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King of the Hat cover art

King of the Hat

Hat Games · 2023-08-24

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

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!

King of the Hat is an Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (98% of 175 reviews).

0
playing now
98%
positive of 175 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (86 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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 3 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620222026Week of 2022-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-10-222026-10-102018-10-22 — 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 $19.992026-09-05 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
90.8%
earned "Welcome to Hatlandia"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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.

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