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Karateka cover art

Karateka

Liquid Entertainment · Dotemu · 2012-12-03

SteamXbox

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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).

1
playing now
72%
positive of 393 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 49% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 393 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 22 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.792015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — 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 $2.932026-07-27 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

1980sIndieRetroActionArcadeRemakeRhythmClassicColorfulFighting

Census log

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

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