Action · October 20, 2014
Door Kickers (2014)
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention. Analyze the situation, plan team routes, choose equipment and breach points and coordinate multiple troopers to reach the hostage room before the bad guys get to press that trigger. It may sound daunting, and like real world CQB combat, it sure is. But most levels can be completed in minutes and on the fly improvisation works. Achieving the perfect planning, getting the mission done with no false steps, that’s a skill harder to master. Quick Points: 2D, Top Down for optimal tactical analysis Real Time With Free Pause No turns, no hexes, no action points or awkward interfaces Realistic but action packed Non-linear levels, freeform gameplay Mission editor and modability Unlimited gameplay via mission generator and level editor Single Player Online Cooperative Multiplayer (2 players)
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146 Action titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.
Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Tactical · 470
- Strategy · 367
- Top-Down · 254
- Simulation · 225
- Action · 205
- Indie · 186
- Singleplayer · 172
- Real-Time with Pause · 163
- 2D · 157
- Replay Value · 128
- Co-op · 119
- Real Time Tactics · 115
- RTS · 109
- Shooter · 89
- Top-Down Shooter · 88
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 9.8k Steam reviews | Top 40% in Action |
| Positive rating | 94% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19% |
| Metacritic | 83/100 | Genre average 77 — top 27% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 7 h average | Top 58% for session depth among Action |
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play Together
Other
- Single-player
- Includes level editor
- Family Sharing
Reception Metrics
Steam community
94%Very Positive · 9.8k reviews
9.2k positive · 590 negative
Metacritic
83/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
7.8/10
Curator recommendations
7.9k
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (8)
- English volume_up
- Spanish - Spain
- Polish
- Russian
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Simplified Chinese
Press Quotes
“If you like your puzzles pausable and plausable, your firefights fierce and your tactical options abundant, this is sure to be one of the best things you buy this year.” Rock, Paper, Shotgun “Door Kickers is a game about cops kicking down doors, and these doors are a lot of fun to kick down. It is also very hard, and I love it for that.” 84 – PC Gamer
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
7h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
3h
Typical completion time
Achievements
43
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Oct 20, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Developer | KillHouse Games |
| Base price | $4.99 -75% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Content Notes
Firearms, explosions, death by firearms.
Editions & Packages
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