Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition

Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition

Skip · Action · 2014

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 31, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Cost per hour▼
$2.78/hr
Reviews▼
74% of 8,778
Genre rank
Top 44% Action

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
7.2h
To 100%
25.8h 3.6x the story
Achievements
48

Price and sales

Sales
95 on record
Typical cut
85% off
Steam low
$1.99 November 2022
Sale every
41d last September 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.00 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
4 now
Cheaper than
6% of its genre
Better reviewed
58% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

69% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 95 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 85 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score sits in the top 44 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, DmC: Devil May Cry ($29.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Devil's Hunt ($14.99, scores 1).

More about Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition

This site sampled 635 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 44 percent of the 841 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 7.2 hours. Doing everything runs 26, 3.6 times as long.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.78/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds6 of 635 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

In an era of slop, this game is a breath of fresh air. It's a work of art with style. The combat is great and gets deeper as you progress. As someone who usually hates cutscenes, I actually sit and watch these. The best part is that there's absolutely no wokeness in this game, with lots of beautiful ladies and masculine male characters. The side missions are hilarious and would never be allowed to be made today. All...
El CidRecommendedafter 2.0h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I like the game but the story is really confusing sometimes but the gameplay is nice for a ps3 game and the mc has a cool and nonchalant vibe which I love. 9/10
SenbuRecommendedafter 8.9hSep 2026Read on Steam
While I actully quite enjoy the combat of the game, although is is quite brutal, and the look of the game is jsut *chefs kiss* unfrountely I have to giv e athumbs down as I had issues with crashing. It should also be aware the game a bit creepy with it's women dating section taht you use for upgrades and heavy mashing is also invlolved.
SlaughterpuffNot recommendedafter 1.5h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Get ready for some seriously stylish action from renowned designer SUDA51. In this exclusive version for PC, players will be slicing, dicing, and shooting as the suave executioner Mondo Zappa. Prepare for the thrill of love and kill in KILLER IS DEAD!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GPU that supports Shader Model 3.0, 13 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition scores 31/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/261110/killer-is-dead-nightmare-edition
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperKADOKAWA GAMES / GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE
PublisherDeep Silver
GenreAction
Released2014
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements48