 Teasers for a new game began appearing on Cawthon's website in late 2017.On December 4, 2017, Cawthon released "Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator" on Steam as freeware, which fans presumed to be the game he had referred to previously.In February 2018, Cawthon announced on a Steam post that he would think about gaining help from larger publishers in making future games.