How it compares to the rest of asymmetrical horror
Three side-by-side comparisons with the games players most often hold it up against. The Friday the 13th one is no coincidence: same developer, same publisher, nine years apart.
Which one is for you
All four games are asymmetrical horror, but they split on three things: how many players sit on each side, whether there is anything to play solo, and whether you can still buy them. Halloween is 1v4 with a full single-player story mode played as Michael. Texas Chain Saw is 3v4 with no story mode. Dead by Daylight is 1v4 with a huge roster of killers. Friday the 13th is no longer on sale.
Each page below lays the two games side by side: developer, format, price, single-player, crossplay and availability.
The three comparisons
vs Friday the 13th: The Game
Same developer, same publisher, same genre. A sequel in everything but name.
vs Dead by Daylight
The genre's incumbent versus a single-licence game with a story mode.
vs The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Both published by Gun Interactive, and the closest thing to a like-for-like comparison.
Common questions
- Is this the same as the Michael Myers in Dead by Daylight?
- No. Michael Myers has been a licensed killer in Dead by Daylight for years, sold as a chapter alongside dozens of others. Halloween: The Game is a dedicated title built around that one licence, with Haddonfield as its entire world rather than one map, and a single-player story mode Dead by Daylight has no equivalent to.
- Is this made by the Friday the 13th team?
- Yes. IllFonic developed Friday the 13th: The Game and Gun Media, now Gun Interactive, published it. Both are behind this one too.
- Which is better, this or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?
- It depends on how you play. Texas Chain Saw is $25 cheaper, 3v4 instead of 1v4, and has no story mode. Halloween gives you a full single-player campaign as Michael on top of the multiplayer. Both come from the same publisher, and both have crossplay.
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