Characters

The following is a list of Characters featured in Friday the 13th: The Game.

Overview
In the game, players can take control of a number of different characters. Players will either have a chance at being a counselor or Jason in Quick Play. Players can pick a preference of either Jason, Counselor, or None.

Counselors
The game currently includes fourteen counselors, plus Tommy Jarvis, all with different strengths and weaknesses. Only five counselors are available to play at the start, with others being unlocked as a player rises up in Player Level.

Jason Voorhees
At the initial release of the game there where six different playable Jason's to choose from, all based on the film series itself. These being Parts 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9. There was also a Tom-Savini-Jason variant created exclusively for backers of the Kickstarter Campaign, later they added a Jason variant based off of the color scheme from the 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System video game of the same name. On Oct 13th 2017, they released Jason Part 4 as a playable Jason and later released Part 5 (Roy Burns) on Jan 26th, 2018.


 * Savini Jason is Download only for Backers, and a few who grabbed it on the Xbox and Playstation Store's after a mistake that led to its release.

Trivia

 * Each Jason has their strengths and weakness mostly based on events depicted from the Friday the 13th film series. For instance, Part 6 Jason was the most noticeable one for using throwing knives in the movie, therefore, he starts off with six when the game begins.
 * Four of the counselors in this game were based on Kickstarter backers who donated ten-thousand dollars to make an appearance as a counselor in the game. These counselors in particular are Eric, Adam, Brandon, and Kenny.