Yes, worth buying.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $1.99.
- Gameplay: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Co-op: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 69k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
I wasn’t really a fan of modded servers, so I can’t say much about those, but the core gameplay and map designs are pretty solid.
If you don't mind these facts, KF delivers a fun co-op zombie survival experience, but you would be hard-pressed to justify buying this over KF2, which has none of these drawbacks.
For its age, the graphics are good.
🎧Sound - Sound design is pretty good.
Sadly, the game has a small player base — fewer than 500 players per day — but even with that, you can still find a few active servers with full lobbies to enjoy.
Except for the workshop integration, the convoluted process of creating a dedicated server so you can play whitelisted mutators solo, the SDK turning my brightness up to blinding levels, and the netcode making me lag even at a stable below 100 ping, the initial fresh install state . . .
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Should you buy it now?
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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.
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