ULTRAKILL: the retro shooter where blood is fuel
ULTRAKILL is a style-and-gore machine. You play as V1, a robot that has run out of its usual power source, and the only fuel left is the blood of the enemies it kills. That means hiding in corners and playing it safe gets you killed โ to survive you have to dive into the chaos, close the distance and soak up blood at point-blank range. It turns the shooter into a nonstop dance: Quake-speed movement, Devil May Cry flair and the grim mechanical aesthetic of DOOM. When you buy ULTRAKILL from us as a Steam Gift, you get the full game on your account with all current content and future Early Access updates.
What the game is and who made it
ULTRAKILL is created by Finnish developer Arsi "Hakita" Patala and published by New Blood Interactive โ the same crew behind the cult retro shooters DUSK and AMID EVIL. It launched into Steam Early Access on September 3, 2020 and quickly became one of the standout titles of the "boomer shooter" wave โ old-school action reimagined. The premise is simple and charming: heaven and hell are empty, humanity is extinct, and machines roam the layers of a Dante-inspired underworld hunting for the last drops of blood. V1 is one of them.
Why it's so addictive
The core hook of ULTRAKILL is the feeling of speed and control. You're constantly dashing, sliding, wall-jumping, parrying projectiles with your fist and swapping weapons on the fly. Each weapon has multiple variations and dozens of tricks: coins you can ricochet a shot off for a headshot, a nailgun that builds magnetic traps, a shotgun you can use to launch yourself into the air. It all feeds a combo system: the more varied and reckless your kills, the higher your style rank climbs on screen โ from a modest grade to a blazing "ULTRAKILL."
What's in the current version
ULTRAKILL is an Early Access game, and it's honest about that: development is still ongoing. As of now the Prelude, Act I and Act II are fully playable, along with the released layers of Act III โ that's dozens of campaign levels plus hidden secret missions, challenges and arenas. The content is already huge and self-contained: plenty of players sink dozens of hours into it chasing P-ranks (a perfect clear of a level). Here's how Early Access works: you buy the game once, and new layers, weapons and the final Act III arrive as free updates โ they simply appear in your Steam library, with nothing extra to purchase.
- ๐ฉธ Blood = health: you heal by staying in close combat.
- ๐ A style ranking system and P-ranks for perfectionists.
- ๐ธ A driving metal and industrial soundtrack by Hakita.
- ๐น Machine and demon bosses with unique patterns.
- ๐ง Active support and regular Early Access updates.
How we deliver the gift
We send ULTRAKILL via Steam Gift โ Steam's native gifting feature. We need two things from you: your Steam friend invite link (found in your profile via the "Add Friend" button, in the form s.team/p/...) and your Steam account region. The bot handles the rest: it adds itself as your friend, sends the gift and removes itself once delivered. You don't need to accept the friend request manually, and no Steam Guard is required. The gift usually arrives within a couple of minutes of ordering, though that's not a strict deadline โ sometimes it takes a little longer.
Important conditions before you buy
For Steam to accept the gift smoothly, check two things. First: your Steam account region must match the gift region โ Steam won't let you accept a gift from a different region. Second: you must not already own ULTRAKILL on that account โ you can't accept a gift for a game you already have. Also make sure friend requests are allowed in your profile privacy settings, otherwise the bot can't reach you. These three points cover 99% of any possible hiccups.
Who ULTRAKILL is for
If you love fast old-school shooters, enjoy a high skill ceiling and want a game you can keep mastering for months, this is your pick. Fans of New Blood and retro action should also check out DUSK with its rural-horror atmosphere and the stealth-immersive Gloomwood from the same publisher. But ULTRAKILL remains, arguably, the most adrenaline-fueled of the bunch โ a game where killing an enemy beautifully matters more than just killing it.
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