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Kalinur cover art

Kalinur

Pixel vs Pixel · 2022-08-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 30, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 30, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 30, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 30, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.

96%
positive of 498 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.83★
PlayStation Store rating (29 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (256 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 19,098 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10.0k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 498 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 21 of 22 observed days · $5.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25125120222026Week of 2022-08-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$0.592022-08-182026-09-242022-08-18 — best price $1.192022-10-13 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $1.192023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-05-19 — best price $0.992023-07-27 — best price $1.992023-11-01 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-01-18 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $0.792024-04-15 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-09-07 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $0.592024-12-20 — best price $0.592025-01-31 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $0.592025-04-25 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $0.592025-09-06 — best price $1.992025-10-20 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-02-19 — best price $0.792026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-05-18 — best price $0.792026-07-09 — best price $0.792026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-09-24 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
71.8%
earned "Gullah's Eye"
20.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)33821%25
Steam (Steam)29026%20
PS4 (PlayStation)15590%16
PS5 (PlayStation)14990%16
PS4 (PlayStation)13693%16
PS5 (PlayStation)13192%16

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

Player tags

2DRetroActionCombatDemonsFantasyMedievalAdventureSwordplayPlatformer

Census log

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

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