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Killer Frequency

Team17 · 2023-06-01

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AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: TBD (Meta Quest 2), Jun 01, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 01, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 01, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 27, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 01, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.

Killer Frequency is a 2023 Adventure, Indie, Simulation game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 6224 reviews).

17
playing now
93%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (7 downloads)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (8,943 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Killer Frequency is a 2023 first-person horror-adventure game developed and published by Team17. The game takes place in a small town in 1987, where players control a successful radio host who acts as an impromptu radio dispatcher when a serial killer returns to terrorize the town's residents. The player must take calls from the survivors and solve various puzzles to help them escape the killer. It received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised its gameplay and comedy horror elements.

Trailer

Killer Frequency trailer thumbnail

Killer Frequency - Official Launch Trailer

≈473,829 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 737 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~92/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 124k–280k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,224 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.28-83%
IndieGala$4.99-80%
Steam$4.99-80%
Microsoft Store$4.99-80%
GamersGate$5.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.88 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 156 of 209 observed days · $2.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
56156120232026Week of 2023-06-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5252026-09-15 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 30 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 27 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 44 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 52 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11317Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 113 · peak 337Jul 2023 — avg 59 · peak 127Aug 2023 — avg 33 · peak 107Sep 2023 — avg 31 · peak 76Oct 2023 — avg 28 · peak 134Nov 2023 — avg 38 · peak 142Dec 2023 — avg 67 · peak 240Jan 2024 — avg 40 · peak 102Feb 2024 — avg 25 · peak 86Mar 2024 — avg 37 · peak 99Apr 2024 — avg 17 · peak 56May 2024 — avg 28 · peak 80Jun 2024 — avg 55 · peak 193Jul 2024 — avg 45 · peak 110Aug 2024 — avg 45 · peak 100Sep 2024 — avg 41 · peak 106Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 98Nov 2024 — avg 31 · peak 93Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 121Jan 2025 — avg 34 · peak 87Feb 2025 — avg 30 · peak 78Mar 2025 — avg 24 · peak 71Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 60May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 63Jun 2025 — avg 43 · peak 202Jul 2025 — avg 31 · peak 87Aug 2025 — avg 30 · peak 72Sep 2025 — avg 30 · peak 90Oct 2025 — avg 43 · peak 140Nov 2025 — avg 41 · peak 121Dec 2025 — avg 37 · peak 98Jan 2026 — avg 43 · peak 94Feb 2026 — avg 25 · peak 73Mar 2026 — avg 30 · peak 93Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 63May 2026 — avg 24 · peak 66Jun 2026 — avg 32 · peak 92Jul 2026 — avg 25 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 39 · peak 99
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.142023-05-192026-10-142023-05-19 — best price $24.992023-07-21 — best price $24.992023-10-04 — best price $22.492023-11-15 — best price $17.602023-12-24 — best price $13.492024-01-25 — best price $13.492024-02-27 — best price $20.992024-04-05 — best price $24.082024-05-10 — best price $12.502024-07-11 — best price $10.002024-08-15 — best price $9.992024-09-12 — best price $20.992024-11-02 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $6.872025-01-02 — best price $7.712025-02-14 — best price $7.142025-03-28 — best price $6.852025-04-23 — best price $8.502025-05-31 — best price $8.502025-07-13 — best price $20.722025-08-21 — best price $7.502025-10-02 — best price $4.382025-11-10 — best price $24.992025-12-06 — best price $22.972026-01-29 — best price $24.992026-02-28 — best price $24.992026-04-05 — best price $24.992026-05-08 — best price $24.082026-06-04 — best price $5.622026-07-20 — best price $4.492026-08-15 — best price $4.352026-09-02 — best price $4.302026-09-22 — best price $4.282026-10-11 — best price $4.282026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

125502026-05-31 — 83 pageviews2026-06-04 — 59 pageviews2026-06-08 — 50 pageviews2026-06-12 — 73 pageviews2026-06-16 — 53 pageviews2026-06-20 — 75 pageviews2026-06-24 — 78 pageviews2026-06-28 — 75 pageviews2026-07-02 — 76 pageviews2026-07-06 — 73 pageviews2026-07-10 — 79 pageviews2026-07-14 — 63 pageviews2026-07-18 — 122 pageviews2026-07-22 — 77 pageviews2026-07-26 — 80 pageviews2026-07-30 — 83 pageviews2026-08-03 — 57 pageviews2026-08-07 — 95 pageviews2026-08-11 — 101 pageviews2026-08-15 — 85 pageviews2026-08-19 — 61 pageviews2026-08-23 — 97 pageviews2026-08-27 — 80 pageviews2026-08-31 — 88 pageviews2026-09-04 — 85 pageviews2026-09-08 — 71 pageviews2026-09-12 — 71 pageviews2026-09-16 — 89 pageviews2026-09-20 — 75 pageviews2026-09-24 — 80 pageviews2026-09-28 — 75 pageviews2026-10-02 — 62 pageviews2026-10-06 — 94 pageviews2026-10-09 — 121 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
75.3%
earned "Sound Blaster Master"
38.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-07-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)10,16519%28
Steam (Steam)3,7509%27
PS4 (PlayStation)3,10119%28
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)81412%27
Switch (Nintendo)600%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

1980sFunnyHorrorPuzzleAmericaAdventureSimulationStory RichAtmosphericDark Comedy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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