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Karateka cover art

Karateka

Liquid Entertainment · Dotemu · 2012-12-03

SteamXbox

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 07, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2012 (Xbox 360), Dec 20, 2012 (iOS), Dec 18, 2012 (PlayStation 3)

From PRINCE OF PERSIA creator Jordan Mechner, the original side-scrolling karate classic comes to Steam with art by Jeff Matsuda (The Batman) and music by Grammy-winning composer Christopher Tin (CIVILIZATION IV).

Karateka is an Action, Indie and Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 395 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 395 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 395 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.63 at Fanatical (2024-09-16) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 23 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.792015-01-012026-09-042015-01-01 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $3.992020-04-20 — best price $1.592020-06-16 — best price $3.592020-07-20 — best price $2.932020-08-29 — best price $3.592020-09-27 — best price $3.992020-10-27 — best price $3.992020-11-19 — best price $2.932020-12-22 — best price $0.792021-01-29 — best price $3.992021-02-24 — best price $2.932021-03-25 — best price $2.932021-04-20 — best price $2.932021-05-29 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $3.992021-08-12 — best price $2.932021-09-09 — best price $3.592021-10-23 — best price $2.932021-12-01 — best price $2.932022-01-09 — best price $3.592022-02-05 — best price $2.932022-03-25 — best price $3.592022-04-19 — best price $2.932022-05-10 — best price $3.592022-06-10 — best price $3.592022-07-23 — best price $3.592022-09-06 — best price $2.932023-03-23 — best price $3.992024-01-15 — best price $0.792024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-11-27 — best price $0.792025-04-14 — best price $0.792025-09-29 — best price $0.792026-02-17 — best price $2.932026-09-03 — best price $0.792026-09-04 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "Make a Big Splash"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2773%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)8578%12
PS3 (PlayStation)7825%12

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

Player tags

1980sIndieRetroActionArcadeRemakeRhythmClassicColorfulFighting

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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