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A cease and desist letter forFriday the 13th Resurrectedhas been served to its developer, ending the campaign to bring the fan-made game to Steam. WithFriday the 13th: The Gameno longer available to download either, fans will need to continue getting their Jason Voorhees fix elsewhere.
Just one week afterannouncingFriday the 13th Resurrectedcoming to Steam, the game has now been shelved pending legal action from Horror, Inc., owner of theFriday the 13thIP. The unofficial, fan-made project was developed as a free-to-play game intended to officially release on Aug 04, 2025. Following the C&D from Horror, Inc.’s legal representation, all efforts are being put toward removing their content from any consumable material.
As revealed in atweetby the developer, Horror Inc.’s legal representatives from GreenbergGlusker order the cessation of production ofFriday the 13th Resurrected, referred to as “Unlawful Game Content.” The basis for their claim calls out the “unauthorized use of Horror’s IP Rights to develop an unlicensed, knockoff game” in reference to the use of images, settings, and obviously the character of Jason Voorhees. This followsFriday the 13th: The Gamebeing delistedin 2023after similar legal trouble.
Friday The 13th Resurrected Has Been Canceled
The tweet maintains the developer’s position that its intentions were noble in developingFriday the 13th Resurrected. Unfortunately, use of all intellectual properties not in the public domain must be done with permission by their owner. In this case, Horror, Inc. After its release in 2017,Friday the 13th: The Gamehalted developmentof new content following lawsuits claiming ownership of the same content.
With this writing on the wall for some time, some developers took the hint. The use of Jason Voorhees, the setting of Camp Crystal Lake, and even the “ch-ch-ch-ah-ah-ah” sounds inFriday the 13th Resurrectioncould trigger fines of up to $150,000 each. Developers of other IPs like theTexas Chain Saw Massacregame are not challengedin this way.
Horror game developers like Behaviour Interactive have to reach a deal in order to put third-party IP content in their games. That’s whyJason is not yet inDead by Daylight. To add insult to injury, removal ofFriday the 13th: The Gameplus the cancelation ofFriday the 13th Resurrectedleaves a completely empty void of any modern video game interpretation of Jason Voorhees.
