ULTRAKILL
Fast-paced retro FPS where blood restores health and stylish kills score
Arsi "Hakita" Patala · Published by New Blood Interactive · Released Sep 3, 2020 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 244K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 2,899 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 1,527
- peak 24h 2,873
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 4 months ago
- Apr 25, 2026
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What is ULTRAKILL?
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced, single-player first-person shooter built around campaign levels, rapid movement, weapon variations, and style-based combos. As a blood-fueled machine descending into Hell after humanity’s extinction, you fight the dead, demons, and other machines, absorb blood to restore health, pursue higher ranks, and search for secrets and optional challenges.
For you if...
- +you like demanding shooters built around speed and movement
- +you enjoy mastering combos, rankings, and optional challenges
- +you want a violent single-player campaign with retro styling
Not for you if...
- −you prefer slower shooters with less demanding combat
- −you dislike high difficulty and challenging boss fights
- −you want competitive or cooperative multiplayer
What players say
97% of 244,210 reviews are positive · 97% of 2,899 in the last 30 days
Players praise the fast, skill-heavy combat, mechanical depth, and soundtrack. The main complaint is the high difficulty, particularly some boss fights.
Screenshots and trailer
ULTRAKILL system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor Or Higher
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 560 Or Equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 11
- Processor
- 3.1 GHz Quad Core Processor Or Higher
- Graphics
- Geforce GTX 970 Or Equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Fast-Paced
- Gore
- FPS
- Boomer Shooter
- Character Action Game
- Arena Shooter
- Spectacle fighter
- Great Soundtrack
- Singleplayer
- Dating Sim
- Retro
- Difficult
- Shooter
- First-Person
- Action
- Robots
Recent updates
- Apr 25, 2026 · Patch 17d4 Changelog
- Apr 17, 2026 · Patch 17d3 Changelog
- Apr 15, 2026 · Patch 17d2 Changelog
- Apr 15, 2026 · Patch 17d Changelog
- Apr 12, 2026 · Fraud Hotfix #2
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