The Game Census
Windowkill cover art

Windowkill

torcado · 2024-02-23

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Oct 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2024 (Linux)

Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.

12
playing now
96%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 375 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~47/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 74k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,717 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47147120242026Week of 2024-02-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1622026-08-07 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$3.242024-02-232026-07-092024-02-23 — best price $4.492024-03-01 — best price $4.992024-04-06 — best price $3.992024-04-07 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-04 — best price $3.492025-01-18 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.742025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $3.342026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.242026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
54.3%
earned "background: cells"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

28 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1183%37

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionArcadeModdableMinimalistRogue-liteBullet HellPerma Death

Census log

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

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