Kill Knight

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Once a loyal knight, betrayed, and banished to the Abyss. A desecrated corpse inside reanimated armor.

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Developer:
PlaySide
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
02 October 2024
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Recent Steam reviews:
Mixed (22)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (1772)

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Description

Once a loyal knight, betrayed, and banished to the Abyss. A desecrated corpse inside reanimated armor. You rise to an eternal death. Branded KILL KNIGHT, you have one purpose - KILL THE LAST ANGEL.

FIVE ELDRITCH LAYERS

KILL, OR BE KILLED

Dance with death in the Abyss, and unveil intricate layers of gameplay lurking beneath the surface. Exploit enemy weaknesses, enact brutal executions, weave through your arsenal to tactically manage resources, and unleash destructive wrath blasts to turn the tide. Every encounter is testament to your mastery.

KILL KNIGHT’s polished, minimalist aesthetic, and retro visuals pay homage to the neon-soaked arcades and shooters of the 90’s. Set across five relentless, hand-crafted eldritch arenas, KILL KNIGHT embraces lo-fi brutalism and revels in the dread and dream-like ruins that surround your descent into the Abyss.



Survive the otherworldly onslaught and complete challenges to unlock powerful new equipment for your Knight’s Arsenal, and evolve your unique playstyle. Learn to harness the special abilities and fire-modes of KILL KNIGHT’s array of pistols, heavy weapons, swords, and armor. Take your fight to the global leaderboards against friends and foes alike. Enter if you dare, Knight, and revel in the carnage.

  • Fast and visceral top-down, push forward combat that rewards aggression and precision

  • An immersive otherworld dripping in corrosive atmosphere with a retro-inspired aesthetic

  • Descend through five fatal layers, each more deadly than the last

  • Choose your challenge, with four distinct difficulty settings to overcome

  • Survive long enough to raise your Kill Power, increasing speed and damage

  • Complete challenges to unlock your Knight’s Arsenal, and evolve your playstyle

  • Dive into Sever Mode, combining all five layers into one extended arena challenge

  • Ascend the global leaderboards, and compete with friends for high-score supremacy

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Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 64 bit
Processor:
Intel i5 2.3 Ghz
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GTX 970
Storage:
5 GB available space

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 64 bit
Processor:
Intel i7 3.3 Ghz
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GTX 1080
Storage:
5 GB available space

User reviews

Zmaj
Not recommended | 24 Jun 2026
7.1h played

Love the aesthetic and the responsive controls, but I can't recommend this game due to its asinine progression system where you are stuck with the worst weapons and upgrades up against quite difficult levels, and the

Helpful: 10
SoggyMcFries
Not recommended | 01 Jul 2026
11.6h played

Fluid gameplay and cool graphics. However most gear is just bad which greatly limits build variety. The progression system is what people say it is: ♥♥♥♥. Lazy design.

Helpful: 5
ヽ(。_°)ノ
Not recommended | 03 Jun 2026
8.6h played

Feels bad giving this game a not recommend because this isn't about the gameplay, it's more of a buyer beware do not recommend. I actually enjoyed the game and wanted to keep playing. Something about this game really

Helpful: 4
Mobius-1
Recommended | 15 Jun 2026
6.0h played

Twin-stick HYPER DEMON. Yes that's reductive. Very happy this is an actual twin-stick and not another vampire survivors clone, not that I have anything against those, it's just a bit of a saturated genre right now.

Helpful: 3
KoreytheGrappler
Not recommended | 18 Apr 2026
40 min played

Yet another game claiming to be something that encourages "mastery" and "arcade style", yet is critically wounded by modern design choices. Kill Knight locks ALL of its upgrades through arbitrary, obscure challenges

Helpful: 8
(-¤$ Baker-Of-Blaviken $¤-)
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
24.6h played

This game was a genuine surprise for me, I have to admit... Normally, this genre of games doesn't really appeal to me, but there was something charming about this particular title and I wasn't disappointed. The game is

Helpful: 0