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ULTRAKILL

Arsi "Hakita" Patala · New Blood Interactive · 2020-09-03

SteamGOG

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

3,343
playing now
97%
positive of 241k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
24
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
IGDB user rating (92 ratings)
7.4h
to beat · rushed 3.9h · completionist 169h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

3,343 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Ultrakill is an upcoming first-person shooter game developed by Arsi "Hakita" Patala and published by New Blood Interactive. It was released on Steam through early access for Microsoft Windows on 3 September 2020. The game uses retro-style graphics reminiscent of video games from the early PlayStation consoles and combines modern movement mechanics like those of Titanfall and Doom Eternal with gameplay elements from action games like Devil May Cry.

Trailer

ULTRAKILL trailer thumbnail

Ultrakill - Reveal Trailer

≈645,662 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,343 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42,600 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5,325/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 241,017 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.90 at AllYouPlay (2026-05-12) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 55 of 59 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20202026Week of 2020-09-01: 2,218 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 900 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 982 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,776 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,258 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,395 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,308 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,204 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,557 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,637 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4,881 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3,324 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,700 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,822 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,146 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3,701 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,914 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,319 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,653 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,902 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,013 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,557 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,150 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,725 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,817 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,539 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5,076 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4,986 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3,659 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4,230 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4,653 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,881 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,066 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,582 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,818 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,196 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,785 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3,730 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,882 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4,537 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5,471 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7,500 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3,471 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4,428 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5,339 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,560 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3,466 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,845 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,963 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4,015 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,977 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,127 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6,842 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8,090 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4,984 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5,073 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4,001 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,962 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,147 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 81 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.1k1.7k2026-08-06 21:00 — 3,628 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,980 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,668 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 3,783 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,315 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,728 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 3,950 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,523 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,751 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,065 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,072 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,835 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 3,622 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,778 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,682 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,372 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,940 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,425 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 4,119 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 2,080 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2,020 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 3,252 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,994 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 2,082 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3,121 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,853 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,815 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 3,243 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 3,343 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$7.902020-09-032026-08-162020-09-03 — best price $15.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-04-12 — best price $17.992021-08-16 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $14.992022-02-21 — best price $19.992022-08-22 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-06-29 — best price $18.742023-09-01 — best price $24.992023-12-21 — best price $18.742024-03-04 — best price $24.992024-04-22 — best price $24.992024-06-06 — best price $24.992024-08-05 — best price $18.742024-08-27 — best price $24.992024-10-26 — best price $22.392024-11-21 — best price $18.742024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-20 — best price $18.742025-03-03 — best price $24.992025-03-21 — best price $24.992025-06-10 — best price $18.642025-07-11 — best price $22.392025-08-14 — best price $18.742025-09-27 — best price $24.992025-10-24 — best price $22.392025-12-05 — best price $24.992026-02-18 — best price $18.362026-03-09 — best price $16.242026-04-30 — best price $18.742026-05-18 — best price $24.992026-05-29 — best price $18.632026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-07-21 — best price $19.562026-07-28 — best price $22.392026-08-16 — best price $18.71
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7934082026-05-21 — 762 pageviews2026-05-24 — 624 pageviews2026-05-27 — 722 pageviews2026-05-30 — 538 pageviews2026-06-02 — 715 pageviews2026-06-05 — 638 pageviews2026-06-08 — 698 pageviews2026-06-11 — 624 pageviews2026-06-14 — 510 pageviews2026-06-17 — 555 pageviews2026-06-20 — 458 pageviews2026-06-23 — 516 pageviews2026-06-26 — 535 pageviews2026-06-29 — 570 pageviews2026-07-02 — 512 pageviews2026-07-05 — 441 pageviews2026-07-08 — 572 pageviews2026-07-11 — 571 pageviews2026-07-14 — 550 pageviews2026-07-17 — 682 pageviews2026-07-20 — 666 pageviews2026-07-23 — 572 pageviews2026-07-26 — 591 pageviews2026-07-29 — 476 pageviews2026-08-01 — 423 pageviews2026-08-04 — 487 pageviews2026-08-07 — 511 pageviews2026-08-10 — 498 pageviews2026-08-13 — 490 pageviews2026-08-16 — 503 pageviews2026-08-18 — 542 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

15k02026-08-23 22:12 — 14,526 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 906 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 653 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 24 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSBloodRetroActionShooterDifficultFast-PacedFirst-PersonScore AttackSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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