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Katana Kata

Stas Shostak · 2020-01-28

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 26, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 23, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Indie souls-like with innovative fight system where you practice your Katana on the path for endless improvement; again and again.

68%
positive of 73 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 22,732 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220202024Week of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492020-01-282026-10-032020-01-28 — best price $13.492020-06-25 — best price $11.242020-10-30 — best price $7.492020-11-12 — best price $7.492020-11-25 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $10.492021-10-29 — best price $4.492021-11-24 — best price $4.492021-12-23 — best price $4.492022-01-27 — best price $5.242022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-08-19 — best price $7.492026-10-03 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

GoreBloodIndieActionViolentFightingRealisticSwordplayHistoricalRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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