History VideoGame / FridayThe13thTheGame

''Friday the 13th: The Game'' is a 2017 SurvivalHorror[=/=]AsymmetricMultiplayer game based on the original ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' film series, developed by Creator/IllFonic and published by Gun Media. It was released on May 26th, 2017 for PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne, while an "Ultimate Slasher Edition" was released on August 13th, 2019 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

In November of 2020, it was announced that [[http://forum.f13game.com/topic/28907-the-future-of-friday-the-13th-the-game/ the game would receive its final update that month and, with it, the dedicated servers for the game would be shut down with peer-to-peer matchmaking being used for Quick Play lobbies going forward along with a permanent increase to XP, CP and Tape Drop rates]].

The game includes contributions from several key participants in the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise, including Cunningham, composer Harry Manfredini, effects legend Creator/TomSavini, Tommy Jarvis' actor Thom Matthews and the big J himself, Creator/KaneHodder.

In June of 2018, after a cessation of rights caused by a lawsuit between Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham over the ''Friday the 13th'' rights, the development of new content for ''Friday the 13th: The Game'' was permanently cancelled. A few months later in September, [=IllFonic=] departed as developers for the game and Black Tower Studios took over development for any future balancing and bugfixing patches. [=IllFonic=] would go on to create licensed asymmetrical multiplayer games for other properties such as ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace''.

A few years later in June 2023, it was announced that [[https://twitter.com/Friday13thGame/status/1666811485811806210 the game would be delisted from all digital storefronts and stop being sold physically after December 31st, 2023 due to an expiration of license.]] The game's price was reduced to $4.99 with all DLC being priced at $0.99 to allow anyone who hasn't gotten the game yet to get it cheaply before it becomes unpurchaseable. The game is planned to still function [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames until December 31st, 2024]].

In June of 2018, after a cessation of rights caused by a lawsuit between Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham over the ''Friday the 13th'' rights, the development of new content for ''Friday the 13th: The Game'' was permanently cancelled. A few months later in September, [=IllFonic=] departed as developers for the game and Black Tower Studios took over development for any future balancing and bugfixing patches. [=IllFonic=] would go on to create another licensed asymmetrical multiplayer for the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' franchise, ''VideoGame/PredatorHuntingGrounds''.

A few years later in June 2023, it was announced that [[https://twitter.com/Friday13thGame/status/1666811485811806210 the game would be delisted from all digital storefronts and stop being sold physically after December 31st, 2023 due to an expiration of license.]] The game's price was reduced to $4.99 with all DLC being priced at $0.99 to allow anyone who hasn't gotten the game yet to get it cheaply before it becomes unpurchaseable. The game is planned to still function until December 31st, 2024.

A few years later in June 2023, it was announced that [[https://twitter.com/Friday13thGame/status/1666811485811806210 the game would be delisted from all digital storefronts and stop being sold physically after December 31st, 2023 due toan expiration of license.]] The game's price was reduced to $4.99 with all DLC being priced at $0.99 to allow anyone who hasn't gotten the game yet to get it cheaply before it becomes unpurchaseable. The game is planned to still function until December 31st, 2024.

A few years later in June 2023, it was announced that [[https://twitter.com/Friday13thGame/status/1666811485811806210 the game would be delisted from all digital storefronts and stop being sold physically after December 31st, 2023 due toan expiration of license.]] The game's price was reduced to $4.99 with all DLC being priced at $0.99 to allow anyone who hasn't gotten the game yet to get it cheaply before it becomes unpurchaseable.

A few years later in June 2023, it was announced that [[https://twitter.com/Friday13thGame/status/1666811485811806210 ''Friday the 13th: The Game'' would be delisted from all digital storefronts and stop being sold physically after December 31st, 2023 due toan expiration of license.]] The game's price was reduced to $4.99 with all DLC being priced at $0.99 to allow anyone who hasn't gotten the game yet to get it cheaply before it becomes unpurchaseable.

-->'''Dr. Marino''': I'm still trying to find out how has been [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreetlacerating himself while sleeping...]]

-->'''Dr. Marino''': I'm still trying to find out how has been [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreetlacerating himself while sleeping.[[

* AscendedFanfic: This was originally going to be an {{Expy}} homage to the films before they acquired the license.

** Jogging. It's not as fast or impressive looking as running, but it is often ''much'' more practical, due to not burning through stamina nearly as fast as running and being less noisy as well.

** One environmental kill Jason can do is drowning a person in the toilet.

** The players could call the police much too late in the game, and the match itself will run out of time before they would even have a chance to arrive.

* ContinuityPorn: There's massive numbers of homages as well as references, thoughout.
* ContinuitySnarl: A proof that Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, there are a lot of characters from different parts of the timeline. Tommy Jarvis wouldn't be an adult at the time the game is set, Shelly and Fox [[spoiler:die in Part 3]], and this doesn't fit with the fact that Crystal Lake was shut down after Jason's first murder spree (which lasted from Part 2 to Part 4). That's not including all the various Jasons which wouldn't make sense in the game's context. It's all RuleOfCool anyway, so it doesn't matter, though.

* CutPhoneLines: As the phones are needed to summon aid, Jason can destroy the phone lines. Notably, the phone starts disabled and must be repaired (after finding a fuse), and Jason can break it once it's been repaired. Of course, a Counselor can fix it again, and Jason can then break it again…

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Both averted ''and'' played-straight for the Switch port. Aside from the main menu, the actions of the A and B buttons are flipped from pretty much every other game released on a Nintendo system (with A now being for "cancel" and B being for "confirm". This is reasonable for people that played the game on [=PS4=] or Xbox One (where the confirm/cancel buttons are placed differently than on a Nintendo controller), but for Nintendo fans, it can be pretty disorienting ([[spoiler:not to mention it screws up the KonamiCode needed to access the debug menu in the Virtual Cabin]]).

* DeathByCameo: [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter Rob Dier]] appears in the intro for every map… and promptly becomes Jason's first victim.

* DestinationDefenestration: Players can dive through windows to make a quick escape… although if the window is closed or high up, it can be very dangerous. In addition, one of Jason's context kills has him chucking his victim through windows. This looks really cool when Jason throws them out an intact and[=/=]or second story window… out an open first-floor window, not so much.
* DeusAxMachina: A possible weapon for the counselors can be found lying around that deals the most damage to Jason. [[spoiler:If everything is done correctly, it's one of the two possible weapons that can be used by Tommy to deal the final blow and ''kill'' Jason.]]

* ExcusePlot: Played straight for the multiplayer as it skips past all the typical DevelopingDoomedCharacters and gets straight to the murder.

** The Jasons from Parts 2, 3, and 4 are still human, as only Parts VI through IX are undead. While this is reflected in them being less durable than the undead Jasons, they're still very much capable of surviving just as much punishment as their zombie counterpart and they still hear Pamela's voice saying they can never die.

* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: One of the loading screen images shows a good example of this, as well as DeathBySex.

* ClassicVideoGameScrewYous: To heal your injured counselor player takes about 2-3 seconds of animation, but [[InstantDeathRadius if Jason's too close]], he can melee your character again and again, stunlocking and preventing you from using the first aid spray.

* AnAxeToGrind: A possible weapon for the counselors, and four of the Jason skins (Parts 2, 3, 8, and 9) have varieties of it as their weapon. [[spoiler:If everything is done correctly, it's one of the weapons that can be used by Tommy to kill Jason.]]

* ImprovisedWeapon: The counselors can use just about anything they pick up as a weapon against Jason, though some are better than others. Jason himself can use various objects for kill moves, though ''only'' for kill moves. Part VI Jason uses the piece of fence as a spear he did at first in his film as his WeaponOfChoice.

** All of Jason's playable forms are given period-appropriate weapons; Jason Parts 2, 3, and 4 don't have his [[WeaponOfChoice trademark]] machete, but instead a pick-axe, a plain ax, and a meat cleaver. Part 6 uses a piece of fence as a spear, as he did in his movie. Part 8 has a fire ax, which, while not onscreen, he did use to kill a deckhand.

* TruerToTheText: The game is much more faithful to the feel of the ''Friday the 13th'' movies than previous efforts; the camp counselors are trying to escape Jason rather than trying to find him or get rid of him (although they ''can'' kill him with some effort), Jason can commit many of his infamously creative kills, and the game's visual filters intentionally try to recreate how one would view a movie or video in the 1980s to make the experience that much closer to the aesthetic of the movies. Also, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 Jason don't use his trademark machete, which he hadn't adopted as his WeaponOfChoice in those films yet. Instead they use a pickaxe, an axe, a meat cleaver, and gardening shears, respectively, weapons that Jason more accurately wielded during those movies. Part VI uses the piece of fence he used for the first part of his film as his main weapon, though his machete is still on him.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each version of Jason has a signature weapon, based on what he used in the movies:

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheComputerGame'' from 1985.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: In the single-player mode, all A.I. counselors automatically spawn with a pocket-knife, first aid spray, and possibly other items and weapons, to compensate for the fact that the computer A.I. is ''[[ArtificialStupidity significantly]]'' dumber than a human player.
* CompetitiveBalance: Jason may be a MightyGlacier, but the counselors can fight back. If the counselors work and coordinate together flawlessly, Jason's at a disadvantage, but likewise, if they don't and unpredictably hide around the map, Jason can still have a hard time [[CatAndMouseBoss finding and killing everyone]] before the time limit expires.

** As fear takes hold of the counselors, their vision will become increasingly impaired, their minimap may disappear, and they will trip more often while running.
** Jason's teleporting abilities cause an OminousVisualGlitch when used near counselors, and his "Stalk" ability disables the in-game musical cues that warn players when Jason is close.

* UnsafeHaven: It will only the Jason player mere moments to break into any barricaded building, some cabins are indefensible, but sometimes as a counselor it's your only refuge. Fighting the ImplacableMan alone out in the wilderness is ''suicide''.