ActionFit check
Is The Pillage worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action players who want short arcade-style combat sessions
- Players who enjoy procedural cities and changing enemy behavior
- Score-focused players who want global leaderboard competition
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a story-led campaign or substantial narrative progression
- Players who prefer calm, nonviolent, or low-repetition gameplay
- Players looking for a conventional multiplayer action game
Our take on The Pillage
Rather than centering a fixed combat arena or linear campaign, the game places its violent arcade loop in a procedurally generated city where citizens, police, gangs, and other systems react to the player's actions.
What is The Pillage?
The Pillage is a fast hack-and-slash arcade game set in a procedurally generated city.
The player uses a knife and larger weapons to attack people and collect kidneys, which can be spent on additional weapons. Citizens may report crimes to police, while gangs can ignore the player or attack depending on events. Procedural systems govern buildings, terrain, sky, character traits, gang appearances, ghosts, and police difficulty. Achievements provide access to perks such as increased starting health, extended slow motion, double jumps, and higher speed. Four special abilities include summoning attacking crows, entering an invulnerable rage, calling sidekicks, and creating a damaging eye. A global leaderboard records scores and provides score details.
How The Pillage plays
- 01Reactive city factions
- Citizens can alert police, while gangs respond to the player and to rival gangs.
- 02Procedural environments
- Buildings, terrain, skies, character attributes, gang appearances, ghosts, and police scaling are generated procedurally.
- 03Weapon purchasing
- Kidneys collected during play can be spent in a shop on multiple fast-attack and heavy-attack weapons.
- 04Achievement perks
- Achievements can provide perks including extra starting health, longer slow motion, double jumping, and increased movement speed.
- 05Four special abilities
- Available abilities include attacking crows, an invulnerable rage state, combat sidekicks, and a damaging summoned eye.
- 06Global score tracking
- The leaderboard ranks player scores worldwide and breaks down how each score was earned.
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The Pillage: platforms & release
Is The Pillage worth it?
It is worth it if: action players who want short arcade-style combat sessions. Skip it if: players seeking a story-led campaign or substantial narrative progression.
Where can I download The Pillage?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Pillage's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Pillage on?
Windows only.
