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Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is the new action shooter franchise by Io-Interactive, creators of the multi-million selling Hitman series. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men follows the violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath - and their brutal attitude towards right and

Released Dec 13, 2007 Developer IO Interactive Publisher Square Enix Platforms Windows ActionCrimeThird-Person ShooterCo-opShooter
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What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

64.0%positive3,334 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“First things first: do not expect this to work the second you hit Play. Since it still relies on the ancient Games for Windows Live, this game is basically a profile decoration. You have to download a fix like the GFWL disabler to even see the games main menu. Check the Steam…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“The Kane and Lynch series is one of the most misunderstood in all of gaming. A gritty tale of two terrible and brutal criminals fight for a chance at redemption after being forced to face the many consequences to their past actions. Not many games, especially from this era, can…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“After one hour of gameplay it frequently crashes even with the Xbox Live fix and I'm running the game at 2560 x 1440 with everything else maxxed, kinda sad to see how some older titles get this treatment for the regular modern W11 users as it happened with other games like…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Facts & details

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GenresAction
Player tagsAction · Crime · Third-Person Shooter · Co-op · Shooter · Local Co-Op · Third Person · Violent · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Heist · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Partial Controller Support · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French * , German * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * *
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.kaneandlynch.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum configuration (800x600, detail reduced) OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 1800+ RAM: 1GB Video card: 128 MB NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better HARD DRIVE SPACE: 7GB INPUT DEVICES: 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse and keyboard Recommended configuration (Up to 1280x960, all features on) Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.5Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Optimum configuration (1600x1200, all features on) Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz or AMD Athlon XP 3000+ RAM: 2GB Video card: 128 MB NVIDIA 8300 or better/ATI X1800 or better I