhance the suspense and scariness. The game's aesthetic is visually gorgeous, with a huge emphasis on retrofuturism, art deco, and cassette futurism. Importance 66%	The game excels in its atmosphere, sound design, and visuals, creating a tense and immersive horror experience. Reviewers appreciate the detailed environments, character designs, and effective use of audio to enhance the suspense and scariness. The game's aesthetic is visually gorgeous, with a huge emphasis on retrofuturism, art deco, and cassette futurism.	66%
Improved over previous titles Description Many reviewers feel this game is a significant improvement over previous titles, especially Security Breach, with better optimization, fewer bugs, and more cohesive gameplay. Steel Wool Studios is commended for listening to feedback and delivering a more polished and complete product. The game feels like what Security Breach was trying to be, but done really well. Importance 54%	Many reviewers feel this game is a significant improvement over previous titles, especially Security Breach, with better optimization, fewer bugs, and more cohesive gameplay. Steel Wool Studios is commended for listening to feedback and delivering a more polished and complete product. The game feels like what Security Breach was trying to be, but done really well.	54%
Unique and varied mechanics Description The game features unique mechanics, such as interactive mouse controls and the Mimic, which adds depth and complexity to the gameplay experience. The Mimic acts as a constant stalker, switching costumes to create uncertainty about its location, similar to the Xenomorph in Alien: Isolation. The game has good level design, good enemy AI, and good pacing. Importance 53%	The game features unique mechanics, such as interactive mouse controls and the Mimic, which adds depth and complexity to the gameplay experience. The Mimic acts as a constant stalker, switching costumes to create uncertainty about its location, similar to the Xenomorph in Alien: Isolation. The game has good level design, good enemy AI, and good pacing.	53%
Compelling and deep story/lore Description The game features a compelling and understandable story that expands on the FNaF lore, with many references to old games and important events. Reviewers appreciate the depth and complexity added to the gameplay experience, making it a love letter to the fans and a great addition to the story. The story is well-written with humor and darker tones. Importance 49%	The game features a compelling and understandable story that expands on the FNaF lore, with many references to old games and important events. Reviewers appreciate the depth and complexity added to the gameplay experience, making it a love letter to the fans and a great addition to the story. The story is well-written with humor and darker tones.	49%
Effective scares and tense chases Description The game delivers effective scares and a tense atmosphere, with well-executed chase sequences and jump scares. The combination of stealth and puzzle-solving is genuinely refreshing, creating a thrilling and immersive horror experience. The chase sequences are genuinely scary, causing physical reactions like tensing up and audibly gulping. Importance 48%	The game delivers effective scares and a tense atmosphere, with well-executed chase sequences and jump scares. The combination of stealth and puzzle-solving is genuinely refreshing, creating a thrilling and immersive horror experience. The chase sequences are genuinely scary, causing physical reactions like tensing up and audibly gulping.	48%
Stable performance, few bugs Description Many reviewers report a relatively bug-free experience, with smooth performance and no crashes encountered during gameplay. The game runs without issues at launch, and the reviewer was able to beat the game in a single night. There are almost no bugs in sight. Importance 12%	Many reviewers report a relatively bug-free experience, with smooth performance and no crashes encountered during gameplay. The game runs without issues at launch, and the reviewer was able to beat the game in a single night. There are almost no bugs in sight.	12%
Excellent soundtrack and audio Description The game features an excellent soundtrack and audio design that enhances the overall experience. The audio is very good, and the chase scenes/boss fights are the best part of the game, especially with the soundtracks. The soundtrack was good. Importance 7%	The game features an excellent soundtrack and audio design that enhances the overall experience. The audio is very good, and the chase scenes/boss fights are the best part of the game, especially with the soundtracks. The soundtrack was good.	7%