Friday Night Funkin' is a free-to-play rhythm game that was originally released in 2020 as part of a game jam. reminiscent of games like Parappa the Rapper and Flash Flash Revolution, the game features a blend of stylized animations, several guest characters from the internet's past, great music, and high-quality rhythm-game gameplay.
Due to the game's open-source nature, not only is modding Friday Night Funkin' easy but it's directly encouraged by the creators of the game. This has led to the creation of a myriad of high-quality mods being released that rival the quality of the original game itself. So today, we're going to explore the ten most impressive Friday Night Funkin' mods, featuring original music and visuals.
Updated on October 3, 2021, by Paul DiSalvo: With the frankly overwhelming amount of mods that are continuously being made for Friday Night Funkin, players can find mods that scratch various itches.
While some fundamentally alter the game’s mechanics, altering not just visuals and music, but core gameplay that makes a mod feel like a completely different game, other mods add elements such as fully animated cutscenes that help flesh out the experience and bring it to life.
15 Vs. Singe And Sear
One of the most underrated FNF mods around, Vs. Singe and Sear has a solid amount of new content and fun musical charts that tend to have a mellow vibe (albeit with one exception). This mod’s story features four songs alongside dialogue between each song, framing the events of the story.
Uniquely this mod features an alternate mode called Inferno mode that utilizes the same music, with altered visuals to be made up entirely of red and black, for a visual style reminiscent of the Virtual Boy.
14 Vs. Agoti
Vs. Agoti is an incredibly well-rounded mod that’s a solid choice for players of intermediate and high skill levels. Toting expressive character animations for not just the mod’s opponent, but the Girlfriend, this mod blends impressive visuals with memorable music and charts that feature a decent range of difficulty levels across its three songs, the last of which is definitely a highlight.
13 Vs. Accelerant Hank
For those familiar with the ever-popular Vs. Tricky Mod, Vs Accelerant Hank is a similar mod that features the character of Hank from Madness Combat, the same source as Tricky.
While featuring several songs that progressively ramp up in difficulty, testing even the most veteran players, this mod features several difficulty levels that throw more and more obstacles at the player, such as arrows that must intentionally be missed. When paired with the already arduous difficulty level of this mod's songs, if you have a pretty unforgiving mod on your hands.
12 Vs. CJ Starlight Mayhem
While far from the most difficult FNF mod, Vs. CJStarlight Mayhem is a mod that features a lot to be appreciated. With a solid amount of content, featuring three songs, Vs. CJ’s difficulty level doesn't demand too much from the player, making it a solid choice for intermediate players.
Additionally, the mod also features elements such as dynamic backgrounds that change over the course of songs and dynamic camera zoom that is timed with musical cues that hello to give it some life.
11 Vs. Matt
Vs. Matt is a mod inspired by Wii Sports that appears quite unassuming at first, with the earliest songs being charming while manageable. However, the second week of Vs. Matt becomes one of the fastest-paced and skill-testing Friday Night Funkin’ mods that are currently available.
Most notably, the tracks “Sporting” and “Boxing Match” are noteworthy tests of skill for the most experienced players, including massive volumes of notes with a high tempo. It's safe to say that the difficulty level in the Vs. Matt mod greatly outweighs even the hardest of songs available within the base version of Friday Night Funkin'.
10 V.S. Whitty
By and large, the most well-known Friday Night Funkin' mod, V.S. Whitty adds an additional week in which the player faces off against the mod's namesake Whitty. While the Mod feature's well-done animation between songs, fitting the game's previously established visual style, but the mod's three songs each cater to players of differing skill levels.
While Lo-Fight is a mellow and somewhat easy song, Overhead is an enjoyable playthrough for intermediate-level players, while the final song of the mod, Ballistic is quite challenging for even the most skilled of players.
9 Smoke Em Out Struggle
While many mods aim to include blazingly fast tracks with difficulty that aim to push players to their limits, Smoke Em Out Struggle is a much more laid-back mod.
With accessible tracks that should be manageable for players of any and all skill levels, the mod has the player face off against the smoker, Garcello. With three full songs and even an animated cutscene, Smoke Em Out Struggle is worth checking out for players of all skill levels.
8 V.S. Hex
V.S. Hex is another mod like Smoke Em Out that shows restraint in regards to its difficulty, with each song being quite tame, and the most difficult track being on par with that of Week 4.
Featuring rap battles against the lovable basketball-playing robot Hex, the mod is quite endearing, featuring several cute conversations between songs. While both the music and visuals of this mod are high quality, Hex's endearing dialogue is one of its most memorable features.
7 Tricky
Another very popular mod, Tricky puts the player up against Tricky the Clown of Madness Combat. Featuring several fully animated cutscenes, while the early stages of this mod have difficulty on par with that of the original game, as it progresses, the difficulty really ramps up.
However, while this mod is indeed difficult, it utilizes difficulty in unique and interesting ways such as through distractions and notes that the player is intentionally supposed to miss.
6 Tabi
Tabi, also known as V.S. Ex-Boyfriend is a mod that has a great deal in common with V.S. Whitty. Containing three songs of varying difficulties, high-quality music, and unique animations, the quality here is undeniable.
The mod's visual and musical styles while different than what is currently in the core game, gel well with the original Friday Night Funkin' experience. In addition to its solid gameplay, music, and visuals, this mod has the distinction of being fully voice-acted.
5 V.S. Neon
After the release of Friday Night Funkin's Week 6, it's a surprise that more mods haven't taken the approach of the V.S. Neon mod and utilized 16-bit visuals.
Made by the creator of indie-platformer, Advent NEON, this mod functions as a crossover between Advent NEON and Friday Night Funkin', prioritizing, visuals and style rather than absurd difficulty.
4 Mid Fight Masses
Alongside Whitty, Mid Fight Masses is one of the most popular Friday Night Funkin' mods, and for good reason. Receiving several updates that have provided the mod with additional polish, while the mod may start somewhat unassuming, the difficulty progressively ramps up with every song.
With great music that feels like it would be at home in the original game, while these songs may be difficult, they are far from the most egregiously hard mod tracks around and are perfect for skilled players.
3 V.S. Sunday
V.S. Sunday is a mod that had an obvious amount of love and care put into it, featuring an animated opening cutscene alongside voice acting, not unlike the Tabi mod.
However, this mod takes the music of Friday Night Funkin' in a very different direction, referencing other iconic rhythm games like Guitar Hero. With a manageable difficulty level, this is a mod that would be appreciated by fans of Friday Night Funkin' and the larger rhythm game genre as well.
2 B Sides
Similar to V.S. Whitty and Mid Fight Masses, B Sides is an incredibly popular mod that has garnered quite the following. Rather than featuring brand new tracks and animations, B Sides uses palette altered versions of every character in the core game and features remixes of every song in the original release, save for those in Week 7.
Rather than simply using alternate or augmented instrumentation, these remixes fundamentally change every song and severely raise the difficulty, making it a natural progression for players to experience after completing the content currently available in the main game.
1 Big Brother
While Friday Night Funkin's is a game full of opponents such as Week 6's Senpai and Week 7's Tank Man that are quite antagonistic, the Big Brother mod has a very sentimental atmosphere, putting the player up against the Boyfriend's older brother.
With five playable songs and voice-acted conversations between songs, while the mod features an intermediate difficulty level with fun to play tracks, there is a noticeable priority put on the characters, dialogue, and overall quality rather than difficulty.
Friday Night Funkin' was released on October 5, 2020, and is available on PC, web browsers, and Android devices.