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KickBeat Steam Edition cover art

KickBeat Steam Edition

Zen Studios · 2014-01-20

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 13, 2013 (PlayStation Vita), Jan 20, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 13, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

From indie pioneers Zen Studios (makers of Pinball FX2 and CastleStorm) comes KickBeat, an innovative rhythm game with a Kung Fu theme, featuring fully 3D characters and high-energy music! You can use your own music to create custom KickBeat tracks, allowing you ultimate replayability!

KickBeat Steam Edition is a $9.99 Action and Indie game released in 2014, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 772 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 773 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

KickBeat is a martial arts-themed rhythm action game developed by Zen Studios. The mechanics are similar to those of Gitaroo Man and Dance Dance Revolution, where the player must press a button corresponding to one of four directions at the correct time.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 133% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,744 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 773 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-08-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $1.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-01-23 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $1.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-08-10 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $3.392024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $3.492024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-02-13 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1812026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 7 pageviews2026-09-12 — 6 pageviews2026-09-16 — 4 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
51.9%
earned "Lesson One"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8731%42

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

Player tags

IndieMusicActionRhythmFightingMartial ArtsSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackMusic-Based Procedural Generation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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