POPGOES Arcade

Released Jul 2022

Battle the corrupt animals of the forest, collect valuable items and abilities, and save the world, TWICE, in this retro-styled RPG adventure! As an official spinoff of the Five Nights at Freddy's horror game series, you can expect familiar characters, loads of secrets, and maybe some scares...

92% positive · 1,903 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Steam Updated 4 Oct 2026 $4.99

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Evaluation

POPGOES Arcade launched on Steam on July 1, 2022, shipping with two complete RPG campaigns: "The Dead Forest" and "The Machinist." The developer released several feature patches and quality-of-life updates in the weeks following launch. In June 2024, the developer announced a major overhaul called "Fighting Chance," and after about a year of development, it launched on June 26, 2025. The release post explicitly stated that "all of the planned content has been implemented and works as intended." A follow-up polish update called "WRAPPED UP!" shipped on August 5, 2025, adding achievement warnings, balance adjustments, and other improvements based on player feedback — effectively completing the Fighting Chance content cycle. The store description now references Fighting Chance as an overhaul "released in 2025," framing it as a finished addition. The only DLC on record is the soundtrack, which shipped on August 15, 2022. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced future content, and no roadmap pointing to additional updates. The most recent developer communication was a bug fix and quality-of-life patch (version 3.1.9) on June 24, 2026, which added two new achievements and fixed several minor issues. This is purely maintenance activity — no new content was announced alongside it — and is consistent with a developer continuing to polish a completed game rather than signaling an ongoing content push. The developer has not announced any future content or suggested that development is continuing in a substantive way.

Evidence

WRAPPED UP! polish update shipped, completing the Fighting Chance content cycle with balance fixes and quality-of-life improvements based on player feedback

news post · Aug 5, 2025 source development ending

high

Fighting Chance major overhaul launched, with the developer explicitly stating 'all of the planned content has been implemented and works as intended'

news post · Jun 26, 2025 source development ending

high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Released

POPGOES Arcade Soundtrack

Aug 2022

Media

Details

Developer

Kane Carter

Publisher

Clickteam

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player

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About this game

POPGOES is an official Five Nights at Freddy's spinoff series, produced by Scott Cawthon and developed by fans as part of the "Fazbear Fanverse Initiative".

In POPGOES Arcade you'll play through two RPG campaigns: "POPGOES: The Dead Forest" (originally released for free in 2020) and "POPGOES and The Machinist" (a built-in sequel for the Steam release!). These fun, colourful, and mysterious adventures will introduce you to new characters like Popgoes the Weasel and Manora the Mouse, but with no attention taken from classic FNAF characters like Chica the Chicken and Foxy the Pirate.