Killing Floor

Killing Floor is a shooter game developed by Tripwire Interactive and released in 2009. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 2.5.

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 285 achievements to unlock.

Killing Floor holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 170 votes.

The main story runs about 60 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $4.00, that works out to about $0.07 per hour of the main story.

The minimum specification calls for 1.2 GHZ or Equivalent, 1 GB RAM and 64 MB DX9 Compliant. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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The cheapest verified price right now is $4.00 at GamersGate, 80% below its usual price.

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Killing Floor launched on 14 May 2009, within three weeks of Minecraft, Infamous, The Sims 3 and Plants vs. Zombies. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Minecraft, Infamous, The Sims 3, Plants vs. Zombies.

We have tested and published 6 cheat entries for Killing Floor — 6 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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