Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game – Reviews

Game Information

Game Title: Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game

Platforms:

• Xbox Series X/S (Jun 4, 2024)
• PC (Jun 4, 2024)
• Xbox One (Jun 4, 2024)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGKDDgLlW9k

Developers: IllFonic, Terravision Games

Publisher: IllFonic Publishing

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic – 70 average – 44% recommended – 10 reviews

Critic Reviews

CGMagazine – Jordan Biordi – 6.5 / 10

Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game takes a good premise from a bad movie and makes it into a mediocre game.

Entertainium – Eduardo Rebouças – Liked-a-lot

Killer Klowns from Outer Space The Game, much like the movie, is an acquired taste, and in very similar fashion, if you’re in the right mind and are among a group that knows what they are in for and are game, there’s a very good time to be had with it. The potential is there, same way as other games in the niche, for this to be a hit, and it’ll all fall to whether or not folks will buy into it. I for one will enjoy seeing how it all plays out as it hits retail.

GAMES.CH – Sarah Schindler – German – 73%

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PCGamesN – Danielle Rose – 8 / 10

For fans of asymmetrical multiplayer games, Killer Klowns from Outer Space does what many others before have not, almost perfecting the likes of balance, down time, and match length, and it deserves to be considered among the best in the genre. Illfonic's game fills the gap left by Friday the 13th and checks every box in style, but its lesser-known IP may prevent well-deserved longevity.

PSX Brasil – Ivan Nikolai Barkow Castilho – Portuguese – 60 / 100

Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game uses an already established formula from a different source material. It's a simple game that can be interesting for those who like asymmetrical multiplayer, but there are numerous balance and variety issues that greatly affect the game itself.

Push Square – Issy van der Velde – 5 / 10

Most disappointing is the lack of clown comedy. Their shoes squeak when they walk and there are some jokey lines of dialogue, but no hilarious kills. As a human, sometimes a funny cutscene will play when you die, but that doesn't translate to combat. There’s no clown cars or circus tricks, no killer klown spaceship to fight in. Just rural, small town American levels littered with guns and melee weapons. Without the film’s silliness, there’s little reason to play Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game over other popular asymmetric horror titles.

Shacknews – Donovan Erskine – 8 / 10

Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game is a detailed asymmetrical horror game that gives a lot of love to its cult classic source material. The weird and wacky nature of the film is a perfect fit for the genre, and the gameplay design gives purpose to just about everything you do. I had frustrations with the locomotion and match length, but it didn’t ruin what was overall an enjoyable multiplayer experience.

TechRaptor – Samiee Tee – 7 / 10

An asymmetrical horror experience that's varied, albeit slightly awkward to maneuver around, and different enough mechanically to stand out from the multiplayer crowd, asymmetrical or otherwise.

TheGamer – James Troughton – 4 / 5

Killer Klowns from Outer Space is one of the best asymmetrical horror games so far, standing side-by-side with the likes of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It’ll be interesting to see if it fares better under the enormous shadow of Dead by Daylight than Sumo Digital’s efforts, but it’s stepping out of the gate with some interesting concepts that reinvent the way the genre plays, making survivors more formidable and killers more tactical, encouraging teamwork and adding so much more depth to each match.

TheSixthAxis – Nick Petrasiti – Unscored

Many contenders have tried to take the asymmetrical crown from Dead by Daylight, and while Killer Klowns from Outer Space might not necessarily be better than DBD, it's a fun alternative that can stand on its own two (Klown) feet.