
Anthology of the Killer
A downloadable virtual horror land for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Buy Now$6.00 USD or more
"History is a nightmare - - and loving it!!"
The full collection of serialised comedy-horror games.
Join BB as she makes rent and zines in a world of drinky birds, secret rooms, dream resorts, bort dolls, waterparks, immersive theater, beachfront t-shirt stores, police men, art freeports and unorthodox medical treatment. Nobody gets out of here alive!!
Nine games wrapped into loader for easy access and additional features, like joypad support and bonus zones. IGF Nuovo Award winner 2024. Play it fresh... Relive the nightmare...
- Voice Of The Killer
BB joins a call center on the edge of the city, but a horrible noise can be heard from the sea. Does the voice of the Killer sound out this far...? - Hands Of The Killer
A strange sound is heard from within the walls of the apartment block - they say the hands of the Killer are roaming around.
- Drool Of The Killer
Beneath the tiles of the swimming pool complex, a new world is striving to be born. This is the TAMMY show, coming soon to a city near you.
- Eyes Of The Killer
It's the hit of the season and applause rings out night after night. But why do all the people that come to see it disappear? What does "immersive theatre" mean... and will BB survive to tell anybody else?
- Flesh Of The Killer
BB and her friends sneak into a tax exempt freeport on the edge of the city. What kind of animal has been evolving underground in the forbidden Museum Of Moral Art?
- Blood Of The Killer
In the quiet country town the drinky birds lie dreaming and severed heads roll slowly down the street. BB must discover the terrible secret of the lost zine distro, or fall prey to its curse...
- Ears Of The Killer
A new music scene is forming - it's known as "Crime Wave" and all of the songs are about killing people. Can BB and her sister ZZ outrun the New Wave, or is it true nothing can change the shape of things to come?
- Heart Of The Killer
At the Dream Resort the days slip by quietly in the murmuring pines. At night a dreadful vision of desire stalks the halls.
- Face Of The Killer
All the dogs in town are laughing: there is talk of a new play. As fireworks burst over the city, BB finds herself looking into the face of the Killer.
Featuring hit soundtrack by Tommy Tone: https://trashtronix.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-killer
And posters and guest diorama art by A. Degen
(all in-game screenshots on the page licensed CC BY-SA by request!)
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Release date | May 27, 2024 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (262 total ratings) |
Author | thecatamites |
Genre | Adventure |
Made with | Unity |
Tags | Cartoon, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Walking simulator |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Gamepad (any) |
Purchase
Buy Now$6.00 USD or more
In order to download this virtual horror land you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $6 USD. Your purchase comes with a Steam key. You will get access to the following files:
AnthologyOfTheKiller_MAC.zip 386 MB
Anthology Of The Killer_v1.1_WIN.zip 379 MB
Anthology Of The Killer_v1.1_WIN32.zip 377 MB
Anthology of the Killer_v1.1_LNX.zip 395 MB
Anthology Of The Killer_v1.1_MAC.zip 384 MB
Development log
- Steam Release!Oct 08, 2024
- Steam ThingSep 16, 2024
- v1.1 Notes!Jun 16, 2024
- Notes on Mac BuildMay 28, 2024
- Anthology Of The Killer Out Now!!May 28, 2024
- Releases 28th May!May 21, 2024
- Face Of The Killer - Out NowMar 05, 2024
Comments
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not bad
One of the best things ever made, thank you!
Cant wait to play this!
If anyone's wondering, you do still get a steam key if you buy the game on itch. The button to reveal it is below the various download options after you buy it.
I have played this game. For perfect games this is quite the runner up. it Achieves out everything it sets out to do, and does so in such a wonderful and fantastic way.
For the price point this game is a STEAL !! I need merch of BB now !
I just went through this over a couple days with my friends' Game Club and it was SO good. Thank you so much for making these, it was an amazing and entertaining experience. The humour was really great, and there was a lot to think about as you encountered folks and heard their stories.
I love BB a lot, I'm glad she was there at the end like those two guys promised. I know it was a long voyage for those who were there from the start or early on, and you can see how they grow and evolve over time and just.. sorry, rambling. I just loved the game a lot, so thank you very much.
One of my favourite video games I've ever played over the last two decades. Thank you so much.
hey i just found out this game was on steam! I don't see my key, where would I go about finding it? lovely game!
Hello! I am a journalist and need to get in contact as I would love to feature you in the article. Deadline is soon. email or answer here
I really enjoyed this silly game. I love when games are fun but also have a message and its up to you to decipher it
I fucking love this game. This is the only work of art I've experienced that truly captures the fever dream that is life under "liberal" capitalist imperialism.
Also, I must know what is crimes committed in 1988, 1991, and 1993 referring to?
Hello TheCatamites, i am contacting you through the comment page due to being unable to find an email associated with you.
I'm a big fan of Anthology of the Killer and I am interested in creating an Android port/mod, specifically for low spec, android TV boxes, mostly just for fun really. I was wondering if you might be open to sharing the unity source project to make this possible?
I respect your work and will credit you fully while not forcing myself into said credits.
Thank you and have a nice day!
I really want the game's movie style posters, I think I'm gonna get some printed. If I do, do you want copies? I'd print extras and send them. Also, what's the highest quality version of those images I could use?
I'm making a steam event, called "The fun, The dark and The cozy" and I'm trying to contact the catamites so that we could promote the game, is there a way to contact you?
Hi Catamites! Uhh I remember you suggesting I play something of yours with a personal note, and I'm looking and I can't find it
It's been a hell of a year. My contact info is on zelda.zone couldn't find any social media or whatever but happy to hear from you again! I'm getting back to streaming and planning to check out your stuff again! I think I was Zelda by the time you reached out, but I used to have a different name with Tap-Tap in it.
Aaaaa I found it, nvm, it was suggesting this!! Pink hair girl looks cute, I think I'll play it this saturday!
I marathoned(?) this yesterday and it was hella rad, extremely good experience <3
9.3/10 orange simulacrum (I fell out of bounds on the 2nd screen of the outside of Mansion Gardens in Face by walking down what looked like a path).
Why 6 dollar?
Asked a fortune teller.
your profile is a fucking bootleg sonic level
i bet even your parents dont like you
10/10 game. I played this on my CRT monitor after seeing it was locked to 4:3. It fit the experience perfectly.
i would love to see footage of this if its possible to record :o
Omg this game is over a year old now, I need to play it!!!
are you ever gonna sell drinky bird shirts. i need one
If possible I would like to hire this guy to teach me how to write humorously, or to help me with a game idea I am working on.
i need to find more fans of these games om
One of the best games I've played! I adore the art style and writing so much!! I think their should be an amendment to the constitution declaring every citizen should own at least two copies of this game under threat of execution.
I've been working through the Anthology and finding myself repeatedly enchanted by your witty, odd prose, your iconic visual style, and the beauty of watching the game's scope continue to grow and change with each entry. You are an inspiration, an auteur, and an icon of indie gaming.
Hey,


I launched the game on windows steam deck but the text at the bottom and at the top seems to be cut off.
I tried full screen and windowed and windowed mode was actually worse, even more text was cut off.
Throwing a random guess, it might be because the game renders at 16/9 ratio but since the steam deck is 1280x800, it does not render the game at 1280x720 but 1400 or something more x800, and only render the center, not the additional pixels that don't fit the screen. Is there a solution to the issue?
Thank you in advance!
Hard to overstate just how much this game means to me, probably top 5 favorite game for me if we’re counting (we’re not). So much art now (especially movies) are trying to capture the zeitgeist of “how it is” now but I don’t think the horror of living through whatever we’re living through now has ever hit me as hard as playing through the last game in this anthology (maybe Twin Peaks The Return gets close, but it doesn’t have an epilogue like this).
Have been a seriously annoying advocate to my friends for all your games since playing Space Funeral and this is GOTY 2024. Thank you Mr Mites
this is the ultimate palate cleanser. like a little scoop of ice cream that tastes like the spoon its on. i will think about this game for months
playing this game felt like sitting with the funniest kid in the lunchroom. i felt so enchanted & delighted & taken care of, even as i'm taken through a violent wonderland. gorgeous, hilarious & brilliant.
This was sooo good, BB is my girl for life I love her so much!! I did find the gameplay a little clunky but it's kind of part of it??? Idk listen I'll play anything to experience this world and these characters. I am impressed with this game's incredibly good atmosphere, I was so on edge and drawn into the creepy settings. Very funny and compelling throughout, though I do feel like I haven't fully connected the dots yet to understand the overall narrative but also maybe it's just mysterious...whatever it is it is LOVELY. Drool is my favourite episode but any time with BB is appreciated <3
Been a fan since Space Funeral and I always love to see more of your work!!!
I need to get around to playing this sometime. it looks right up my ally
Actually my favorite game ever and also of all time
coming back when i have 6 dollars
If you bought the game here, is there a way to get a steam key as well?
Wait, you do?
Oh wow you DO. Thanks, I hadn't noticed at all!
couldnt think of anywhere else to go after today. im going to make sure i hang out with bb as much as i can so i can make sure i live as long as i can
I LOVE ANTHOLOGY OF A KILLER RAAAHHHHH
Playing this game is the best thing that has ever happened to me! Best game EVER!!!
The 90s had Ghost World, the 00's had Scott Pilgrim, the 10s had Night in the Woods, and now we've got Of the Killer for the 20s even though it's the obscurest of them all.
The game captures the modern condition brilliantly. Every episode feels like an allegory of how we try to survive the absurdities of the modern world without ceasing to be human.
Some people are literally turning into monsters but you can still chat with them about music and stuff. It's about being young and naive but not expecting much. It's about searching for the meaning of meaninglessness among tragically amusing ruins of other people's failed passion projects, million dollar modern art masterpieces that look like a kid's doodles, and remnants of B-list pop culture phenomena from decades ago that you have an unexplainable emotional attachement to.
A 10/10 veritable modern classic. Polar opposite of soulless corporate crap.
Game of the year. Game of the decade. Game of the century. Game that will eclipse all of known history, relating to electronic entertainment or otherwise. GOD I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!
Are you fine with people modding your games?
absolutely