
70
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game tries to bring the Terrifier movie series to life in videogame format, and it’s a decent beat’em’up. While it’s not going to be the ultimate game in the genre, it’s interesting, both when it comes to its gameplay and music. Its visuals are an acquired taste, and not everyone might find the visuals appealing. However, the core gameplay is reminiscent to those old-school brawlers, and that will keep you going over the multiple missions available. Unfortunately, Terrifier: The ARTcade Game has its quirks as well. There aren’t a lot of combo options, you will encounter collision detection issues, and the fact that you need to do a QTE whenever you get hit can slow down the enjoyment you have. Even so, I think that Terrifier: The ARTcade Game is worth a shot, if you’re a fan of the series and you want to see a videogame representation of this dangerous clown. The same thing is valid for brawler fans. Otherwise, if you just want to play a retro game, there are other options that might be a better fit.
68
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up inspired by the Double Dragon arcade cabinet, featuring four playable characters from Damien Leone's horror franchise. It offers good pixel art, a chiptune soundtrack, convincing CRT/VHS filters, and six modes, including Arcade, Story, and Boss Rush. The combat system is basic, based on two attacks and a special move, with gory finishers and collectible weapons. However, imprecise hitboxes, chaotic priorities, and broken pacing detract from the experience, making the title appealing only to the most die-hard fans.
45
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game won't convince you to check out the movies. Its stale gameplay and frustrating issues can make it unappealing to even fans of the franchise. However, it's not a bad time with friends.
5
Very disappointing. This could have been a great beat em up and while your chosen character does play a bit differently there isn't great variety and while the music is good it gets repetitive very quickly. Enemy variety is also poor with just some colour swaps, you also don't get unique death animations for different weapons you might be holding. If this were a £7 game it might be passable but even at £13.50 on Steam its just not worth that.
2
Oh my god was this ever a missed opportunity ! I had hoped that going with this retro type of aesthetic the creators would have used Splatterhouse 2 or 3 as an inspiration, but holy smokes this is a terrible game. As a huge fan of the beat em up genre, I was genuinely excited for this but this game barely checks action game off as a genre. Whoever made this seems to have little experience making games, doesnt understand the franchaise, and were woefully uninspired. With such a colorful IP there is a wealth of directions they could have gone. This should have been a fun, depraved and playful bloodbath capitalizing on the theme of a beat em up at its core. Think of all the creative moves these characters could have done : The kills and special weapons they could have been using, the scenarios they could have placed them in, the interesting backgrounds they could have been fighting through, the enemies they couldve been killing... Instead, what we get is a rushed, uninspired, sluggish play experience that will bore you after 2 minutes : the graphics are repetative and medicore at best, hell lets be honest straight up poor, the enemies repeat and have barely discernable or interesting design variation, the control is awful, its clumbsy and boring, there is nothing fun about it and there is barely any difference between the playstyle for the characters you can play as. The moves you have fail to elicit really any level of connection to the franchaise, save confusing finishing moves and the animation for them are laughably bad attempts to be gory. And finally the level design is about as generic as you can acheive for this kind of game. If this really was an arcade game it wouldnt be worth a 25 cent play, honestly you'd feel ripped off after one quarter ! This poor attempt reminds me of back in the early days during the 80s / early 90s of what we call retro games now, when movie franchaises would get game conversions, but oftentimes they were just excuses to milk an IP. Take LJNs lineup or god forbid Ataris infamous ET debacle, however, that kind of nonsense is inexcusable today. That said, to market this as a physical release knowing old school fans (like me.......) will pick it up feels almost predatory : They knew this was a bad game, and they still released it for the money. I couldve forgiven them to delay for another year, but putting this garbage attempt out is unforgiveable. Honestly soon as I turned this on I felt immediate regret. Terrible game, shameful even ! Avoid !
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Muy sangriento, muy inapropiado, deberían prohibir y eliminar esto en todo el mundo
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game
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Nov 21, 2025
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Jan 16, 2026
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Terrifier: The ARTcade Game tries to bring the Terrifier movie series to life in videogame format, and it’s a decent beat’em’up. While it’s not going to be the ultimate game in the genre, it’s interesting, both when it comes to its gameplay and music. Its visuals are an acquired taste, and not everyone might find the visuals appealing. However, the core gameplay is reminiscent to those old-school brawlers, and that will keep you going over the multiple missions available. Unfortunately, Terrifier: The ARTcade Game has its quirks as well. There aren’t a lot of combo options, you will encounter collision detection issues, and the fact that you need to do a QTE whenever you get hit can slow down the enjoyment you have. Even so, I think that Terrifier: The ARTcade Game is worth a shot, if you’re a fan of the series and you want to see a videogame representation of this dangerous clown. The same thing is valid for brawler fans. Otherwise, if you just want to play a retro game, there are other options that might be a better fit.
Nov 30, 2025
68
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up inspired by the Double Dragon arcade cabinet, featuring four playable characters from Damien Leone's horror franchise. It offers good pixel art, a chiptune soundtrack, convincing CRT/VHS filters, and six modes, including Arcade, Story, and Boss Rush. The combat system is basic, based on two attacks and a special move, with gory finishers and collectible weapons. However, imprecise hitboxes, chaotic priorities, and broken pacing detract from the experience, making the title appealing only to the most die-hard fans.
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May 20, 2026
5
Very disappointing. This could have been a great beat em up and while your chosen character does play a bit differently there isn't great variety and while the music is good it gets repetitive very quickly. Enemy variety is also poor with just some colour swaps, you also don't get unique death animations for different weapons you might be holding. If this were a £7 game it might be passable but even at £13.50 on Steam its just not worth that.
Jan 24, 2026
2
Oh my god was this ever a missed opportunity ! I had hoped that going with this retro type of aesthetic the creators would have used Splatterhouse 2 or 3 as an inspiration, but holy smokes this is a terrible game. As a huge fan of the beat em up genre, I was genuinely excited for this but this game barely checks action game off as a genre. Whoever made this seems to have little experience making games, doesnt understand the franchaise, and were woefully uninspired. With such a colorful IP there is a wealth of directions they could have gone. This should have been a fun, depraved and playful bloodbath capitalizing on the theme of a beat em up at its core. Think of all the creative moves these characters could have done : The kills and special weapons they could have been using, the scenarios they could have placed them in, the interesting backgrounds they could have been fighting through, the enemies they couldve been killing... Instead, what we get is a rushed, uninspired, sluggish play experience that will bore you after 2 minutes : the graphics are repetative and medicore at best, hell lets be honest straight up poor, the enemies repeat and have barely discernable or interesting design variation, the control is awful, its clumbsy and boring, there is nothing fun about it and there is barely any difference between the playstyle for the characters you can play as. The moves you have fail to elicit really any level of connection to the franchaise, save confusing finishing moves and the animation for them are laughably bad attempts to be gory. And finally the level design is about as generic as you can acheive for this kind of game. If this really was an arcade game it wouldnt be worth a 25 cent play, honestly you'd feel ripped off after one quarter ! This poor attempt reminds me of back in the early days during the 80s / early 90s of what we call retro games now, when movie franchaises would get game conversions, but oftentimes they were just excuses to milk an IP. Take LJNs lineup or god forbid Ataris infamous ET debacle, however, that kind of nonsense is inexcusable today. That said, to market this as a physical release knowing old school fans (like me.......) will pick it up feels almost predatory : They knew this was a bad game, and they still released it for the money. I couldve forgiven them to delay for another year, but putting this garbage attempt out is unforgiveable. Honestly soon as I turned this on I felt immediate regret. Terrible game, shameful even ! Avoid !
Nov 24, 2025
45
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game won't convince you to check out the movies. Its stale gameplay and frustrating issues can make it unappealing to even fans of the franchise. However, it's not a bad time with friends.
Nov 30, 2025
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Muy sangriento, muy inapropiado, deberían prohibir y eliminar esto en todo el mundo
SummaryStep into a world of pixelated carnage with Terrifier: The ARTcade Game, a gory retro fighting beat 'em up packed with intense action, dark humor, and tons of fun! Inspired by the classic beat 'em up games of the 80s and 90s. Become Art The Clown, the sinister and unpredictable villain from the Terrifier series, as you unleash chaos a... Read More
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date:Nov 21, 2025
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