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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

"From the makers of Slayaway Camp—the award-winning “Bloodiest Puzzle Game Ever”—comes an even more frightening puzzler starring one of horror’s most iconic killers. Now you can go behind the hockey mask of…

80 19 January 2018

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is an indie developed by Blue Wizard Digital, released 19 January 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android.

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What Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is an indie game developed by Blue Wizard Digital and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"From the makers of Slayaway Camp—the award-winning “Bloodiest Puzzle Game Ever”—comes an even more frightening puzzler starring one of horror’s most iconic killers. Now you can go behind the hockey mask of Jason Voorhees on his mission to murder unfortunate campers at Crystal Lake and beyond. Players control Jason by sliding him around an isometric puzzle level to attack his victims, either directly with a variety of weapons, or indirectly, by frightening them into environmental hazards like campfires, bear traps, and woodchippers. Gruesome reflex-based “Kill Scenes” punctuate the puzzling as you progress through multiple episodes, from classic campgrounds to more exotic locations such as…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 51 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Friday the 13th series

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is the fourth of 5 entries we hold in the Friday the 13th series. It arrived 8 months after Friday the 13th: The Game. The next entry was MultiVersus in 2024. Its critic score of 80 is 8 points above the series average of 72. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core i (i3, i5, i7) Level CPU, 2 GB RAM and Integrated Graphics. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle launched on 19 January 2018, within three weeks of Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus and Shadow of the Colossus (2018). All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus, Shadow of the Colossus (2018).

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle — frequently asked questions

When did Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle come out?
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle was released on 19 January 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle?
At minimum, Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle needs Core i (i3, i5, i7) Level CPU, 2 GB RAM, Integrated Graphics graphics, 300 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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