Friday the 13th: The Gamehas managed to find itself back near the top of the bestsellers list on Xbox.Friday the 13th: The Gameis an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where one player takes on the role of iconic villain Jason Voorhees and the rest play as unfortunate camp counselors. The game had a sizable dedicated community of players at first, but interest waned thanks to a lack of substantial content updates and other issues.
Thelegal battles over theFriday the 13thIPsaw to it that no major new content was released forFriday the 13th: The Game. Online multiplayer games like this require a steady stream of new content to keep fans engaged, and so these legal issues were basically a death sentence for the game. Despite this,Friday the 13th: The Gamestill managed to hold on for a few years, though its shutdown is imminent.
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Friday the 13th: The Gameis being delistedon June 18, 2025, at which point it will become completely unplayable. Because of this, the game is currently enjoying a massive discount that has seen the Xbox version’s price reduced to just $4.99. This in turn has resulted in a sales spike for the game that has seen it climb back into the top 10 best-selling Xbox games, as pointed out by Pure Xbox. Right now,Friday the 13th: The Gameis the eighth-best selling digital Xbox game.
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An even older game is currently in the 10th place spot, as Rockstar’sGrand Theft Auto 4is also enjoying a nice a price cut, currently available for $6.99 instead of the usual $19.99. The Xbox Series X version ofHogwarts Legacyis in the ninth place,followed byFriday the 13th: The Game,Minecraft, the Xbox One version ofHogwarts Legacy,Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint: Deluxe Edition(discounted from $69.99 to $13.99),Grand Theft Auto 5: Premium Edition,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Cross-Gen Bundle,Grand Theft Auto Online, and the standard edition ofDiablo 4.
It’s worth pointing out that anyone that decides to buyFriday the 13th: The Gamewhile it’s discounted to $4.99 will be getting a rather complete version of the game. Since the game is shutting down anyway,Friday the 13thplayers have all been taken to max level automatically, given the best rolls for all 30 legendary perks, and given other unlockables like all the different kills, and challenge skulls.Friday the 13th: The Gamewill remain playable until December 31, so anyone interested in playing it before it shuts down forever should jump on the opportunity to get it for $5 while they still can.
Friday the 13th: The Gameis available now for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
