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Kalimba cover art

Kalimba

Press Play · Xbox Game Studios · 2015-04-22

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionCasual

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 17, 2014 (Xbox One), Apr 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Jump, switch and fly your way through mind-bending subterranean puzzles in this stunning new platforming adventure from the award-winning Press Play! 

6
playing now
90%
positive of 686 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Kalimba is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Press Play and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One and Windows. In the game, initially known as "Project Totem", players must move pieces of a totem pole through various levels while avoiding obstacles.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 686 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.29-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days · $1.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1202026-08-11 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-04-232026-08-302015-04-23 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-07-06 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-04-06 — best price $9.992020-07-24 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-04-12 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-06-13 — best price $9.992022-10-25 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-06-08 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-30 — best price $2.492024-04-18 — best price $2.492024-06-23 — best price $9.992024-09-27 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-16 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $3.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2422026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 24 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)4,1241%42
Steam (Steam)5611%41

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

Player tags

ActionCasualDifficultPlatformerLocal Co-OpPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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