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Daikatana cover art

Daikatana

Ion Storm · Square Enix · 2013-10-01

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

1
playing now
53%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,871
twitch viewers (latest)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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
  • · 1 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 32% of 10,799 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,166 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-86%

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 35 of 59 observed days · $0.21 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

602026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.782015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-03-23 — best price $6.992015-10-09 — best price $1.492016-03-03 — best price $1.742016-08-08 — best price $1.742016-12-12 — best price $5.992017-05-09 — best price $6.992017-11-21 — best price $1.492018-02-16 — best price $1.752018-07-11 — best price $1.742018-11-21 — best price $0.972019-02-11 — best price $6.992019-04-26 — best price $6.992019-08-09 — best price $6.992019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-03-02 — best price $1.392020-06-01 — best price $6.292020-08-24 — best price $0.992020-12-07 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $0.972021-05-27 — best price $6.992021-09-06 — best price $6.992022-01-13 — best price $6.992022-05-18 — best price $0.972022-08-01 — best price $6.992023-01-03 — best price $6.992023-05-27 — best price $6.992023-10-10 — best price $6.992024-01-25 — best price $0.972024-05-10 — best price $0.982024-08-28 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $0.982025-04-03 — best price $6.992025-07-23 — best price $6.992025-10-07 — best price $0.972026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-04-03 — best price $6.992026-08-04 — best price $0.972026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5991812026-06-01 — 205 pageviews2026-06-04 — 212 pageviews2026-06-07 — 242 pageviews2026-06-10 — 194 pageviews2026-06-13 — 202 pageviews2026-06-16 — 201 pageviews2026-06-19 — 220 pageviews2026-06-22 — 307 pageviews2026-06-25 — 386 pageviews2026-06-28 — 244 pageviews2026-07-01 — 286 pageviews2026-07-04 — 276 pageviews2026-07-07 — 381 pageviews2026-07-10 — 338 pageviews2026-07-13 — 295 pageviews2026-07-16 — 253 pageviews2026-07-19 — 199 pageviews2026-07-22 — 237 pageviews2026-07-25 — 227 pageviews2026-07-28 — 238 pageviews2026-07-31 — 196 pageviews2026-08-03 — 206 pageviews2026-08-06 — 290 pageviews2026-08-09 — 366 pageviews2026-08-12 — 278 pageviews2026-08-15 — 248 pageviews2026-08-18 — 324 pageviews2026-08-21 — 244 pageviews2026-08-24 — 599 pageviews2026-08-27 — 236 pageviews2026-08-29 — 247 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.

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