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Kholat cover art

Kholat

IMGN.PRO · 2015-06-09

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 01, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 10, 2015 (Mac), Mar 08, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jun 09, 2017 (Xbox One), Jun 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.

81
playing now
66%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (68 ratings)
4h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

81 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Kholat is a survival horror game developed by IMGN.PRO, in which the player controls a protagonist who is tracing the steps of a group of nine Russian college students who went missing in February 1959 on Kholat Syakhl. The game is based on the Dyatlov Pass incident, a true event that involved ten Russian students, nine of which went missing on Kholat Syakhl and were found dead in the time span of four months. Холатчахль is a transliteration in Russian of Holatchahl, meaning "Dead Mountain" in Mansi.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 81 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 11,319 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 173k–415k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,913 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.88 at GreenManGaming (2023-09-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 102 of 146 observed days · $19.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8102026-08-06 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.14$0.002015-02-032026-08-302015-02-03 — best price $19.992015-09-25 — best price $19.992016-02-19 — best price $10.992016-07-04 — best price $8.002016-11-10 — best price $5.992017-04-12 — best price $5.002017-10-19 — best price $5.992018-03-23 — best price $19.992018-09-03 — best price $4.392018-12-01 — best price $19.992019-04-10 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $4.992019-12-05 — best price $4.992020-03-09 — best price $3.992020-07-02 — best price $3.002020-11-16 — best price $4.992021-02-05 — best price $4.392021-05-18 — best price $19.992021-09-30 — best price $3.512021-12-16 — best price $3.282022-03-25 — best price $17.552022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-10-13 — best price $3.592023-01-07 — best price $19.992023-04-14 — best price $19.992023-07-27 — best price $3.392023-11-02 — best price $2.632024-02-01 — best price $2.642024-05-03 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $1.792024-10-17 — best price $16.522025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $15.742025-06-20 — best price $3.292025-09-15 — best price $3.392025-12-10 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $3.392026-05-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

152352026-06-01 — 45 pageviews2026-06-04 — 52 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-10 — 60 pageviews2026-06-13 — 42 pageviews2026-06-16 — 66 pageviews2026-06-19 — 72 pageviews2026-06-22 — 36 pageviews2026-06-25 — 50 pageviews2026-06-28 — 56 pageviews2026-07-01 — 51 pageviews2026-07-04 — 105 pageviews2026-07-07 — 73 pageviews2026-07-10 — 69 pageviews2026-07-13 — 63 pageviews2026-07-16 — 61 pageviews2026-07-19 — 44 pageviews2026-07-22 — 60 pageviews2026-07-25 — 51 pageviews2026-07-28 — 68 pageviews2026-07-31 — 58 pageviews2026-08-03 — 64 pageviews2026-08-06 — 46 pageviews2026-08-09 — 70 pageviews2026-08-12 — 53 pageviews2026-08-15 — 44 pageviews2026-08-18 — 82 pageviews2026-08-21 — 152 pageviews2026-08-24 — 95 pageviews2026-08-27 — 86 pageviews2026-08-29 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
23.5%
earned "Circle of life"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese - Portugal, Italian, Turkish, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,41111%20
PS4 (PlayStation)2,62412%15
Xbox One (Xbox)91413%20
Switch (Nintendo)60%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

IndieHorrorMysterySurvivalAdventureNarrationHistoricalOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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