The Game Census
DethKarz cover art

DethKarz

Beam Software · Ziggurat · 2020-08-21

SteamGOG

ActionRacing

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 18, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Nintendo 64)

You're one of the elite racers chosen to compete at exotic locations around the world and beyond. Strap yourself into a fusion-powered racing machine for an explosive and exhilarating futuristic racing experience.

97%
positive of 77 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.44
steam price (US)
DethKarz is a futuristic 3D racing game by game publisher Melbourne House. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 10 November 1998. A Nintendo 64 port was planned but never released. It was released digitally on 20 December 2019 by Piko Interactive on GOG.com.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 22,385 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.88-73%
GOG$2.45-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.88 at Fanatical (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 59 of 93 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620202026Week of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$1.882019-12-202026-10-022019-12-20 — best price $4.792020-09-18 — best price $5.992021-02-15 — best price $6.992021-06-07 — best price $6.992021-09-07 — best price $6.992021-11-18 — best price $4.542022-01-07 — best price $6.192022-03-21 — best price $4.542022-05-26 — best price $5.132022-07-12 — best price $4.542022-10-24 — best price $6.992023-01-19 — best price $5.132023-04-01 — best price $6.992023-06-07 — best price $5.482023-08-22 — best price $6.992023-11-22 — best price $4.542024-01-25 — best price $4.542024-04-09 — best price $4.542024-07-11 — best price $4.892024-09-11 — best price $5.482024-11-02 — best price $5.132024-12-14 — best price $5.132025-03-02 — best price $5.132025-05-26 — best price $5.482025-07-11 — best price $3.492025-09-19 — best price $3.492025-11-25 — best price $3.142026-02-03 — best price $6.992026-04-03 — best price $6.992026-05-30 — best price $6.192026-07-20 — best price $2.452026-09-10 — best price $6.992026-10-02 — best price $2.45
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

ActionRacingClassicShooterCyberpunkFuturistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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