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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

Clifftop Games · Raw Fury · 2021-10-26

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 26, 2021 (iOS), Oct 29, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2021 (Linux), Oct 26, 2021 (Mac), Oct 26, 2021 (Android)

The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1550 reviews).

4
playing now
92%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Set in the 90's, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who must come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently departed grandfather. Armed with her motorcycle, a pack of cigs, and a notepad, Kathy delves into a local mystery surrounding her hometown that will take her on a harrowing journey of emotional and personal turmoil. As she follows the trail of clues left by her grandfather, questions emerge: What was Joseph Rain really looking for that night all those years ago? What turned him into a mere shell of a man, confin(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 297 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,550 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$3.15-79%
GameBillet$3.49-77%
Gamesplanet$3.52-77%
Humble Store$3.74-75%
Steam$3.74-75%
WinGameStore$3.74-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.75 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 112 of 158 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-09-15 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
413Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 12 · peak 51Jan 2022 — avg 9 · peak 36Mar 2022 — avg 8 · peak 32May 2022 — avg 10 · peak 44Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 19Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 24Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 41 · peak 169Jul 2025 — avg 24 · peak 69Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28Nov 2025 — avg 15 · peak 54Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 91Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 53May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 37Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.942021-10-262026-10-152021-10-26 — best price $13.492022-02-28 — best price $14.992022-05-10 — best price $14.992022-09-28 — best price $13.472022-11-29 — best price $12.592023-02-06 — best price $14.992023-04-04 — best price $14.992023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-07-26 — best price $14.992023-10-12 — best price $14.992023-12-08 — best price $5.992024-02-11 — best price $10.792024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-20 — best price $5.992024-07-29 — best price $14.992024-08-23 — best price $4.872024-09-15 — best price $13.392024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $5.562024-11-21 — best price $4.222024-12-06 — best price $12.722025-01-02 — best price $4.392025-02-23 — best price $12.742025-03-20 — best price $11.512025-05-22 — best price $3.632025-07-26 — best price $12.742025-09-25 — best price $3.742025-12-04 — best price $12.422026-02-04 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $3.792026-04-23 — best price $3.112026-06-06 — best price $3.752026-07-31 — best price $2.992026-08-19 — best price $3.742026-09-03 — best price $3.752026-09-18 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $3.152026-10-15 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
70.1%
earned "Nostalgic"
22.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,49223%40
Switch (Nintendo)220%0

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

Player tags

1990'sPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveEmotionalHand-drawnStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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