Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 was released earlier this year, so it’s a great time to get reacquainted with the series so far. As with all video game franchises, not all the installments are created equal.

Chapter 5 launches on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch, bringing new horrors, deeper lore and terrifying puzzles to Playtime Co.

Morgan Pinder is a writer at GameRant and a graduate researcher at Deakin University in Australia. Their research interests are in video games, environmentalism and gothic media. Morgan’s most recent ...