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Daikatana

Ion Storm · Square Enix · 2013-10-01

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 23, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In 2455 AD, Kage Mishima used the magical powers of Daikatana, the most powerful sword ever forged, to alter time and establish himself as supreme dictator. You are Hiro Miyamoto, one of the few people on earth who knows what happened.

Daikatana is a 2013 Action game priced at $6.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 1166 reviews).

2
playing now
53%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,871
twitch viewers (latest)
1871.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

John Romero's Daikatana, better known as simply Daikatana, is a 2000 first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive for Windows. A port to the Nintendo 64 was released the same year by Kemco. Players control a swordsmaster who travels through various time periods using the eponymous Daikatana, a powerful sword tied to the fate of the world.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–94k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,174 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.78 at GreenManGaming (2021-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 53 of 94 observed days · $6.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Oct 2013May 2024Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2014 — avg 5 · peak 41Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 11Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.782015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-05-08 — best price $1.492015-11-13 — best price $1.742016-03-22 — best price $5.992016-09-15 — best price $1.742017-01-26 — best price $1.742017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-12-21 — best price $0.972018-05-17 — best price $1.742018-09-11 — best price $5.992019-01-21 — best price $6.992019-04-01 — best price $6.992019-07-18 — best price $6.992019-11-26 — best price $1.392020-02-27 — best price $0.972020-06-01 — best price $6.292020-08-26 — best price $0.982020-12-11 — best price $6.992021-03-22 — best price $0.972021-06-28 — best price $6.992021-11-22 — best price $0.782022-03-22 — best price $0.972022-06-30 — best price $0.972022-11-23 — best price $0.972023-04-04 — best price $6.992023-08-29 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-04-17 — best price $0.972024-08-26 — best price $0.972024-12-16 — best price $0.972025-04-03 — best price $6.992025-08-01 — best price $0.982025-10-09 — best price $0.972026-01-22 — best price $0.972026-05-12 — best price $6.992026-08-29 — best price $0.992026-09-14 — best price $6.992026-09-30 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5991692026-06-01 — 205 pageviews2026-06-05 — 215 pageviews2026-06-09 — 191 pageviews2026-06-13 — 202 pageviews2026-06-17 — 215 pageviews2026-06-21 — 231 pageviews2026-06-25 — 386 pageviews2026-06-29 — 442 pageviews2026-07-03 — 251 pageviews2026-07-07 — 381 pageviews2026-07-11 — 280 pageviews2026-07-15 — 269 pageviews2026-07-19 — 199 pageviews2026-07-23 — 284 pageviews2026-07-27 — 226 pageviews2026-07-31 — 196 pageviews2026-08-04 — 216 pageviews2026-08-08 — 428 pageviews2026-08-12 — 278 pageviews2026-08-16 — 275 pageviews2026-08-20 — 340 pageviews2026-08-24 — 599 pageviews2026-08-28 — 244 pageviews2026-09-01 — 281 pageviews2026-09-05 — 211 pageviews2026-09-09 — 204 pageviews2026-09-13 — 174 pageviews2026-09-17 — 232 pageviews2026-09-21 — 212 pageviews2026-09-25 — 202 pageviews2026-09-29 — 232 pageviews2026-10-03 — 205 pageviews2026-10-07 — 184 pageviews2026-10-10 — 191 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

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Census log

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

Recent updates

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