Killing Floor 3 Reviews
While it mostly nails its signature vibes, Killing Floor 3 is mired by a confusing live service experience and crap performance
To justify buying the game now, you'd have to have supreme confidence in Tripwire (whose team has changed dramatically since KF2), and assume that they're treating this like an Early Access game, but realistically, it's better to wait and go play the other games in the meantime.
For fans of the series, Killing Floor 3 is worth playing, especially with a dedicated squad. For newcomers, it offers a taste of frantic co-op mayhem, even if the flavour fades faster than it should. But for a game that arrives years after its predecessor, Killing Floor 3 lacks some much needed innovation.
Fun sequel in the horror FPS series
There's certainly fun to be had with Killing Floor 3. Killing waves of demons is as enjoyable as ever, but some of the changes here are unfortunate, and the new additions don't wholly make up for them. There's some work to be done by Tripwire to allow this game to fulfil its potential, then, and it's up to you if you want to jump in in the meantime.
Killing Floor 3 does everything you want right, but at the same time, it lacks some of the magic seen in the older games.
Killing Floor 3 is bloody and fun, but stuck in the past: a solid co-op shooter with old-school charm, yet lacking innovation and at risk of becoming repetitive without fresh content.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Killing Floor 3 is a good sequel, with interesting additions and the refinement of a formula that works as well as ever. However, it has little launch content and relies too heavily on its progression system.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Killing Floor 3 still has rapid action and bloody chaos, but at the same time feels a lot of outbreak. Classes and weapons are limited, the hub is removing pace and newcomers have to figure out the Zeds themselves. The Gore is there, the humor is not and that makes it less playful than the previous parts.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
“Killing Floor 3” brings some notable improvements on the gameplay front, but the shift to a “Game as a Service” style game tones down difficulty, tactical opportunities and most of all, player expression. A price maybe too high to pay.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Old-school KF fans might find Killing Floor 3 undercooked and divisive, and new-school players might struggle to see what the fuss is all about. Killing Floor 3 is a fun, survival-horror shooter that shreds with its killer soundtrack and replayability.
Killing Floor 3 can be a great time under the right circumstances, but it lacks the content to really make it part of the conversation. Progression does have its moments, but eventually does start to feel like a grind as you slowly work down their skill tree and tinker around with the battlepass, which does feature some paid elements. Still, while Killing Floor 2 is the better game at the moment, Killing Floor 3 does still entertain for what it's trying to do.
Killing Floor 3 lacks content and polish, as well as losing some key features from previous entries - however, combat is fun and those bosses offer a worthy spectacle.
Killing Floor 3 doesn't live up to the standards of its predecessor, but rather offers a mediocre, basic shooter.
Review in Finnish | Read full review
The improvements come at a cost in performance, and on a PC with an RTX 4070, you'll need to opt for 1440p and simultaneously enable DLSS if you want a generally (but not always) stable 60 frames per second without sacrificing the quality of the Ultra preset.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Killing Floor 3 offers a fun and chaotic shooting experience, with bloody cutscenes and powerful audio that makes every encounter exciting. However, it's marred by a weak story, soulless bosses, and a cumbersome progression that relies on repetition. Its technical issues also diminish the desired immersion. For beginners, it may be a fun, instant-filled co-op game, but for veterans, it feels more like a sideways step than a true evolution of the series.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Killing Floor 3 is intense, bloody, and addictive, but it still feels incomplete. It's a great start, but it doesn't quite deliver the expected leap forward for the franchise. If you have friends to play regularly, you'll have fun—the visceral gunplay remains some of the most satisfying in the genre. But if you're planning on playing solo, or if you're hoping for the same variety Killing Floor 2 had after years of content, you might want to wait. The foundation is solid. It remains to be seen whether Tripwire will consistently update to make Killing Floor 3 the successor fans truly expect.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Gameplay is fun, often chaotic, but it always feels fair. The difficulty can ramp up quickly on higher levels, but as long as you stick with your team and avoid wandering off, you should be fine. Also when playing multiplayer I never had any issues finding a team in matchmaking.
Killing Floor 3 is a blood-soaked good time that nails the essentials of co-op combat but struggles to build much beyond that. It is worth a spin with friends, especially if you loved the series before, but it still feels more like a polished iteration than a true evolution.
Killing Floor 3 offers more of the same: bloody, fast-paced cooperative action with a solid gameplay loop. It's polished and fun, especially in multiplayer mode, but it doesn't quite reach the level of a reinvention.
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