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Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.

Windowkill is a action, indie and action roguelike game developed and published by torcado.
Released on February 23rd 2024 is available on Windows and Linux in 28 languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Filipino, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Basque, Belarusian, Hindi, Persian and Slovenian.

It has received 3,057 reviews of which 2,933 were positive and 124 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.33€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Windowkill into these genres:

Action Indie Action Roguelike Bullet Hell Arcade 2D Twin Stick Shooter Experimental Minimalist Moddable Perma Death Score Attack Singleplayer Co-op Rogue-lite Local Co-Op Controller Local Multiplayer Multiplayer Gun Customization

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
  • Processor: 1.8 GHz Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 500 MB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420, Opengl 3.3
  • Storage: 80 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04.5
  • Processor: 1.8 GHz Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 500 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 1GB VRAM, Opengl 3.3
  • Storage: 110 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
Poorly optimized. I have a pretty good PC, and I am crashing a whole lot. Really good game, just buy once they fix the crashes.
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Jan. 2025
This game is extremely cool and fun TBH!! The dragons in this game get a rating of 0/10, for no dragons.
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Jan. 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☑ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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Dec. 2024
keeps crashing for me after a I shoot a few shapes. wish I could play, game looks cool. i5 13600k, 3070 edit: launched with vulkan and game now works. very fun, worth it
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July 2024
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price 100% ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Frequently Asked Questions

Windowkill is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Windowkill is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Windowkill received 2,933 positive votes out of a total of 3,057 achieving an impressive rating of 9.18.
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Windowkill was developed and published by torcado.

Windowkill is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Windowkill is not playable on MacOS.

Windowkill is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Windowkill offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Windowkill includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There is a DLC available for Windowkill. Explore additional content available for Windowkill on Steam.

Windowkill is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Windowkill supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Windowkill is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Windowkill.

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Windowkill
4.99€ -74% 4.99€ 1.33€
9.2
2,933
124
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
23
Developer
torcado
Publisher
torcado
Release 23 Feb 2024
Platforms
Remote Play
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