Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game

About Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game

Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game was developed by IllFonic and Teravision Games and released on 4 June 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a physical release following on 15 October 2024. It is built on the 1988 cult comedy horror film by the Chiodo Brothers, with its candy-coloured alien clowns and circus-tent spaceship. IllFonic published it, and since June 2026 the game has been managed by Balor Games.

Each match puts three Klowns against seven humans and lasts at most 15 minutes. The Klowns work together with weapons such as the mallet and the popcorn bazooka, wrap humans in cotton-candy cocoons and carry them to generators. When enough generators are powered, or when time runs out, the Klownpocalypse begins and kills every human still in town. Each cocoon brings it closer.

Seven humans spread through Crescent Cove searching houses and shops for weapons and for the items that open an escape route. There are four ways out: a bunker, a boat that needs repair, a Klown Tech portal and a gated exit, each needing a spark plug, gas can, key card or gate key. Klowns can block routes with cotton candy, a bridge collapses if too many people cross, and each exit takes only a set number of players. In the last 30 seconds an ice cream truck crashes in as a fifth exit. Humans run slightly faster than Klowns and can fight back with what they find, including airhorns, and free friends from cocoons. Players who escape or die can watch or play mini-games to win items.

Maps include Downtown, The Suburbs, Top of the World, Amusement Park, Clown Summer Camp, Waterfront Pier and Crescent Cove Mall. There are five Klown classes and five human classes, and cosmetics include guest appearances by Tom Savini and Elvira.

The horror is the film's kind: menacing and absurd at once. Klowns peer through windows, leap out with giant mallets and chase you down fog-lit streets, while finishers are bloody and the circus tent glows over the trees.

It is online only. A private match against human bots lets you practise as a Klown, but it still needs an internet connection, and player numbers on PC are small, so matches can take time to fill. It suits fans of the film and of games like Dead by Daylight and Friday the 13th: The Game.

How to play Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game

1. Buy it for PC, PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S and queue online as a Klown, a human or either.
2. As a human, search buildings for weapons, healing and the item an escape route needs: a spark plug, gas can, key card or gate key.
3. Avoid groups of Klowns, fight back with what you find and help teammates out of cocoons.
4. Get to an open exit before it fills or the Klownpocalypse starts; in the last 30 seconds an ice cream truck offers one more way out.
5. As a Klown, hunt with your teammates, cocoon humans and carry them to the generators before their friends free them.

Tips

• Stick near other humans; a lone human is easy work for a Klown team.
• Humans run slightly faster than Klowns, so keep moving rather than standing your ground.
• Learn where escape items spawn; knowing the map matters most.
• Do not crowd onto the bridge; it collapses under too many people.
• Try a private match against bots to learn the Klowns' weapons first.

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