What is chasing me?

You do not always know the name of the thing in the room with you. Search by what you actually saw or heard — a music box, screaming, a fake ID — and get the one response that works.

Last verified 28 July 2026 · game version: launch build (22 July 2026)

What did you see or hear?

Showing all 7 threats

Marionette

Hostile: Yes — boss · Achievement: Last Performance (35.1%)

The music box decides the fight before it starts. Let the melody finish three times and there is no counter left.

The Dentist

Hostile: Yes · Achievement: —

Run. Nothing else works. This is the one enemy in the game you cannot fight — attacking it kills you.

Jack-in-the-Box

Hostile: Yes · Achievement: —

Keep winding it. The threat is the moment it stops, not the box itself.

Shrieking Doll

Hostile: Yes · Achievement: Silenced (87.8%)

Killable — it comes to you. You do not need to hunt it down.

Demented

Hostile: Yes · Achievement: Freed (75.3%)

Killable. Straightforward fight compared to everything else on this list.

Norbert

Hostile: No · Achievement: —

Leave him alone. Norbert scans as a fake ID on Night 2 and is completely harmless — killing him is one of the most common avoidable mistakes.

Doppelgangers

Hostile: Yes · Achievement: First Blood (96.6%)

Identification, not combat. They copy a real customer's appearance, voice and story — the scanner tells you a document is fake, not that the person is hostile.

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The two mistakes that kill people

Attacking the Dentist

It is the only threat in the game that cannot be fought. If you try, you die. Running is not a fallback here — it is the entire counterplay. See the Dentist.

Killing Norbert

Norbert scans as a fake ID on Night 2 and is completely harmless. The scanner tells you a document is fake — not that the customer is hostile. See Norbert.