Kiln
An online, multiplayer, pottery party brawler from Double Fine Productions. Grab your friends to assemble a team of colorful spirits, then sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel. The size and shape of…
Kiln is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Double Fine Productions, released 23 April 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Kiln is
Kiln is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2026. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kiln is a party brawler video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Xbox Game Studios. Featuring team-based brawling using a pottery theme, it was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on April 23, 2026. Originally conceived during the studio's 2017 "Amnesia Fortnight" internal game jam, the project focuses on physics-based combat and character customization centered around the medium of pottery.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and party. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Kiln holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 / AMD Radeon RX 570 Dedicated VRAM: 4 GB. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Kiln launched on 23 April 2026, within three weeks of Pragmata, Replaced, Directive 8020 and Saros. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Pragmata, Replaced, Directive 8020, Saros.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kiln yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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