When is the Killing Floor 3 release date? It’s been over seven years since the last entry in the Killing Floor series and fans have been clamoring for more. Well, that time has finally come with the official reveal of KF3. So, here’s everything you need to know about Killing Floor 3, including the Killing Floor 3 release date and more.
With how popular the Killing Floor series is, news of a sequel is sure to delight fans that have waited for a very, very long time. Nevertheless, KF3 could be one of the best FPS games when it comes out if it builds upon the intense and gruesome action of the previous entries.
Killing Floor 3 release date window
The Killing Floor 3 release date window is early 2025 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles. The latest launch update was given during June 2024’s PC Gaming Show event, which offered up a minute-long gameplay trailer for the game alongside the release window.
Before Tripwire’s ‘early 2025’ confirmation, parent company Embracer gave us a much more general release window. In its May 2024 financial report, Embracer marked KF3’s arrival by the end of the 2024/25 financial year – that’s March 31, 2025, in case you didn’t know.
With this latest update from Tripwire, we at least now know that we’re going to be waiting until January at the earliest. Of course, Embracer’s March 31 deadline doesn’t mean the game will launch as late as that, but considering how publishers typically try to avoid the post-Christmas sales slump in January like the plague, we can’t imagine it dropping until at least February.
Killing Floor 3 story
Set in 2091, 70 years after the events in Killing Floor 2, the Megacorporation Horzine has produced an army of obedient bioengineered monstrosities called “Zeds.” You play as the rebel group Nightfall, the only group standing between this grotesque army and the future of humanity.
More recently, Tripwire offered up a crumb more lore in the description for the PC Gaming Show trailer, which focuses on “Nightfall’s commando, Mr. Foster, as he and his teammates execute a coordinated plan to infiltrate and reclaim an army depot overrun by Zed hordes.”
Killing Floor 3 gameplay
We’ve only seen a short snippet of Killing Floor 3 gameplay so far, but both the short reveal trailer and PC Gaming Show trailer have given us an idea of what’s in store. No doubt, KF3 will maintain the series’ excellent and bombastic horde-based combat, but refine it and add new features that up the ante.
Given the massive army of bioengineered monsters, we’re expecting to see even more intense hordes and possibly even different environments, as the reveal trailer showcased more sci-fi settings. Likewise, the game looks even more visceral than its predecessors, with stellar visuals and gruesome enemy design utilizing Unreal Engine 5.
And that covers everything we know about the game ahead of the Killing Floor 3 release date. We don’t doubt that KF3 will quickly become one of the best games for fans of co-op horde shooters – should Tripwire be able to replicate the quality of KF2, that is.