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Karate Survivor

Alawar · 2024-10-30

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 28, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 28, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Oct 30, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 28, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Become a martial arts master in this survivor-like roguelite inspired by action movies of the ‘80s. Use your fists, feet, and the environment to fight off relentless thugs. Master powerful combos, enhance your skills, and remember: everything around you is a weapon!

Karate Survivor is a 2024 Action, Casual, and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 3375 reviews).

19
playing now
85%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (366 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Karate Survivor trailer thumbnail

Karate Survivor - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (711 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 68k–152k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,375 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.35 at GreenManGaming (2025-03-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 139 of 191 observed days · $0.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
59859820242026Week of 2024-10-30: 598 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-11-06: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 391 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

90192026-09-15 14:00 — 72 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 37 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 50 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 90 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 45 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 54 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 48 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 57 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 84 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 51 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 31 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 37 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 29 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 34 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 33 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81822Nov 2024Aug 2026Nov 2024 — avg 818 · peak 2,923Dec 2024 — avg 261 · peak 757Jan 2025 — avg 166 · peak 373Feb 2025 — avg 71 · peak 139Mar 2025 — avg 68 · peak 154Apr 2025 — avg 33 · peak 74May 2025 — avg 100 · peak 465Jun 2025 — avg 49 · peak 149Jul 2025 — avg 49 · peak 117Aug 2025 — avg 36 · peak 85Sep 2025 — avg 43 · peak 123Oct 2025 — avg 29 · peak 81Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 86Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 49Jan 2026 — avg 45 · peak 118Feb 2026 — avg 28 · peak 61Mar 2026 — avg 28 · peak 69Apr 2026 — avg 27 · peak 57May 2026 — avg 23 · peak 52Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 57Jul 2026 — avg 29 · peak 57Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 67
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.262024-10-232026-10-152024-10-23 — best price $4.992024-11-15 — best price $4.462024-12-12 — best price $3.742025-01-13 — best price $3.742025-01-31 — best price $3.492025-02-27 — best price $4.992025-03-21 — best price $3.492025-04-09 — best price $4.992025-05-01 — best price $2.242025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-06-18 — best price $2.492025-07-08 — best price $3.342025-07-30 — best price $4.992025-08-15 — best price $3.342025-09-10 — best price $2.242025-09-25 — best price $2.492025-10-24 — best price $3.892025-11-11 — best price $2.242025-11-26 — best price $4.992025-12-19 — best price $2.742026-01-18 — best price $4.992026-02-16 — best price $4.992026-03-11 — best price $1.992026-04-01 — best price $2.502026-04-15 — best price $2.492026-05-11 — best price $1.752026-05-31 — best price $1.922026-06-17 — best price $1.752026-07-15 — best price $4.992026-07-31 — best price $1.262026-08-25 — best price $1.492026-09-07 — best price $1.492026-09-17 — best price $1.492026-09-27 — best price $1.492026-10-07 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
75.1%
earned "Wrestling"
45.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-10-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,51313%22
PS5 (PlayStation)30438%23
PS4 (PlayStation)220%23
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D2.5D1980sActionArcadeCasualCombatFightingRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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