10 Best Mascot Horror Games on Xbox Series X/S 2025

Mascot horror games make the most terrifying experiences because of the endearment we hold for some of the antagonists. Childhood favorites we used to think of as invincible friends and found so adorable transform into terrifying beasties of the night. It’s an interesting juxtaposition between joy and absolute terror. And that switch-up really makes your palms sweat and threatens shitting your pants.

Although Five Night’s at Freddy dominates the sub-genre, more developers are attempting to replicate its success. And few have succeeded, including the best mascot horror games on Xbox Series X/S below.

10. Ultimate Custom Night

Ultimate Custom Night combines all of the mascot horror gaming experiences than you might know what to do with into one. It brings together seven Five Nights at Freddy’s titles, which make up a whopping 50 animatronics you run into. The base gameplay is, as you might expect, locked in an office, and you must survive the deadly animatronics screaming for your blood.

The best part is that you can mix and match the animatronics, coming up with limitless customizations. You can toggle the difficulty, too, between zero and 20. With two vents, two side doors, and two air hoses leading to your position, and the encounters all randomized in every round, you’ll have your work cut out for you to survive through the night. 

9. Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

Quantity is also Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation’s mantra, with 1,000 rooms to survive through. All of the horrors of the night take place in one haunted mansion, where hideous monsters give chase, and creepy sounds and shadows hug your being. With the HD renovation, you enjoy a better experience, recreated in the Unity engine. It’s a playthrough with better graphics and 3D models, alongside full controller support, new specimens, and additional twists and turns. 

8. Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator

No longer a night guard, you’re tasked with running and managing a pizzeria. But no sooner will you settle into your new job than deadly animatronics will start haunting you. Through scary jump scares and unsettling sounds, you’ll experience the fright of your life in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator. And you’ll have the most fun all along, identifying the animatronics and containing them. 

7. Choo-Choo Charles

Our seventh-ranked title of the best mascot horror games on Xbox Series X/S is Choo-Choo Charles, simulating an intense duel between trains. But these aren’t your typical trains, your own, a clunky, old vessel, incorporating in the face of danger, and Charles, a most grotesque creature with spidery legs and gnashing teeth. 

By optimizing your routes and helping out settlers along your journey, you’ll evade Charles and amass firepower and vital items to destroy your assailant for good.

6. Amanda The Adventurer

The best mascot horror games have a compelling story, and Amanda the Adventurer ranks highly in that category. It has a lot of mystery from the start, creeping into your aunt’s attic to watch the old VHS tapes she left behind. Seemingly, an innocent show plays on, featuring an adorable Amanda and her sidekick Woolly the Sheep. 

But soon, things turn awry when Amanda and Woolly begin addressing you directly. And their instructions leave you little choice but to follow through. 

5. My Friendly Neighborhood

I imagine the repairman you’re tasked with controlling was rudely interrupted, having their well-earned Saturday break. And to check out the strange happenings at the old studios of a morning puppet show of all things. 

Anyway, you head out to work as Gordon, entering the seemingly abandoned studio set. But then, the puppets from the show start to talk to you, and whatever they say isn’t very friendly. Their demeanor, their appearance… something is terribly, terribly wrong at My Friendly Neighborhood’s studios.

4. Bendy and the Ink Machine

Bendy and the Ink Machine’s art style stands out the most, mimicking the black-and-white of old cartoons like Mickey Mouse. Yet, the atmosphere and sounds aren’t exactly childlike. An eerie feeling quickly settles in, as odd events begin to unfold. Merging a creepy yellow and black color palette, you explore trippy rooms; ghastly creatures and animatronics wanting you dead.

3. Finding Frankie

As for Finding Frankie, it caters to mascot horror fans looking to pump adrenaline across intense parkour levels. Terrifying, twisted creatures give chase as you jump, roll, and slide through nightmarish, parkour courses. The bright colors juxtaposed with lightning-fast gameplay give off a trippy experience. Might as well be on drugs, with the split-second decisions you’ll have to make to escape death. 

All of this is a game show in which you’re a contestant, alongside two other guys. And your ability to game under pressure, wall jumping, rail grinding, and trampoline hopping is what will set you apart from the competition. 

2. Poppy Playtime

Looking to explore a bit more in the best mascot horror games on Xbox Series X/S, then try out Poppy Playtime. Many of the levels have chase sequences, though. So, you always have to be ready to make a break for it whenever you run into something terrifying. Otherwise, it’s a slower-paced ride, solving clever enough puzzles, and surviving using the supplies you find in the environment. 

Given the easy-to-learn controls, you’ll be exploring Playtime’s abandoned toy factory in no time and uncovering the secrets that led to its toys acting so bizarrely. 

1. Five Nights at Freddy’s

And at last, we have Five Nights at Freddy’s, a must-play for anyone curious about mascot horror games. Its replayability value is through the roof, with limitless ways you can defend yourself from the animatronics that want you dead. Even when you’re stuck in an office and tasked with blocking all the entry points with whatever tools and resources you can find, it’s always fun scampering during the intense moments.

It seems with every playthrough, there’s always a new secret to discover. And that alone has propelled multiple releases over the years, the best ones being Help Wanted and Secret Breach, among others.