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Through the Kill Screen

James K. Isaac · 2022-04-20

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2022 (Linux)

Through the Kill Screen, an Adventure-RPG about 1980s kids discovering what slumbers beyond the final levels of their favourite computer games. Drink a Slushie, win a Thumb War and save Snoring Town from a sinister conspiracy.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 24 reviews
Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 88% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2022-06-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.992022-04-202023-11-282022-04-20 — best price $5.392022-04-27 — best price $5.992022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-10-24 — best price $2.992022-10-31 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $5.992022-12-23 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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