Action · July 25, 2019

KILL la KILL -IF (2019)

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The critically acclaimed 2013 anime title that shook the streets of Honnou City, 'KILL la KILL' finally makes a comeback as an action fighting game! Play as Satsuki Kiryuin, Ryuko Matoi, and more, and indulge in the alternate story that will draw you deeper into the vivid and action filled world of 'KILL la KILL'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KILL la KILL 'KILL la KILL' is an original television animation made by Studio TRIGGER, under the talented hands of the creator of 'Gurren Lagann', Hiroyuki Imaishi, and the scenario writer, Kazuki Nakashima. In pursuit of the truth behind her father's death - 'the wielder of the Scissor Blade', Ryuko Matoi enrolls into the Honnouji Academy. In Honnouji Academy, there exists a special uniform, the 'Goku Uniform', said to bestow special powers upon those who wear it. And the Student President, Satsuki Kiryuin, has absolute authority over the entire Academy with its powers. Satsuki, who claims to know of 'the wielder of the Scissor Blade'. Ryuko presses on to seek information from her, and this is when fate encounters. The saga that wreaked havoc onto the Academy, is now spreading to engulf everything! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dominate your opponents with deep mind games, and devastate them with stunning animations. This is KILL la KILL battle action! STORY You control Satsuki Kiryuin as the main protagonist of this game, and proceed along with the story while battling against various characters. All scenarios are completely new and fully supervised under the watchful eyes of the original scenario-writer, Kazuki Nakashima. You will be experiencing the story unfold from the perspective of Satsuki Kiryuin, the rival of the original series' protagonist Ryuko. THREE BASIC BATTLE ACTIONS Basic actions include 'Normal Attack', 'Guard' and 'Break Attack'. These actions operate against one another much like in a game of Rock, Paper and Scissors. Normal Attacks A fast attack with little openings. There are 'Close Ranged Attack' and 'Long Ranged Attack'. Press either of the attack buttons repeatedly for auto combo! Guard Blocks against all normal attacks and takes no damage. However, players are unable to guard against Break Attacks. Break Attack A slow, wide-range heavy attack. Able to penetrate past your opponent's defenses, but leaves you wide open. BLOODY VALOR Faithfully reproduced from the original anime series, 'Battle and engage in heated debate with your opponent' in the KILL la KILL way! Activate the 'Bloody Valor' when you're not being attacked, and hit the opponent with the burst to start the debate! The attacker and the defender will choose from 3 types of phrases; 'Taunt (rock),' 'Provoke (scissors),' and 'Mock (paper).' The phrases are set up like an RPS game. The attacker wins if they have the stronger hand or is even. If the attacker has the weaker hand, the defender wins.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Action · 83
  • Anime · 82
  • Fighting · 68
  • Local Multiplayer · 42
  • Female Protagonist · 28
  • Singleplayer · 27
  • Alternate History · 27
  • Great Soundtrack · 25
  • Controller · 25
  • Nudity · 23
  • Sexual Content · 21
  • Story Rich · 20
  • Competitive · 20
  • Soundtrack · 19
  • 3D Fighter · 17

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume1.9k Steam reviewsTop 99% in Action
Positive rating71% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 85%
Metacritic68/100Genre average 77 — top 87% of Action titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 73% for session depth among Action

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stats
  • Steam Leaderboards

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese volume_up
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

71%Mostly Positive · 1.9k reviews

1.4k positive · 563 negative

Metacritic

68/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

6.4/10

Curator recommendations

1.6k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

34

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 25, 2019
DeveloperArc System Works, APLUS Co., Ltd.
PublisherArc System Works
Base price$4.99 -75%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Content Notes

Costumes with moderate nudity appear frequently.

Editions & Packages

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