Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game
Developer IllFonic, Teravision Games
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game is a 2024 asymmetrical survival horror game developed by IllFonic and Teravision Games and published by IllFonic. Based on the 1988 film of the same name, the game was released on June 4, 2024 as a digital release and on October 15, 2024 as a physical release. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
659 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
107 positive · 71 negative
95% range 53–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 44 | 6 | 344 |
| Steam reviews | 107 | 71 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 1 | 35 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
What players are saying
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 172 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (2,882 of 3,883 positive).
Players praise the fun, goofy gameplay and its similarity to Friday the 13th. [1][2][3] Many reviewers complain the game is dead with a small player base and bot-filled lobbies. [1][4][5] Several posters allege the developer abandoned the game after a year, wasting its potential. [6][7][8]
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Was so stoked for this game coming out....but also nervous due to their track record and they abandoned yet another game that had so much potential! Killer Klowns Fans have been wanting this for so long and the worst devs end up doing said project and just leaving it in the dust. Dont give these devs any $$$ cause they dont deserve it
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Another pretty solid asymetrical survival horror game that had tons of potential to be a worthy competitor to DBD abandoned by a terrible publisher IIfonic after a year, which is something they do a lot. Make a game, give it a year of support with barely enough new content to keep people around and then leaving it to die resulting on a sad average player count of 20 people playing daily with most of the lobbies …
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This game was genuinely so fun, and its unfortunate at how fast it died out. I genuinely believe if you guys make a comeback I highly recommend (due to its low player base and lack of major updates) that it should go on sale to get some people back into it AND maybe that will encourage more updating on behalf of the team especially with new maps and cosmetics. Most of the comments I used to hear is how expensive it …
- [4]
7/10. I absolutely loved this game, but I think it just came out at the wrong time. It was way too expensive at launch, and it released during a period when people weren’t really trusting new asymmetrical games. As a result, it never got super popular, and the servers died pretty quickly so most matches you were lucky to find a full lobby without bots. If this game had more players, I think it could be amazing.
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So far the game is pretty fun, surprisingly it's pretty easy to find a full game with real people. i'm enjoying my time playing with friends, the game feels like friday the 13th and proximity chat is too fun. and yes you will meet toxic sweats that will call you slurs like if you're back in 2012
Summarised from 34 of the 476 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
Players who liked Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game talk about fun and goofy asymmetrical multiplayer experience; those who didn't talk about game is dead with very few active players. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Alex James Kane of RogerEbert.com wrote: "I didn't expect to be charmed or wowed by a game starring murderous clowns. But this is a polished, smartly designed experience that iterates on the asymmetrical-horror formula in some impressive ways." Kenneth Seward Jr. of Game Informer gave the game a mostly positive review, writing: "In its current state, Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game is a good asymmetrical multiplayer game. The gameplay mechanics that help balance the competitive roles reinforce the lessons IllFonic has learned over the years, while its comical…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 659 · most liked first'Killer Klowns from Outer Space' was released on this day 38 years ago! (May 27th, 1988) Directed by Stephen Chiodo. Written by Stephen & Charles Chiodo. Starring Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon, and more. #OTD #OnThisDay #KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace
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neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) 🎥 Directed by Stephen Chiodo #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space should have been garbage—but it's gold. Killer Klowns from Outer Space should have been garbage—but it's gold. I expected a one-joke title stretched into 88 minutes. I mean—Killer. Klowns. From Outer Space. That’s a prank call of a name. But here’s the thing: it works. Against all odds, it works. I went in expecting cheese. The kind of late-night VHS dreck that’s so bad it lulls you to sleep. And yet, this one somehow lands the triple-flip: funny, creepy, and…
positive · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a peak film.
neutral · AI labelView post →My brain has no idea how to process the news that Ryan Gosling is producing a Killer Klowns From Outer Space remake.
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988).  When teenagers Mike and Debbie see a comet crash outside of their sleepy town, they go to investigate and discover a troop of murderous aliens who look like circus clowns. 
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neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) 🎥🤡 Directed by Stephen Chiodo
neutral · AI labelView post →Jojo the Klownzilla from the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space!
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game. Surprise surprise, it's another post-Friday horror scavenger hunt that makes alien clowns boring: www.thejimquisition.com/post/killer-...
negative · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) 🎥 Directed by Stephen Chiodo #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Shirt of the Day Vol. 8 May 1st, 2025 Killer Klowns from Outer Space
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the most iconic horror movie theme songs of all time is Killer Klowns from The Dickies, the main theme for 1988 horror-comedy Killer Klowns from Outer Space composed by John Massari, and Massari has today released his own punk-style cover of the classic Dickies song:
neutral · AI labelView post →Mattel is teasing a KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE Monster High doll, releasing next week. Available 5/15 on Mattel Creations & Amazon. Stay tuned... 🤡
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) By Devon Whitehead
neutral · AI labelView post →There are honestly so, so many genuinely artistic games if you just look beyond the AAA sphere. - Disco Elysium - Undertale & Deltarune - Ori and the Blind Forest - Happy's Humble Burger Farm - Garten of Banban 3 - Among Us 3D: VR - Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game - Garten of Banban 5
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 3/100 of Horror Movie Watches: *Candyman (1992) *Gremlins (1984) *Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) *Sleepaway Camp (1983)
neutral · AI labelView post →MusicChallenge #KillerTunes 10/28 Pennywise – It Killer Klowns from Outer Space The Dickies ‧ 1988 m.youtube.com/watch?v=IQeT...
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) #filmsky 🎬 #movies 🎬 #cinema 🎬📽🎥🎞
neutral · AI labelView post →The campy masterpiece that is KILLER KLOWNS from Outer Space was released on this day in 1988 #horror #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →"Amazon MGM Studios has reportedly partnered with Oscar nominee and blockbuster actor Ryan Gosling to develop the Killer Klowns From Outer Space remake of the Chiodo brothers’ 1988 cult classic horror comedy. This comes ahead of the movie’s 35th anniversary celebration of its theatrical release."
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) Stephen Chiodo
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neutral · AI labelView post →Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter “K” 🎥 K is for… ‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space’ (1988) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →[IGN - Review in progress] Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game. Actually... sounds quite interesting. Like a more casual and chaotic take on DbD, which to me at least sounds like exactly what that formula could use.
positive · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) 🖤🎬 Directed by Stephen Chiodo
neutral · AI labelView post →The official KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE Monster High doll has been fully revealed ahead its online release this Friday. Here's everything you need to know: bloody-disgusting.com/news/3951391...
neutral · AI labelView post →KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (Chiodo, 1988)
neutral · AI labelView post →Was so stoked for this game coming out....but also nervous due to their track record and they abandoned yet another game that had so much potential! Killer Klowns Fans have been wanting this for so long and the worst devs end up doing said project and just leaving it in the dust. Dont give these devs any $$$ cause they dont deserve it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Director Stephen Chiodo
neutral · AI labelView post →This game had tons of potential that was wasted by the terrible company, Illfonic that bought it. If you look in the game's initial trailer, it had special abilities for each Klown and a much better Klownpocalypse that clearly had more effort put into it. This game needs to get completely redone by a different company that understands how to keep games alive and update frequently. Had tons of potential that was fumbled by the lies and laziness of the terrible game developers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space says ACAB btw
neutral · AI labelView post →4. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) Dir. Stephen Chiodo #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 21 of putting drawings in my son’s lunch… Introduced the kids to Killer Klowns from Outer Space the other night and only the boy liked it 🤷🏻♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Killer Klowns from Outer Space day to all who celebrate
neutral · AI labelView post →Another pretty solid asymetrical survival horror game that had tons of potential to be a worthy competitor to DBD abandoned by a terrible publisher IIfonic after a year, which is something they do a lot. Make a game, give it a year of support with barely enough new content to keep people around and then leaving it to die resulting on a sad average player count of 20 people playing daily with most of the lobbies being filled with bots instead of actual people. And unfortunately, not even enough…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Writing about Killer Klowns from Outer Space while I drink from my Klowns mug, like the dork I am
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your favorite subgenre of horror?. Personally, I love horror comedy. I find a good one endlessly rewatchable. Cabin in the Woods, Return of the Living Dead, Tucker & Dale, Scream, frigging Killer Klowns from Outer Space! Definitely my favorite. Otherwise I'm really into paranormal & zombie horror. I think that would make up my top three. Fast > slow zombies.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m live now, let’s hang out and watch Killer Klowns From Outer Space!!! 🪐 🤡🔪 joystick.tv/u/gwengraham
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Friday! It’s time for another Last Four Watched Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Scream 2 (1997) Dead Silence (2007) Evil Dead (2013) #Horror #HorrorSky #MovieSky #FilmSky #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns From Outer Space needs no defending. It's just a terrible great time.
positive · AI labelView post →In weird games news today, reviews are dropping for Killer Klowns from Outer Space (asymmetric multiplayer game) and they're very positive
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns from Outer Space was released #OTD 38 years ago 🤡🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns From Outer Space |1988 www.imdb.com/title/tt0095... 📽️ #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town·
neutral · AI labelView post →I think Killer Klowns from Outer Space is what is widely considered the ultimate sci-fi comedy-horror B-movie. It was made on a low budget of about $1.8 million, features practical special effects, and leans entirely into a campy, deliberately cheesy premise. And GOD, I love it for that!
neutral · AI labelView post →My Campy Halloween Movies. I'm doing a month-long series of campy, classic and unique horror movies. I'm pretty liberal in what gets included, trying for a lot of variety. I'm particularly a fan of spooky comedies (like the Burbs), and generally avoiding big franchise horror series to see more unique stuff. I'm enjoying seeing so many movies I would never come across any other way, even if many of them aren't all that great. So far my favorite is probably Cabin in the Woods or Happy Death…
neutral · AI labelView post →“I’ll knock your block off.” 🍭 Shorty from Killer Klowns From Outer Space 🪐 🎃 Happy Halloween!
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neutral · AI labelView post →Some killer matte paintings in KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space’ 🤡 Artist: Cheezo 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Director Stephen Chiodo
neutral · AI labelView post →Killer Klowns was a very exciting IP to have an Asymmetric Horror game made from and it had so much potential but was left to rot by Illfonic. This might be one of the best examples of a developer abandoning care for a project and still trying to milk it for money. When the game came out they had scrapped one of the Klown classes (Trapper). The entire fanbase was so excited waiting for them to finish it (even if being mad it wasn't included in release like we'd been led to believe it would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disc market share for week ending in 2024-05-18: As it is written, the Lisan al Gaib will save the 4K UHD format!. **Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs** 1. Dune: Part Two 2. Dune: Part One 3. Killer Klowns from Outer Space 4. Imaginary 5. Once Upon a Time in the West 6. Dune 2-Film Collection 7. The Beekeeper 8. The Crow 9. Madame Web 10. American Sniper 11. Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi 12. Dream Scenario 13. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 14. The Thing 15. Ordinary Angels 16. The Hunger Games: The…
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