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Killing Time (Classic) cover art

Killing Time (Classic)

The 3DO Company · Ziggurat · 2016-12-15

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 31, 1996 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Mac)

A sophisticated shooter laced with gallows humor. Killing Time is no shallow grave. Its depth is well-conceived. Puzzle solving and strategic thinking are placed at a premium.

0
playing now
72%
positive of 109 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Killing Time is a first-person shooter video game developed by Studio 3DO. Originally an exclusive for their 3DO platform in 1995, it was later remade for the Windows and Macintosh platforms in 1996 by Logicware after the 3DO system was discontinued. On July 23, 2015, ZOOM Platform announced the release of an updated version of Killing Time exclusively for their store. The update work was done by Jordan Freeman Group and published by ZOOM Platform and Prism Entertainment.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2018-09-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 37 of 75 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992016-11-112026-08-302016-11-11 — best price $9.992017-04-10 — best price $3.992017-05-12 — best price $3.992017-07-14 — best price $2.492017-10-24 — best price $9.992018-01-05 — best price $9.992018-05-08 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $2.492018-12-18 — best price $2.002019-03-30 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-11 — best price $9.992020-05-27 — best price $6.692021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-05-29 — best price $7.342021-07-20 — best price $7.342021-09-02 — best price $7.342021-10-11 — best price $8.992021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-01-13 — best price $8.992022-02-25 — best price $6.492022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-09-29 — best price $6.492022-12-12 — best price $6.492023-03-06 — best price $6.492023-06-11 — best price $6.492023-09-24 — best price $7.342023-12-13 — best price $6.492024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-29 — best price $9.992024-08-13 — best price $6.492024-11-04 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-06-02 — best price $9.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-11-13 — best price $3.492026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-05-05 — best price $2.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

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Census log

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

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