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Kathy Rain cover art

Kathy Rain

Clifftop Games · Raw Fury · 2016-05-05

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: TBD (iOS), May 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 05, 2016 (Mac), Nov 22, 2016 (Android)

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Kathy Rain is a 2016 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with Very Positive reviews (92% of 4006 reviews) and an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners.

5
playing now
92%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · completionist 5.4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Kathy Rain is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by Clifftop Games and published by Raw Fury. The game is set in 1995 and follows a college girl named Kathy who returns to her hometown to look into a mystery related to her recently deceased grandfather while confronting her troubled past.

Trailer

Kathy Rain trailer thumbnail

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut - Official Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 115 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,761 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 100k–240k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,006 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
Humble Store$1.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-05-12) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 107 of 108 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-15 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.2k0Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2016 — avg 13 · peak 38Apr 2017 — avg 13 · peak 59Aug 2017 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 35Apr 2018 — avg 14 · peak 65Aug 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2018 — avg 9 · peak 107Apr 2019 — avg 8 · peak 47Aug 2019 — avg 25 · peak 414Dec 2019 — avg 64 · peak 935Apr 2020 — avg 32 · peak 297Aug 2020 — avg 45 · peak 483Dec 2020 — avg 31 · peak 258Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 83Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 79Dec 2021 — avg 44 · peak 4,151Apr 2022 — avg 18 · peak 148Aug 2022 — avg 17 · peak 136Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 611Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 99Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 336Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 121 · peak 920May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 50Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 36May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 96
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.01$0.002016-04-192026-10-142016-04-19 — best price $13.492016-11-25 — best price $7.492017-03-15 — best price $14.992017-09-18 — best price $14.992017-12-20 — best price $3.442018-02-19 — best price $3.442018-07-03 — best price $3.442018-09-20 — best price $3.752019-01-12 — best price $14.992019-06-10 — best price $2.992019-09-11 — best price $5.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-29 — best price $2.852020-03-26 — best price $13.492020-05-29 — best price $11.802020-08-01 — best price $3.602020-09-10 — best price $3.742020-10-18 — best price $14.992020-11-20 — best price $3.292021-01-01 — best price $14.992021-02-07 — best price $12.632021-03-20 — best price $14.992021-05-06 — best price $12.632021-07-08 — best price $14.992022-03-02 — best price $15.012023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-10-09 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-04-14 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $0.992026-09-06 — best price $0.992026-09-30 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63182026-06-01 — 39 pageviews2026-06-05 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 55 pageviews2026-06-13 — 27 pageviews2026-06-17 — 21 pageviews2026-06-21 — 35 pageviews2026-06-25 — 38 pageviews2026-06-29 — 43 pageviews2026-07-03 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 26 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 34 pageviews2026-07-19 — 36 pageviews2026-07-23 — 36 pageviews2026-07-27 — 40 pageviews2026-07-31 — 25 pageviews2026-08-04 — 30 pageviews2026-08-08 — 34 pageviews2026-08-12 — 27 pageviews2026-08-16 — 48 pageviews2026-08-20 — 26 pageviews2026-08-24 — 52 pageviews2026-08-28 — 38 pageviews2026-09-01 — 33 pageviews2026-09-05 — 32 pageviews2026-09-09 — 40 pageviews2026-09-13 — 31 pageviews2026-09-17 — 24 pageviews2026-09-21 — 22 pageviews2026-09-25 — 31 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 32 pageviews2026-10-07 — 31 pageviews2026-10-11 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
17.2%
earned "Mr. Bear, reporting for duty!"
14.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,97343%20

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

NoirIndieRetroPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveHand-drawnStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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