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Killer Frequency

Team17 · 2023-06-01

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AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

75
playing now
93%
positive of 6.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 75 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 11% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 122k–275k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,101 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.30-83%
GreenManGaming$4.35-83%
WinGameStore$4.89-80%
Humble Store$4.99-80%
IndieGala$4.99-80%
Steam$4.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 132 of 189 observed days · $1.42 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

7792026-08-06 22:00 — 52 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 58 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 75 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 35 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 72 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 45 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 38 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 49 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 44 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 50 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.142023-05-192026-08-302023-05-19 — best price $24.992023-07-11 — best price $24.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-10-26 — best price $16.742023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-03 — best price $24.992024-01-25 — best price $13.492024-02-24 — best price $24.992024-03-25 — best price $13.492024-04-26 — best price $22.492024-05-25 — best price $11.252024-07-14 — best price $9.752024-08-15 — best price $9.992024-09-02 — best price $24.992024-10-02 — best price $9.472024-11-25 — best price $6.692024-12-19 — best price $7.142025-01-05 — best price $20.992025-02-14 — best price $7.142025-03-24 — best price $7.022025-04-17 — best price $7.352025-05-12 — best price $24.992025-06-12 — best price $7.492025-07-17 — best price $7.492025-08-21 — best price $7.502025-09-29 — best price $6.742025-10-24 — best price $4.802025-11-24 — best price $3.142025-12-19 — best price $5.002026-02-02 — best price $20.992026-02-28 — best price $24.992026-03-31 — best price $24.992026-04-27 — best price $4.282026-05-20 — best price $24.742026-06-24 — best price $21.312026-07-24 — best price $4.492026-08-15 — best price $4.352026-08-30 — best price $4.30
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

125502026-05-31 — 83 pageviews2026-06-03 — 83 pageviews2026-06-06 — 79 pageviews2026-06-09 — 65 pageviews2026-06-12 — 73 pageviews2026-06-15 — 64 pageviews2026-06-18 — 66 pageviews2026-06-21 — 73 pageviews2026-06-24 — 78 pageviews2026-06-27 — 73 pageviews2026-06-30 — 81 pageviews2026-07-03 — 66 pageviews2026-07-06 — 73 pageviews2026-07-09 — 77 pageviews2026-07-12 — 125 pageviews2026-07-15 — 59 pageviews2026-07-18 — 122 pageviews2026-07-21 — 67 pageviews2026-07-24 — 79 pageviews2026-07-27 — 73 pageviews2026-07-30 — 83 pageviews2026-08-02 — 85 pageviews2026-08-05 — 86 pageviews2026-08-08 — 90 pageviews2026-08-11 — 101 pageviews2026-08-14 — 68 pageviews2026-08-17 — 85 pageviews2026-08-20 — 88 pageviews2026-08-23 — 97 pageviews2026-08-26 — 79 pageviews2026-08-28 — 76 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

98112026-08-26 20:34 — 98 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 12 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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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