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KILL KNIGHT

PlaySide · 2024-10-02

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 03, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Oct 03, 2024 (Xbox One), Oct 03, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 03, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 03, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.

6
playing now
94%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (704 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Once a loyal knight, betrayed, and banished to the Abyss. A desecrated corpse inside reanimated armor. You rise to an eternal death. Branded KILL KNIGHT, you have one purpose - KILL THE LAST ANGEL.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (546 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,030 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.54 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 79 of 112 observed days · $9.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
51851820242026Week of 2024-10-02: 518 positiveWeek of 2024-10-02: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-09: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-10-09: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-16: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-23: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-30: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-06: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2112026-09-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1126Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 112 · peak 458Nov 2024 — avg 29 · peak 81Dec 2024 — avg 40 · peak 98Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 74Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27Mar 2025 — avg 23 · peak 64Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 113May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 38Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 103Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 59Dec 2025 — avg 14 · peak 32Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 28Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002024-10-022026-10-152024-10-02 — best price $13.492024-10-26 — best price $13.482024-11-20 — best price $14.992024-12-13 — best price $11.242025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $8.242025-02-03 — best price $11.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-04-17 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $6.692025-07-25 — best price $5.842025-08-14 — best price $7.492025-08-24 — best price $7.422025-09-04 — best price $5.872025-09-29 — best price $5.842025-10-16 — best price $10.452025-10-29 — best price $11.012025-11-21 — best price $5.842025-12-04 — best price $7.492026-01-07 — best price $14.992026-02-09 — best price $6.292026-02-23 — best price $14.992026-03-14 — best price $11.492026-04-07 — best price $5.812026-04-21 — best price $11.892026-05-07 — best price $11.492026-05-15 — best price $6.052026-05-24 — best price $11.892026-06-01 — best price $11.492026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-06-20 — best price $13.282026-06-30 — best price $6.052026-07-16 — best price $7.492026-07-29 — best price $7.492026-08-09 — best price $13.282026-08-14 — best price $12.582026-09-03 — best price $7.492026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "Demolition Expert"
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStats1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-12-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1971%47
PS5 (PlayStation)1,0245%48
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4312%47
PS4 (PlayStation)9213%48
Switch (Nintendo)300%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeCasualShooterStylizedDifficultControllerBullet HellBullet Time

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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