Action · October 21, 2021

Killsquad (2021)

trophy156 achievementsextension1 DLCgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend2.8k recommendations
Welcome to Killsquad: a co-op action game that blends twin-stick shooter, hack and slash and drops in a dash of character customization & progression. Join us on a journey to five planets full to the brim with enemies for you to annihilate. Choose your hero, select your skills, weapons, gears and talismans, and unleash hell through waves of relentless enemies and fearsome bosses. Killsquad deliveres frantic, direct, skill-oriented control on keyboard or gamepad. Shoot fast, dodge fast, or die even faster. Our core are short, 10-20 minute adrenaline pumping contracts you can enjoy solo or with up to 4 friends in co-op. So it feels a bit like a twin stick shooter. Or a hack and slash. Or a top-down dungeon crawler. Or a sci-fi bullet hell. Well, it feels like Killsquad. And it's a lot of fun to play, solo or with others. Killsquad features five hero classes for you to choose from, each with their own weapons and skills. These combine melee and ranged characters to fit different playstyles. Along your adventures, you'll be able to acquire and equip powerful upgrades for each of your skills, which activate during your contracts. And, if you survive, claim your bounty to spend it on tons of new equipment, such as weapons, power-ups and gear, or cosmetics to show off. Fight your way through +30 contracts in the Campaign Map, visiting five planets along the way. Jump in with your friends or with any other bounty hunter. You can come to the aid of another squad by joining them mid-mission in real time. Cooperate to complete each contract or compete between each other to earn the highest scores. Obtain weapons and gears with unique characteristics that affect the skills of your hero. Earn the trust of the Unseen by finding their Talismans: strong and complex artifacts with exciting passive effects. But be wary, these abilities at first will be detrimental, but through effort and killing lots of monsters can level up to turn into powerful items. Use everything in combination with your skills and upgrades to create game-breaking builds, and make the heroes your own. But this party would not be complete without the main course: the enemies. Hordes and waves of disturbing enemies will make their way to you, clawing and bitting till there's nothing left. But do not worry, you will be fine. It is the bosses which will make you tremble. More than 15 bosses will put you to the test, each with different sets of mechanics and unique ways to be beaten.

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Peer Action titles

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Action · 168
  • Hack and Slash · 69
  • Top-Down Shooter · 60
  • Co-op · 57
  • Online Co-Op · 53
  • RPG · 46
  • Loot · 45
  • Twin Stick Shooter · 45
  • Action RPG · 42
  • Indie · 37
  • Top-Down · 37
  • Multiplayer · 35
  • Sci-fi · 30
  • Dungeon Crawler · 29
  • Bullet Hell · 26

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.5k Steam reviewsTop 73% in Action
Positive rating70% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 86%
Metacritic73/100Genre average 77 — top 73% of Action titles
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 56% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Korean
  • Japanese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Japanese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

70%Mostly Positive · 3.5k reviews

2.4k positive · 1.0k negative

Metacritic

73/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

2.8k

Press Quotes

“Very fun to play, and the progression system is very well implemented” 7.5 – IGN Spain “My time spent in Killsquad was fun, fast and furious” MMORPG

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

156

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 21, 2021
DeveloperNovarama
Base price$29.99
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

This game can include content not suitable for all ages or to be safely displayed at work, such as combat scenes and general violence against monsters in a fantasy setting.

Editions & Packages

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