Batterystaple Games has announced that their hilarious party game Clowntown will release on January 18, 2027. In Clowntown, 2-8 players can join up to play over 100 mostly-cooperative minigames and action puzzles.
There are a variety of unique minigames for players to compete in. Spelling Bee will have players spelling deceptively simple words, and then once comfortable, they’ll be thrown into Spelling Wasp with words like “polytetrafluoroethylene” while collecting letters from literal swarming bees. Players will need to build skyscrapers in Optimal OSHA Compliance, study the rigors of ball law in Ball Matchers, kick friends into a wall in This is Sparta, build upsetting snowmen in Ballistic Snowman, and create works of art in Clown Collage.
To help facilitate all of the minigames, there is a 5-6 hour campaign that is designed to make players think, plan, fail, and laugh their way to victory.
Clowntown has three different modes: Party Mode, Contest Mode, and Co-op Mode. There is character customization for players to make the game uniquely their own, and for some reason, there is even a dedicated honk button with over 40 customizable honks.
Here’s what Batterystaple’s founder Chris King says about the game:
“Clowntown’s design doc literally started with ‘there’s a dedicated honk button, and you can’t mute it. The game’s just ‘everything that made us laugh’, the game – we hope it’s as fun for you (and up to 7 friends) as it’s been for us making it.”
Clowntown will release on PC via Steam on January 18, 2027, and there’s a demo available now if you’d like to try it out early.
You can watch the release date trailer below.
If you’re interested in checking out another humorous indie party game that just recently released, you can check out our coverage on Planted!, which launched in October. There’s also All Rats on Deck, a silly co-op adventure, which is set to release on December 3.
