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Killing Floor 2 cover art

Killing Floor 2

Tripwire Interactive · 2016-11-18

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 21, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 18, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 29, 2017 (Xbox One)

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Killing Floor 2 is an Action title released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 129440 reviews).

5,295
playing now
88%
positive of 130k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (169 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (490 downloads)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (51,175 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 68% recommend · from 62 critics
156h
to beat · rushed 33h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

5,295 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Killing Floor 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Tripwire Interactive, with later support from Saber Interactive. It is a sequel to 2009's Killing Floor. An early access version of the game was released for Microsoft Windows in April 2015, and the game was released in November 2016 for Windows and PlayStation 4 and August 2017 for Xbox One. The game utilizes Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3. A sequel, Killing Floor 3, was released in July 2025.

Trailer

Killing Floor 2 trailer thumbnail

Killing Floor 2- Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,295 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,946 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~243/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2M–7.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 129,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
GamersGate$6.00-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Epic Game Store (2024-05-16) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $35.75 · on sale 145 of 295 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.6k2.6k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,567 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,289 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,830 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,817 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,517 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,031 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 507 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,610 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 456 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.2k1.7k2026-09-14 19:00 — 4,594 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 4,128 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 2,626 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 4,050 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 4,725 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 2,954 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 4,020 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 3,148 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 3,054 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 5,387 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 3,884 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 4,449 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 4,726 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 2,915 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 6,425 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 6,086 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 6,485 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 6,990 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 4,822 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 6,296 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 5,911 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 6,086 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 5,738 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 5,295 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13k0Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2014 — avg 0 · peak 8Jun 2014 — avg 1 · peak 13May 2015 — avg 3,672 · peak 9,443Sep 2015 — avg 4,781 · peak 24,113Jan 2016 — avg 2,584 · peak 5,129May 2016 — avg 1,440 · peak 4,024Sep 2016 — avg 2,699 · peak 4,833Jan 2017 — avg 3,481 · peak 7,893May 2017 — avg 2,154 · peak 4,330Sep 2017 — avg 2,265 · peak 3,914Jan 2018 — avg 4,521 · peak 10,086May 2018 — avg 3,719 · peak 6,204Sep 2018 — avg 4,258 · peak 6,501Jan 2019 — avg 6,813 · peak 10,431May 2019 — avg 5,945 · peak 9,486Sep 2019 — avg 4,965 · peak 8,071Jan 2020 — avg 4,145 · peak 6,248May 2020 — avg 4,364 · peak 6,664Sep 2020 — avg 3,316 · peak 5,321Jan 2021 — avg 3,378 · peak 5,101May 2021 — avg 2,978 · peak 3,991Sep 2021 — avg 2,784 · peak 4,560Jan 2022 — avg 3,150 · peak 4,508May 2022 — avg 2,660 · peak 4,789Sep 2022 — avg 3,126 · peak 5,464Jan 2023 — avg 3,089 · peak 6,755May 2023 — avg 2,258 · peak 3,584Sep 2023 — avg 3,767 · peak 5,746Jan 2024 — avg 3,327 · peak 4,335May 2024 — avg 7,033 · peak 38,082Sep 2024 — avg 11,921 · peak 14,078Jan 2025 — avg 4,407 · peak 13,077May 2025 — avg 2,952 · peak 5,230Sep 2025 — avg 3,320 · peak 6,139Jan 2026 — avg 3,318 · peak 4,395May 2026 — avg 3,576 · peak 5,108Aug 2026 — avg 4,337 · peak 6,361
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
15152026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 15 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$35.60$0.002015-04-222026-10-132015-04-22 — best price $29.992015-12-17 — best price $20.092016-05-27 — best price $20.092016-11-17 — best price $22.492017-05-11 — best price $14.992017-12-13 — best price $13.252018-05-17 — best price $25.492018-11-14 — best price $10.202019-04-08 — best price $9.892019-09-21 — best price $29.992020-01-08 — best price $23.992020-05-11 — best price $29.992020-09-10 — best price $29.992020-12-08 — best price $29.992021-02-23 — best price $29.992021-05-14 — best price $29.992021-08-16 — best price $29.992021-11-25 — best price $7.492022-03-07 — best price $7.492022-07-07 — best price $0.002022-10-31 — best price $25.172023-03-04 — best price $29.992023-07-15 — best price $29.992023-12-05 — best price $5.992024-05-03 — best price $5.992024-09-30 — best price $7.502025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $1.952026-01-16 — best price $34.772026-03-12 — best price $34.532026-05-04 — best price $35.052026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-10-13 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

116452026-05-29 — 73 pageviews2026-06-02 — 93 pageviews2026-06-06 — 81 pageviews2026-06-10 — 56 pageviews2026-06-14 — 57 pageviews2026-06-18 — 66 pageviews2026-06-22 — 45 pageviews2026-06-26 — 78 pageviews2026-06-30 — 65 pageviews2026-07-04 — 68 pageviews2026-07-08 — 64 pageviews2026-07-12 — 47 pageviews2026-07-16 — 77 pageviews2026-07-20 — 63 pageviews2026-07-24 — 116 pageviews2026-07-28 — 90 pageviews2026-08-01 — 78 pageviews2026-08-05 — 54 pageviews2026-08-09 — 53 pageviews2026-08-13 — 77 pageviews2026-08-17 — 58 pageviews2026-08-21 — 72 pageviews2026-08-25 — 77 pageviews2026-08-29 — 76 pageviews2026-09-02 — 62 pageviews2026-09-06 — 77 pageviews2026-09-10 — 60 pageviews2026-09-14 — 62 pageviews2026-09-18 — 76 pageviews2026-09-22 — 62 pageviews2026-09-26 — 64 pageviews2026-09-30 — 53 pageviews2026-10-04 — 83 pageviews2026-10-07 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6402026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68.4%
earned "It's Only a Flesh Wound"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop5 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2015-04-21, latest 2023-06-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)119,2983%66
Steam (Steam)108,0821%307
Xbox One (Xbox)15,0713%65

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

FPSGoreCo-opActionHorrorShooterZombiesModdableSurvivalMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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