RPGFit check
Is It's Killing Time worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Readers who want a long, choice-driven story about a hired assassin
- Players interested in shaping a protagonist's moral identity through choices
- Interactive-fiction fans who prefer written text over graphics and sound
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who require graphics or sound effects may bounce off the entirely text-based presentation.
- Players looking for combat controls, visual exploration, or action sequences may find the novel's reading-and-choice structure too limited.
- Readers who avoid stories about assassination, betrayal, and violent crime may not fit its subject matter.
Our take on It's Killing Time
The bounce point is the presentation: readers expecting visual scenes or sound effects will meet a 140,000-word novel delivered entirely through text, with the player's imagination supplying the missing audiovisual layer.
What is It's Killing Time?
It's Killing Time is a 140,000-word, text-based interactive novel about a hired assassin who travels the world, meets new people, and kills for money.
Choices control the story and shape the protagonist's identity: spiritual hitman or hitwoman, ruthless assassin, psychopath, or righteous killer. The character can earn respect, reputation, and wealth while driving an exotic car and carrying unusual weapons. Trust and betrayal form part of the story's central tension, with the player deciding whom to trust and whom to betray. The game has no graphics or sound effects, relying entirely on written text and the player's imagination.
How It's Killing Time plays
- 01Choice-Driven Story
- Player decisions control the direction of the interactive novel.
- 02Assassin Identity Paths
- The protagonist can be portrayed as a spiritual hitman or hitwoman, ruthless assassin, psychopath, or righteous killer.
- 03Reputation And Wealth
- The hired assassin can earn respect, reputation, and wealth through the story.
- 04Text-Only Format
- The novel presents its story without graphics or sound effects.
Games like It's Killing Time
RPG
RPGBlood Money
Choice of GamesFor:Interactive-fiction readers who want a long, choice-driven crime storySkip if:Players looking for graphics, sound effects, or action-focused combat
RPGHeroes of Myth
Choice of GamesFor:Readers of long interactive novels who want a fantasy plot built around consequential choicesSkip if:Players seeking visual exploration, combat systems, or audiovisual presentation may find the text-only structure too limited
RPGNikola Tesla: War of the Currents
Choice of GamesFor:Interactive-fiction readers who want a long, text-only historical science-fiction story rather than a visually presented gameSkip if:Players expecting graphics or sound effects will encounter the format’s limit from the start: the story is entirely text-basedPicked by overlapping fit notes and genres, not an editorial comparison.
It's Killing Time: platforms & release
Is It's Killing Time worth it?
It is worth it if: readers who want a long, choice-driven story about a hired assassin. Skip it if: players who require graphics or sound effects may bounce off the entirely text-based presentation.
Where can I download It's Killing Time?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens It's Killing Time's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is It's Killing Time on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
