Community26 Oct 2025The Demo is Back along with a 50% Sale as apart of Scream IV FestKnights, To continue celebrating our 1-year anniversary, we’re excited to be re-releasing the KILL KNIGHT Game Demo for a limited time, giving you the chance to get a taste of one of the most acclaimed games of 2024. The demo gives you access to run Layer 1, Solitude, for as long as you can endure. With access to options across each arsenal slot, the demo provides you a glimpse into the diversi…
Knights, There’s a new minor patch (v1.2.2) out now: Improvements · Improved the leaderboard’s registration of scores Fixes · Fixed ‘Kill X Demons’ achievements not firing correctly · Fixed "Swiftshade" typo
Knights, We’re excited to announce our ‘Age of Darkness: Final Stand + KILL KNIGHT’ Bundle, which provides 10% off both titles. Leave The Abyss, light your sword ablaze and re-commence your onslaught against waves of a whole new enemy. Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set…
Knights, A minor new patch is available now (v1.2.1), bringing in a couple of new settings options and bug fixes: PATCH NOTES IMPROVEMENTS Settings · Added an option for changing the direction of Sword attacks when using a Controller · Added an option for toggling on/off various Impact Hitstops that happen during combat FIXES Enemies · Fixed the GHAST III soft-locking the game when being Execut…
The 2025 Triple-i Initiative is live! While we are not directly involved this year, we are participating in the Steam Sale, with a 50% off sale! This showcase is very close to our hearts, as one year ago, during the first ever Triple-i Initiative, we announced KILL KNIGHT! It’s been a wild year… Players First Trial in The Abyss The team had been working diligently for months, and internally we…
Knights, We’re very excited to announce that KILL KNIGHT has received a Dope Indie Games of the Year Awards (DIGY) nomination for Best Action Game. Thanks so much to all our players who have dived into the Abyss! We’ve always strived to create a fun, fast-paced and impactful twin-stick arcade experience and it’s been incredible seeing this recognized both by our players and now also by DIGY. Th…
Knights, Deep from within the Abyssal Keep, something stirs once more… Trading Cards are Live! From today, you can Wrath Burst your Steam Profile with KILL KNIGHT themed content! The whole works is here to collect: Trading Cards, Badges, Emoticons, Stickers, Frames, and Animated & Static Backgrounds. Each item has been hand-crafted by our awesome artists and we can’t wait to see them out in the…
Knights, The KRYSTALIZED UPDATE is here! We’re excited for you to dive into the latest KILL KNIGHT update, which brings with it a host of thrilling new content for you to unlock and unleash - from powerful new weapons and equipment, to the new WEEKLY DESCENT and an updated SEVER mode. Plus, delve deeper into the lore with the Demonic Kodex and enjoy listening to the KILL KNIGHT Original Soundtr…
Knights, We have some big announcements to make for KILL KNIGHT, so strap in and read ahead. First, we are excited to reveal that the KILL KNIGHT Original Soundtrack will be releasing this year. On December 18th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST, you will be able to pick up the OST separately or as part of a bundle with the game, and our plan is to also release it on major streaming platforms in the near fu…
The Steam Awards are here, so now’s the time to share your thoughts on games in 2024! With this we’d love it if you nominated KILL KNIGHT for the ‘Best Game You Suck At Award’. To be eligible to vote you’ll need to have left a review for one of your nominees, so if you haven’t already please let us know your thoughts on KILL KNIGHT ! Throughout the entire development process of KILL KNIGHT, we’…
Knights, As the Abyssal Keep takes, so does it give in return... We’ve been hard at work crafting several new pieces of Equipment for your Knight’s Arsenal and wanted to bring you an early look at them in action. This includes a new set of Pistols, a new Heavy Weapon, a new Sword, a new Armour, and two new Augments. These represent some of the most devastating, daedalian, and difficult to maste…
Knights, We're back again bringing you another update to enhance your journey through the Abyssal Keep. This minor patch, detailed below, brings some improvements and bug fixes to KILL KNIGHT. Stay tuned for more updates! PATCH NOTES IMPROVEMENTS Miscellaneous · Challenge badges achieved on a specific difficulty will now unlock across all difficulties. · Improvements to various text strings acr…
Hi Knights, We're back with another patch (v1.0.5) bringing updates to the game which are outlined in the list below. Please note that we have updated the build version number to be in-line with internal versioning, hence the skip from v1.0.1 to v1.0.5. Stay tuned for more updates! HOTFIX NOTES IMPROVEMENTS Settings · Added a new setting for disabling Quick Restart during Gameplay · Added a new…
Hi Knights, It's been great to see you diving deep into the Abyssal Keep! In case you missed it, our Lead Game Designer Sean, shared a message here on behalf of our development team for everyone who has played KILL KNIGHT and joined our community to date. We have a new patch available now (v1.0.1), bringing updates to the game which are outlined in the list below. Stay tuned for a game update s…
Hello! Sean here, Lead Game Designer on KILL KNIGHT. Let me start by giving a huge thank you to all the real knights and gamers out there who have played our little game and been a part of our community - whether we reeled you in with a trailer, you were a Demo OG, or have joined in the last few days. Thank you so much for playing! When we started making KILL KNIGHT we were driven by a singular…
Knights, Your time has come to descend the brutal depths of the Abyssal Keep. KILL KNIGHT is out now, and your challenge begins. Thank you for joining us on this journey. The Abyss awaits, Knight. Embrace the carnage. The KILL KNIGHT Team ————— KILL KNIGHT is available on Steam now - and is now fully optimised for Steam Deck compatibility. Social Links: Discord X/Twitter: @KILLKNIGHTGame TikTok…
To celebrate the launch of KILL KNIGHT, we are joined by Alex our Community Manager, Ricky our Producer, and special guest Crayator. Our resident QA legend, Ben, will also be jumping on to show us how it's done! Thurs 3 Oct 11AM AEST // Wed 2 OCT 6PM PDT, click here for your local time zone. Have a question you want to ask the team? Drop your questions in our Discord #submit-questions channel n…
Knights, Work continues on Kill Knight’s October 3rd release. Until then, we have extracted some more demonic intel from the Abyssal Keep! This time we dive into the Environments and Layers you will descend through underneath Hell itself… Layer 1: Solitude The descent into the Abyss begins with Layer 1: Solitude, a stark, foreboding introduction to the Kill Knight’s journey. This layer is marke…
Knights, Carnage is drawing near! We are hard at work getting KILL KNIGHT ready for release on October 3, and have pulled some demonic intel from the depths of the void on three of the most threatening demons you’ll be facing throughout your descent through the Abyssal Keep. PURSUER III Offensive Type Projectiles Health Melee + Ranged Offense Wicked 800 + Demonic Carapace “PURSUER III” is the m…
Enter if you dare, Knight. The Abyssal Keep will officially open on October 3 . We are excited to share that KILL KNIGHT has officially gone gold, and there's not long to wait. In just six weeks' time, descend into the five arenas of the Abyss. Global leaderboards will be open from Day 1. We can’t wait to see what devastating loadouts players will choose to ascend with. Keep an eye on KILL KNIG…
Knights, Welcome to a special edition of the KILL KNIGHT Dev Diary. This week, and for our third Dev Diary, join Ryan, Ricky, and Ben as the team reacts to the highest scoring demo run submitted as part of our Next Fest Challenge. Watching you, our players, learn to master the depths of Solitude during Next Fest was incredible, and we can’t wait to see what you do with the full game later this…
To our new Knights, To say that we’ve been completely overwhelmed by the response to KILL KNIGHT, and watching you - our growing community - grabbing the challenge by the horns through the past few days of Next Fest, would be a massive understatement. To see the culmination of the team’s hard work in the hands of players for the first time has been incredible. Thank you! Our Next Fest demo feat…
Thank You, Knights! Firstly, we wanted to extend a massive thank you to each and every one of you who have jumped into the KILL KNIGHT demo so far. Watching you play KILL KNIGHT for the first time, and witnessing our growing community dive head first into the challenge - and the high-score supremacy battle - has been such an incredible experience for our team to be a part of too! We’re excited…
Enter if you dare, Knight To celebrate the launch of the KILL KNIGHT demo, we're giving away a custom KILL KNIGHT PC by TAGMods to the player with the highest score by the end of Steam Next Fest, as well as Steam Keys to those who submit a daily high score. Top spot out of reach? Make sure you still submit your score as we also have 10 Steam Keys to giveaway at random to anyone who simply enter…
Enter if you dare, Knight - the KILL KNIGHT Demo is OUT NOW. From today, you can dive into the depths of the Abyssal Keep and experience the raw, relentless combat of KILL KNIGHT firsthand, for the first time. The demo will be live until June 30, and throughout Steam Next Fest. Revel in the Challenge... Your carnage and bloodshed will not go unnoticed. The demo will feature an early look at the…
Enter if you dare, Knight. We're thrilled to share that our first ever playable demo for KILL KNIGHT will release later this month. From May 30 (10 AM AEST / 1 AM BST/ 4 PM May 29 PDT) , and throughout the June Edition of Steam Next Fest, players can dive guns-first into the Abyssal Keep and experience KILL KNIGHT’s visceral top-down combat. The demo will feature the first Layer - “Solitude” -…
Welcome to our first-ever Dev Diary for KILL KNIGHT! We’ve been completely overwhelmed by the positive response to last week’s announcement (thank you!), and we can’t wait to share more details about the game over the coming months! But to get things started, we’ve seen A LOT of your questions since the reveal. While some details will need to wait - we wanted to shed some light and provide a li…
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter in development at PlaySide Studios - the award-winning developers behind Age of Darkness: Final Stand. Revealed during the Triple-i Initiative and set to launch later this year on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch, KILL KNIGHT challenges players to master the demon within as they descend through the voids of an eldritch…
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