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Windowkill

Windowkill

torcado · released Feb 22, 2024

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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.

88
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Windowkill 4.0.3 update” (1y ago)

92%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
95%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

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.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews96%911000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)95%901937
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 89.7, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 3,720 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Sep 12, 2024) · 300 reviews sampled · 1937 total reviews in window · weighted 158.7 up / 5 down · computed 6h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Windowkill 4.0.3 update
    Sep 12, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  2. Windowkill 4.0.0a-d hotfixes
    Sep 8, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  3. Windowkill 3.2.0 update - Modding and Customization!
    Apr 6, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  4. Windowkill 3.1.2 update
    Mar 8, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  5. Windowkill 3.0.2 changelog
    Feb 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  6. Windowkill 3.0.1 changelog
    Feb 25, 2024significant · resets scoring window