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Paid killing

Video game concept

Player character gains wealth automatically from killing opponents or destroying their property.

128
games
13
platforms

Alternate name: Paid destruction

Super Sanctum TD (Windows)
Super Sanctum TD
WIN 2013-05-09
Risk of Rain (PlayStation Vita)
Risk of Rain
VITA 2016-04-12
Front Mission Evolved (Windows)
Front Mission Evolved
WIN 2010-09-16
Excubitor (Windows)
Excubitor
WIN 2016-05-26
Dead Pixels (Xbox 360)
Dead Pixels
X360 2011-09-15
Pound of Ground (Windows)
Pound of Ground
WIN 2010-11-05
Sentinel 3: Homeworld (Android)
Sentinel 3: Homeworld
ANDR 2011? *
Noita (Windows)
Noita
WIN 2020-10-15
Myth Defense: Light Forces (Android)
Myth Defense: Light Forces
ANDR 2009
Iron Brigade (Xbox 360)
Iron Brigade
X360 2011-06
Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves (Windows)
Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves
WIN 2013-04
Defense Grid 2 (PlayStation 4)
Defense Grid 2
PS4 2014-09-24
This is for actually usable cash or equivalent that is gained from kills (regardless what actual loot the enemies have) like there being a bounty on the enemies' heads that is instantly transferred to your account for each registered kill.

Excludes score that is in form of money (but still unusable as such) gained from killing enemies.
Related:
* Bounty-hunting

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Parent groups

Arbitrary rewards, Resource acquisition

Games by year

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The first Paid killing video game was released in 1993.

11 bit studios, Trendy Entertainment and Tripwire Interactive published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Reward From Nowhere)

Platforms

Windows 62
Linux 23
X360 10
Android 10
Mac OS X 10
PS3 4
iOS 2
PS4 2
MS-DOS 1
GB 1
Flash 1
Xbox One 1
PS Vita 1