THE AFTERCARE INDEX
POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT AUDIT · VERIFIED

Friday the 13th: The Game

Gun Media · 2017 · Asymmetric multiplayer horror

Did the studio keep supporting this game after launch? This page is the evidence.
AFTERCARE SCORE 69 Tier C · Promising Pattern: Fading
LAUNCH CONDITIONPoor
AFTERCARE PATTERNFading
AUDIT STATUSVerified

A license-death game whose support declined steadily but was wound down with unusual honesty.

01Score breakdown

Patch speed15 / 20
Maintenance quality11 / 20
Communication15 / 20
Player responsiveness14 / 20
Follow-through14 / 20

Five categories, 20 points each, 100 total. Full method on the methodology page.

02The evidence

Friday the 13th: The Game launched May 26, 2017 into a server meltdown (75k players vs 30k capacity) that Gun Media fixed within days with rapid patches and scaled servers. A 2018 franchise-rights lawsuit (Victor Miller vs. Sean Cunningham) froze all new content, which Gun disclosed plainly the same day while keeping bug fixes alive. Dedicated servers were decommissioned in Nov 2020 with a final patch, but peer-to-peer play, progression databases, and bonus rates kept running. The June 2023 delisting came with six months notice and fire-sale pricing, and servers shut exactly on Dec 31, 2024 as promised, leaving offline bot play.

  • Launch servers collapsed under 75k players vs 30k capacity, but the first major patch and scaled servers (to 90k concurrent) landed within days.
  • The June 2018 rights lawsuit forced cancellation of all planned content (Uber Jason, Grendel map, kill packs); Gun said so plainly the same day and recommitted to bug fixing.
  • The Nov 2020 final patch decommissioned dedicated servers, but peer-to-peer play, progression databases, and double XP/CP/tape rates were kept alive indefinitely.
  • The June 2023 delisting came with six months notice and $4.99/$0.99 pricing, and servers shut exactly on Dec 31, 2024 as promised.

03Sources

01Friday the 13th DLC on hold due to legal fightArchival reportingVisit02Popular Horror Game Friday The 13th Will Be Delisted, Replaced EverywhereArchival reportingVisit03Friday the 13th getting final patch, shutting down dedicated servers in NovemberArchival reportingVisit04Friday the 13th Has Bumpy Launch but Devs Push First Major FixesArchival reportingVisit

04Audit record

Launch date
May 26, 2017
Evidence coverage through
Dec 31, 2024
Methodology
v1.0
Audit confidence
Medium
Why this confidence
Solid press record across the full arc (launch, lawsuit, 2020 wind-down, 2023-2024 shutdown) from multiple independent outlets, but the 2019-2022 maintenance period is thinly covered and I could not verify whether owners got all unlocks at shutdown.
Score band
Promising (Tier C)
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