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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.

CHKN is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2016, free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 1762 reviews).

7
playing now
80%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
501Feb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2016 — avg 20 · peak 42Oct 2016 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2017 — avg 16 · peak 63Jun 2017 — avg 14 · peak 34Oct 2017 — avg 17 · peak 57Feb 2018 — avg 15 · peak 41Jun 2018 — avg 15 · peak 35Oct 2018 — avg 12 · peak 29Feb 2019 — avg 14 · peak 36Jun 2019 — avg 38 · peak 165Oct 2019 — avg 19 · peak 58Feb 2020 — avg 17 · peak 54Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 36Oct 2020 — avg 12 · peak 29Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 31Jun 2021 — avg 10 · peak 23Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2023 — avg 18 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30Feb 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 74Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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