Kill It With Fire

Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game in which an exterminator tracks down spiders. Instead of proceeding carefully, you can empty drawers, knock over furniture and wreck entire rooms to drive the creatures out of their hiding places.

The game focuses on short, self-contained missions and exaggerated humour. Casey Donnellan Games developed the title, and tinyBuild published it.

Kill It With Fire was released for PC on Aug 13, 2020. The versions for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One followed on Mar 4, 2021. Mobile versions for iOS and Android were also released in 2021.

The PlayStation 4 version can also be played on a PS5 via backward compatibility. This does not mean that a standalone PS5 version has been released.

Kill It With Fire has been released for PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS and Android. On PC, it is available through Steam, among others.

On PlayStation, the original is a PS4 game. The Xbox release from March 2021 belongs to the Xbox One generation and can also be played on Xbox Series. The respective console versions should therefore not be equated with native re-releases for PS5 or Xbox Series.

In each mission, you search an area for spiders and try to catch them with improvised weapons. A locator device helps you track down hidden creatures before they disappear between furniture.

The appeal comes from combining search and destruction: objects can be moved or used in unintended ways, and even a small find can set off a wild chase through several rooms.

Year of the Spider expands the original game with additional missions, equipment and enemies. The expansion came out on PS4 and Xbox One in July 2022 and on Nintendo Switch in September 2022.

The Exterminator Edition combines the base game with the Year of the Spider content. It is therefore a bundle, not a standalone sequel.

The minimum PC setup includes a 2.4 GHz dual-core processor, 4 GB of memory, a graphics card in the GTX 760 class and 2 GB of free storage. Recommended are a 2.4 GHz quad-core processor, 8 GB RAM and a GTX 1060 or equivalent graphics card.

The original requirements list Windows 7 or Windows 10 in the 64-bit version. The current Steam client has required at least Windows 10 since January 2024.

Eight different spider types keep the hunt from playing out the same way every time. The spiders hide behind or under objects, so thoroughly searching the rooms is a key part of the game.

Sometimes it makes more sense to clear an area first, rather than swinging weapons blindly into every corner.

The equipment ranges from frying pans and other everyday objects to firearms, explosives and fire. As you progress, more options become available for dealing with spiders from a safe distance or with as much chaos as possible.

Fire spreads through the game world and is part of the comedic destruction system. Your choice of tool changes how you reach hiding spots and how much of a room is still standing at the end.

Missions include optional objectives alongside the main spider hunt. Hidden upgrades reward thorough exploration. If you want more tasks, you can also try the Arachno Gauntlet challenge.

Additional objectives give you a reason to take a closer look at rooms you've already visited, instead of just chasing the nearest spider.

The original Kill It With Fire is listed as a single-player game on Steam and PlayStation. Co-op mode is not part of this original.

If you want to hunt spiders together, you'll only find online co-op for up to four players in the sequel, Kill It With Fire 2.

On iPhone and iPad, Kill It With Fire can be installed for free. The full levels can be unlocked through an in-app purchase.

The mobile version therefore cannot be compared with a classic one-time purchase PC or console game in terms of how you access it.

The PC version supports German menus, subtitles and voice audio. Steam lists eleven supported languages in total.

German on-screen text is available on PlayStation 4, but the voice audio is in English. The iOS version is listed as English-language on the App Store. Language options therefore differ by platform.