Killing Room
First-person roguelite shooter set in a deadly reality TV show
Alda Games · Released Oct 20, 2016
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 71% of 1,388
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Oct 1, 2017
What is Killing Room?
You compete on a twenty-second-century reality show in this single-player first-person shooter with RPG elements. During randomly generated runs, you fight enemies with guns and melee weapons, improve character attributes, and gain or lose popularity with an AI audience. Death ends your run.
For you if...
- +you enjoy demanding shooters with a steep learning curve
- +you like dark humor mixed with horror
Not for you if...
- −you want cooperative or competitive multiplayer
- −you prefer predictable progression without random rewards or penalties
What players say
71% of 1,388 reviews are positive
Players praise the replayability and balance, but recent reviewers say online audience voting no longer works. Other complaints include collision glitches that disrupt runs and performance that worsens during longer sessions.
Screenshots and trailer
Killing Room system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 4 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Killing Room?
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- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel i3 (or AMD equivalent)
- Graphics
- With DirectX 9.0c support (strongly recommended at least budget gaming dedicated GPU)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel i5 (or AMD equivalent)
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 (or AMD equivalent)
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Killing Room have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Killing Room run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 42
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Czech.
Does Killing Room use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Action
- FPS
- Indie
- RPG
- Roguelike
- Roguelite
- Singleplayer
- Replay Value
- Dark
- Horror
- Comedy
- Perma Death
- Action Roguelike
- Procedural Generation
- Gore
- Shooter
Recent updates
- Mar 31, 2017 · Easter eggs are coming to Killing Room
- Jan 6, 2017 · Update - Balancing boss battles and fixing bugs
- Jan 6, 2017 · Update - Balancing boss battles and fixing bugs
- Dec 16, 2016 · CHRISTMAS is coming to Killing Room!
- Nov 18, 2016 · Traps and Monsters update is here!
