Five Nights with 39

What Makes Five Nights with 39 Special

Most FNAF fan games try to out-scare each other. Five Nights with 39 goes in the opposite direction — it's built entirely around making you laugh. The star of the show is 39 the Bunny, a turquoise animatronic rabbit with glasses, a red bowtie, and absolutely zero filter. Instead of ominous phone calls from a nervous employee, you get 39 himself talking directly to you each night, hurling insults and making crude jokes with genuine comedic timing.

What catches most players off guard is the depth hiding beneath the humor. Developer AussieBun39 built this game in just one week as a personal challenge, yet somehow packed in a backstory involving murder, transformation, 20 years of isolation, and a finale that genuinely tugs at your emotions. The Extras menu even includes a dedicated "Story" tab that lays out the full lore for anyone who wants to dig deeper.

Gameplay Mechanics

You play as Sam (Samson), who shows up at the Advert Studio after receiving a provocative newspaper clipping from 39. The gameplay borrows the classic FNAF formula but keeps things deliberately simple — the real entertainment comes from 39's personality, not the mechanics themselves.

How to Survive

• Cameras: A multi-room camera system is available, but only one camera truly matters — the Power Room. If 39 gets in there and sits at the laptop, he starts draining your energy fast.
• Spook Button: When you spot 39 or Plushy 39 in the Power Room through the cameras, hit the "Spook" button. It plays a random loud sound (often a meme) that scares them off.
• Nose Bop: When 39 shows up at your office, click his nose to send him away. Plushy 39 works similarly — he runs across your screen and you need to click his nose before he gets you, much like Bonnet in Sister Location's Custom Night.
• Door Lights: Your office has two open doorways with no actual doors. Use the lights to check if anyone's lurking outside.
• Energy Management: 39 drains your power both when he's in the Power Room and when he's hanging around your office. Let the gauge hit zero and it's game over.

There are only two threats across the entire game — 39 and his plushie counterpart, Plushy 39. The gameplay has been described as simple on its own, but the constant comedic interruptions from 39 keep every night entertaining.

A Surprisingly Deep Story

Beneath the crude jokes lies a story that most players don't see coming. Justin and his group of friends are murdered at a birthday party and transformed into animatronics. For reasons not entirely clear, 39 (formerly Justin) ends up destroying his fellow animatronics, leaving him completely alone in the Advert Studio for two decades.

Sam arrives seeking answers after 39 claims to have killed his son, Clyde Samson. What follows across seven nights is an unlikely arc — from hostility to something resembling friendship. Night 6 features the game's most infamous scene, where the player catches 39 in a compromising moment and records it through the cameras. By Night 7, 39 and Sam have actually become friends, but the arrival of 39 2.0 — a newer model meant to replace the original — turns everything tragic. Sam is killed, 39 is expelled from the studio, and Plushy 39, his only companion for 20 years, is left trapped inside.

The ending hits harder than any comedy game has a right to. As one reviewer put it: "Despite this game being a comedy game, it still manages to kind of make you slightly sad in the end."

What the Community Says

Despite flying under the radar compared to bigger fan games, Five Nights with 39 has earned a passionate following and serious praise from those who've played it:

Multiple reviewers have called 39 the Bunny "one of the best fan game characters ever," praising his raw personality and the way he carries the entire experience on his shoulders.

The game has been described as "heavily underappreciated" and even "probably the most Peak FNAF fan game ever made" by dedicated fans. While not the scariest entry in the genre — far from it — it's consistently called "one of the most entertaining ones" thanks to how effectively the humor works.

Players particularly appreciate that the developer made it purely for fun, not profit, as a personal one-week challenge. That handmade charm comes through in every interaction with 39, and as fans often note: "The game really does put a smile on your face."

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