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Killing Floor 3

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Killing Floor 3
Killing Floor 3 cover
Developers
Tripwire Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows July 24, 2025
Reception
Metacritic 67
OpenCritic 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Zombies, Sci-fi
Series Killing Floor
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Killing Floor 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action and shooter game in the Killing Floor series.

General information

Official franchise Discord server
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Deluxe Edition and Elite Nightfall Edition also available.
Windows
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Deluxe Edition and Elite Nightfall Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition and Elite Nightfall Edition also available.
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Cosmetic Skins for the playable characters.
Currency "Creds" can be purchased with real currency for the in-game store.
Free-to-grind Free levels in the battle pass can be obtained.
Time-limited In game shop rotates available cosmetics on a timer. "Supply passes" always available and never expire.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Shadow Agent Season 1 Deluxe Pass
Windows
Future Seasons 2-4 Deluxe Pass
Windows
Prepurchase Bonus No longer available.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Nightfall\Saved\Config\WindowsClient\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1430190/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Nightfall\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1430190/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Game is Vert- by default. FOV can be increased to compensate. FOV scaling can be switched to on for vertical FOV scaling rather than horizontal, but this can result in a fishbowl effect as it increases both horizontal and vertical FOV as horizontal resolution increases.
4K Ultra HD
Current max resolution selectable in-game is 2560x1440, but can be set higher through the config.
Field of view (FOV)
70-120°. Default is 90°. Option to switch between using X or Y axis for FOV values, default is set to horizontal.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Scales with the Texture Quality setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Forced TAA
High-fidelity upscaling
TSR, DLSS 3.7, FSR 3.1, XeSS 1.3
Frame generation
DLSS Frame Generation, DLSS Multi-Frame Generation
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections
Color blind mode
Deuteranope, Protanope, Tritanope
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

Input

Controls settings
Controls settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, VO, SFX, Player Volume sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
1-6 Co-op

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Multiplayer Epic Online Services
Anti-cheat Easy Anti-Cheat

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Intel Core i7-4790
System memory (RAM) 16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 20 GB SSD
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 480
DirectX 12 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 5 engine build: 5.4.3[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2025-02-21