Five Nights at Freddy's launched in 2014 as an indie horror game built around security cameras, limited power, and animatronic characters that attack with sudden screams. That FNAF jumpscare scream became one of gaming's most copied scare sounds, shared across YouTube edits, soundboards, and meme compilations. Fans later made evolution edits that stack or boost the scream to make each version sound louder than the last. The format survives because the noise is instantly recognisable, even when used ironically outside a real horror scene.