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Killing Floor

2009Tripwire InteractiveLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS set in the devastated cities and countryside of England after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong. You and your friends are members of the military dropped into these locations with a simple mission: Survive long enough to cleanse the area of the failed experiments!

What it feels like

Visceral combat against grotesque clones and creatures creates horror-focused tension. Fast-paced gunplay and survival pressure creates kinetic rush during waves. Overwhelming numbers of enemies and chaotic combat create urgency and intensity.

Horrific70%
Exhilarating65%
Frantic60%
Sardonic40%

What it's about

Survival horror against failed military experiments and clones drives the atmospheric dread. Devastated English cities and countryside following a catastrophic cloning accident provide the bleak setting. Players are military personnel deployed to cleanse areas of failed experiments.

Horror75%
Post-Apocalyptic60%
Military & War50%

How it plays

Aiming and firing firearms with tactical feedback is the core interaction loop in this co-op FPS. Gore and dismemberment provide visceral combat feedback. Weapons and items drop from defeated enemies as part of the survival loop.

Gunplay95%
Dismemberment & Gore55%
Loot & Drops55%
Melee Combat45%
Class System40%
Permadeath35%

How it looks and sounds

The entire game is experienced through the player character's eyes in first-person perspective.

First-Person95%

How it's structured

6-player cooperative horror survival against waves of clones is the defining mode and experience. Play is organized around surviving successive escalating waves of enemies. Cooperation and team coordination are essential for surviving waves with other players.

Co-op Campaign90%
Wave Defense85%
Team-Based75%
Single-Player35%

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Co-op Campaign85%First-Person75%Gunplay75%Horror88%
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Co-op Campaign95%Gunplay88%First-Person85%Wave Defense90%
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Both lean into First-Person, Gunplay, Single-Player, Dismemberment & Gore.

First-Person95%Gunplay85%Single-Player90%Dismemberment & Gore70%

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