The Game Census
King of the Hat cover art

King of the Hat

Hat Games · 2023-08-24

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 21, 2022 (Mac), Oct 21, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 24, 2023 (Xbox One)

A 2D party platformer where you fight with a hat! Throw your hat to attack, defend and bait opponents. But watch out! If someone jumps on your hat... you die!

0
playing now
98%
positive of 175 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 61% of 10,830 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–7.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 175 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-06-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 10 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-10-222026-08-292018-10-22 — best price $14.992018-12-07 — best price $10.492019-02-13 — best price $9.992019-02-23 — best price $9.992022-10-21 — best price $17.992022-11-22 — best price $15.992023-02-02 — best price $15.992023-03-16 — best price $15.992023-05-02 — best price $17.992023-06-19 — best price $15.992023-06-29 — best price $15.992023-08-24 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992023-12-21 — best price $15.992024-01-29 — best price $17.992024-03-06 — best price $17.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-15 — best price $15.992024-06-10 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-08-05 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-24 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-05-12 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPFull controller supportFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyMemesCasualCartoony2D FighterFast-PacedParty GamePlatformer

Census log

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

Players also track

QuiplashToby: The Secret MinePLANET ALPHATotally Accurate Battle SimulatorForgotton AnnePikunikuSemblanceEtherborn

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Discord ↗