Screenshots & trailers
What players say
Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 300 sampled Steam reviews (262 positive / 38 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.
What positive reviews talk about
- Multiplayer & servers5% mention it
What negative reviews complain about
- Multiplayer & servers13% mention it
- Bugs & crashes11% mention it
- Difficulty & balance11% mention it
Satisfaction by hours played
Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.
Under 5h
73%
62 reviews
5-15h
91%
55 reviews
15-40h
90%
52 reviews
40-100h
92%
53 reviews
100h+
91%
78 reviews
Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 78 | 19 |
| Creator reviews (1 tracked) | – | 80 | 0 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 88% | 82 | 1112 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | 72 | 20 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 85% | 79 | 3000 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jan 23, 2024) · 300 reviews sampled · 13126 total reviews in window · weighted 169.5 up / 33.1 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (74)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 80
“Buying Killing Floor 2 for yourself is a hard recommendation to make. It's still a good game but it's obviously built upon the idea of tightly knit teamwork, which you're not going to find with random players online. With a group of friends though, it's a great, zombie killing time.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Killing Floor 2 sets a nice base for a game with great potential. However, TripWire Interactive has to develop that potential to its full extent in order to not let it become 'another shooter'. The game needs more modes and really simple things, e.g. a lore encyclopedia and, of course, it needs to take a step back and rethink about the random cosmetic items via real money.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Every now and again, it's nice to have the option to play something that doesn't crave a great deal of emotional investment and can be enjoyed with the barest minimum of cerebral input. Killing Floor 2 confidently ticks both boxes and thrusts itself forward as the perfect vehicle for the mindless slaughter of the digitally infected and does so in a true gore-heavy fashion. There's maybe a slight concern about its longevity when taking its repetitive, shallow(ish) gameplay and lack of modes/bosses into consideration, although regular free DLC updates should be more than enough to guarantee frequent returns for Zed duty when the mood suits.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Killing Floor 2 is a great co-op experience with pick up and play appeal that promises to keep delivering with frequent updates and community driven content. It's been a long time since there's been such an addictive standalone co-op game on the PS4.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Killing Floor 2 is a lot of mindless fun. I say mindless, but it really does take some strategy to be successful. That's what makes it the most fun.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Killing Floor 2 is the sequel to Tripwire Interactive's 2009 cult hit Killing Floor, which is actually a full release of the popular Unreal Tournament mod that debuted in 2004. With a long and relatively successful history, Tripwire took to the masses back in November 2016 by releasing Killing Floor 2 on Windows and PlayStation 4 platforms to favorable reviews (scoring around 75% on MetaCritic). Nearly a year later Killing Floor 2 has finally come to Xbox One and those of us that prefer Microsoft's home console for FPS games are finally able to join the fray… Unfortunately for us though, Killing Floor 2 feels a bit dead in the water, lifeless, and redundant given the abundance of far superior first person shooters available today.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“The game feels very truthful to its origins while greatly expanding on all aspects of gameplay for a title that should have a long term quality to it.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Killng Floor 2 is a good co-op shooter with a lot of horrible monsters that can be slayed in a thousand of ways. It is hard and satisfying but, after a lot of matches, the formula can become boring. Recommended for organized team of friends that love massacre foes together. ”
read full review ↗ - 80
“The game hones in on the basic appeal of killing Zombies without the complications of reaching waypoints or setting up intricate fortifications. Yet Killing Floor 2's strongest asset is in its simple yet effective combat--Tripwire could substitute the Zeds for robots or Nazis and still have a solid shooter on its hands.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“A fantastic game with more than competitive graphics. Whilst slightly repetitive, it is undeniably enjoyable with teammates and the more friends you play with the more fun you will have within the game.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“If you’re looking for a new horde mode game to enjoy with friends (or randoms), you can’t go too far wrong with Killing Floor 2. I feel it misses out on some of the deeply ingrained teamwork of other co-op survival games, especially on lower difficulties, but if you want a challenge, it brings it in spades.”
read full review ↗ - 65
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Rely On Horror…and 62 more tracked reviews.
Patch history
- Killing Floor 2 Winter 2024 Quality of Life Changelog (Game Version 1149)Jan 23, 2024significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Hotfix Game Version 1148Dec 5, 2023
- Killing Floor 2 Autumn Update ChangelogOct 17, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Autumn Beta 2 Update is Now Live!Oct 10, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Autumn Beta 1 Is Live!Sep 21, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Deep Blue Z Hotfix is Now LiveJun 22, 2023
- The Deep Blue Z Summer update Is Now Live Across All Platforms!Jun 6, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- Deep Blue Z Summer Beta 2 2023 is Live!May 25, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- Deep Blue Z Beta 1 is Live!May 11, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- March 2023 Quality of Life and Bug Fix ChangelogMar 16, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- February 2023 Quality of Life and Bug Fix ChangelogFeb 2, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Polar Distress Winter UpdateDec 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Polar Distress Beta is Live!Nov 17, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2: Blood and Bonfires Update is Live!Oct 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2: Autumn Beta 2 is Live!Sep 22, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Autumn Beta 1 Update is Live!Sep 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 PC Hotfix ChangelogJul 13, 2022
- KF2 Summer 2022 Hotfix ChangelogJun 29, 2022
- The Tidal Terror Update Is Here!Jun 14, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2: Summer Update Beta 2 Is Now Live for PC!May 24, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2: Summer 2022 Beta 1 is Live for PC!May 11, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Spring Cleaning 2022 Update is LiveMar 29, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Killing FLoor 2: Chop 'Til You Drop Christmas Update 2021 is Now LiveDec 9, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2: The Chop Til' You Drop Christmas Beta 2 Is Here!Nov 30, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2: The Chop Til' You Drop Christmas Beta Is HereNov 16, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2: Day Of The Zed Update is here!Oct 5, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Halloween 2021 Beta 2 Is Now Live!Sep 21, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Halloween 2021 Beta 1 is Live!Sep 2, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Summer Update HotfixJul 8, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Summer 2021 Update - Interstellar InsanityJun 22, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Summer Opt-In Beta 2 (PC Build 1115) Is Now Available!Jun 10, 2021significant · resets scoring window
- Killing Floor 2 Summer Opt-In Beta 1 (PC Build 1114) Is Now Available!Jun 2, 2021significant · resets scoring window