Tripwire Interactive has released a Year 1 2025-2026 roadmap for Killing Floor 3, offering fans a glimpse of all the free content coming to the co-op zombie game for the foreseeable future. The new Killing Floor 3 roadmap is very exciting, especially as players start to jump into the game for the first time on its release.
Launching nine years after the last game in the series, Killing Floor 3 has had a somewhat rocky road to release. The game was announced almost two years ago, and Tripwire Interactive first held a closed beta back in January 2025. This closed beta proved to be invaluable for the developer - Killing Floor 3 was delayed from its original March 25, 2025, release date thanks to player feedback, with the studio admitting it initially "missed the mark" with the game. Now, four months later, Killing Floor 3 is here, and time will tell if it's a worthy successor to the series' previous entries.
Tripwire revealed the new Killing Floor 3 roadmap online, detailing what players can expect from 2025 and 2026 from the game. First up is the Rearmament Update, which will add perk and Specialist decoupling to the game, as well as new Killing Floor 3 weapons and weapon mods. This will be followed by Season 2 later this year, adding a new Specialist named DJ Scully, a map called prison, a new Zed, and even more new weapons.
Killing Floor 3 Year 1 Roadmap Confirmed
The exciting additions continue into 2026 as well. Seasons 3 and 4 will both feature new maps, weapons, and weapon modes. Season 3 will bring another fresh Killing Floor 3 enemy type, while Season 4 will focus on adding a new boss. Also included are ongoing improvements, with things like performance, balance, text chat, new difficulty settings, and modding all being worked on at the moment. The roadmap claims to feature "free updates + content," although it's not clear if there will be any paid elements like microtransactions added along the way.
Fans have waited long enough for Killing Floor 3, and hopefully, it can live up to all expectations. 2025 is a massive year for zombie fans in general, but Killing Floor 3 has the potential to be the type of game players spend hours upon hours with over the next few months. Early reception to the full release will begin to roll in over the next few days and weeks, but regardless, Tripwire Interactive is committed to the game well into next year.
- Released
- July 24, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Tripwire Interactive
- Publisher(s)
- Tripwire Interactive
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
