The Game Census
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CHKN

Katapult · 2016-04-01

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 01, 2016 (Mac), Apr 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2016 (Linux)

Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.

4
playing now
80%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 23% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2018-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

1222026-08-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002016-04-012023-03-172016-04-01 — best price $14.992016-10-28 — best price $9.742016-11-25 — best price $9.742017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-05-11 — best price $9.742017-06-22 — best price $9.742017-09-21 — best price $14.992017-10-26 — best price $9.742017-11-22 — best price $9.742018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $9.742018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-11-30 — best price $9.742019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-04-09 — best price $9.742019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-08-29 — best price $9.742019-11-01 — best price $9.742019-11-26 — best price $9.742020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-01-12 — best price $9.742020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-07 — best price $9.742020-05-24 — best price $14.992020-09-02 — best price $9.742020-10-02 — best price $14.992020-11-13 — best price $9.742021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-05-27 — best price $9.742021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $9.742022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $9.742022-08-08 — best price $14.992023-03-17 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
69.5%
earned "It's Alive!"
23.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2633%21

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieCasualSandboxBuildingCraftingLife SimSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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