Windowkill

Windowkill

Steam Deck Verified

torcado · Indie · Feb 23, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $3.24.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
windowkill is a pretty good arena battler for the first few hours. it has a creative concept, fun and challenging gameplay, and decent sound design. sadly, it quickly succumbs to performance issues and lag, because the way it chooses to scale difficulty is "spawn more enemies."
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Highly replayable, with various game modes, unlockables, characters, and mod support.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Surprisingly, the controller support is great, but you're gonna want a Steam Deck or Steam Controller.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
Works SO well on Linux, and I was happy to see that there's a GNOME-like window theme in the settings!
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The floating virtual display, alongside the colors and shifting windows, creates awesome, eye popping visuals.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay44 reviews
Story and characters29 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Linux compatibility7 reviews
Graphics6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Audio9 reviews
89%
Difficulty7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes18 reviews
94%
Performance8 reviews
88%
Bugs6 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.24.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
37
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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