--- title: Sharknado SyFy Video Game Coming to iPhone on iOS description: It was really only a matter of time canonical: https://time.com/2967153/sharknado-video-game/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-08T20:04:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:29.292Z og:title: A Sharknado Video Game Is on the Way og:description: It was really only a matter of time og:url: https://time.com/2967153/sharknado-video-game/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdbbf9dc2cd32335/69869ae906f2c1b80732fd2d/ap840109602807_thumb.jpg?branch=production&width=480&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: AP840109602807_thumb og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Sharknado Video Game Is on the Way twitter:description: It was really only a matter of time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdbbf9dc2cd32335/69869ae906f2c1b80732fd2d/ap840109602807_thumb.jpg?branch=production&width=480&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Comes the _Sharknado_ Video Game You Secretly Kind of Wanted by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 8, 2014 8:04 PM UTC  NBCUniversal / AP by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 8, 2014 8:04 PM UTC On July 30, viewers will be treated to (or, depending on your perspective, tortured with) [a sequel](http://time.com/15798/sharknado-2-is-coming-in-july/) to _Sharknado_, the “[exquisitely ridiculous](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/12/perfect-storm-the-genius-of-sharknado/)” Syfy movie that took social media by storm in 2013\. To accompany the release of _Sharknado 2,_ we’re also getting a video game. It will be released sometime before the movie’s premiere, [according to ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sharknado-video-game-arriving-syfy-717073)the _Hollywood Reporter._ The game, which will be available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod, will allow users to race through New York City, fending off sharks with the help of chainsaws. Laugh all you want, but you _know_ that sounds like fun. Sharknado SyFy Video Game Coming to iPhone on iOS ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2967153/sharknado-video-game/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2967153/sharknado-video-game/"},"headline":"Here Comes the Sharknado Video Game You Secretly Kind of Wanted","datePublished":"2014-07-08T20:04:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:29.292Z","description":"It was really only a matter of time","url":"https://time.com/2967153/sharknado-video-game/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Video Games","Technology","sharknado"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdbbf9dc2cd32335/69869ae906f2c1b80732fd2d/ap840109602807_thumb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdbbf9dc2cd32335/69869ae906f2c1b80732fd2d/ap840109602807_thumb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AP840109602807_thumb","caption":"","creditText":"NBCUniversal / AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2967153/sharknado-video-game/","name":"Here Comes the Sharknado Video Game You Secretly Kind of Wanted"}}]}] ```