Friday the 13th: The Game
Friday the 13th: The Game is a third-person horror, survival game where players take on the role of a teen counselor, or for the first time ever, Jason Voorhees. You and six other unlucky souls will do…
Friday the 13th: The Game is an indie developed by Illfonic, released 25 May 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Friday the 13th: The Game is
Friday the 13th: The Game is an indie game developed by Illfonic and released in 2017. It was published by Gun Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Friday the 13th: The Game is a 2017 asymmetrical survival horror game developed by IllFonic and published by Gun Media. It is based on the Friday the 13th franchise. The game was released on May 26, 2017, as a digital release and later released on October 13, 2017, as a physical release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A Nintendo Switch version was released on August 13, 2019. As of January 1, 2025, the game is no longer playable online.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, stealth and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 53 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Friday the 13th series
Friday the 13th: The Game is the third of 5 entries we hold in the Friday the 13th series. It arrived 28 years after Friday the 13th. The next entry was Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle in 2018. Its critic score of 61 is 11 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle at 80.
How it was received
Friday the 13th: The Game holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 10 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 64, across 107 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-530 (2 * 2930), AMD Athlon II X2 270 (2 * 3400), 4096 MB RAM and GeForce GTX 650 Ti (1024 MB), Radeon HD 7770 (1024 MB). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Friday the 13th: The Game launched on 25 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Injustice 2, Tekken 7 and RiME. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Prey, Injustice 2, Tekken 7, RiME.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Friday the 13th: The Game yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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