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KinitoPET

troy_en · 2024-01-09

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text, Auditory

Releases: Jan 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!

KinitoPET is a 2024 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 14,750 reviews).

18
playing now
93%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Enter the Everlasting Fun! Would you like a friend? Yes? Well, I have something special for you. KinitoPET invites you to their wonderfull world of fun and excitement! Where he will be your very own virtual friend and personal helper! Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology! Kinito is h̶i̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t a friend you'll never forget with its critically acclaimed react respond algorithm to make your experience in̶d̶e̶f̶i̶n̶i̶t̶e truly unique. Where d̶i̶d̶ he ̶g̶o else can you find a friend like Kin(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

KinitoPET trailer thumbnail

KinitoPET - Reveal Trailer

≈174,193 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,457 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~182/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 295k–664k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,750 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 3 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20242026Week of 2024-01-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,634 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,279 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,205 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3752026-09-14 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 26 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 37 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24520Jan 2024Aug 2026Jan 2024 — avg 26 · peak 126Feb 2024 — avg 146 · peak 388Mar 2024 — avg 245 · peak 655Apr 2024 — avg 149 · peak 366May 2024 — avg 114 · peak 224Jun 2024 — avg 105 · peak 213Jul 2024 — avg 92 · peak 196Aug 2024 — avg 56 · peak 115Sep 2024 — avg 39 · peak 87Oct 2024 — avg 39 · peak 78Nov 2024 — avg 36 · peak 96Dec 2024 — avg 45 · peak 125Jan 2025 — avg 44 · peak 106Feb 2025 — avg 37 · peak 79Mar 2025 — avg 37 · peak 102Apr 2025 — avg 30 · peak 62May 2025 — avg 32 · peak 63Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 85Jul 2025 — avg 37 · peak 71Aug 2025 — avg 28 · peak 57Sep 2025 — avg 20 · peak 52Oct 2025 — avg 24 · peak 73Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 87Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 84Jan 2026 — avg 29 · peak 63Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 55Mar 2026 — avg 27 · peak 63Apr 2026 — avg 27 · peak 64May 2026 — avg 30 · peak 74Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 58Jul 2026 — avg 26 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 47
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$2.992024-01-092026-07-092024-01-09 — best price $5.092024-01-16 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $3.892024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-10-28 — best price $4.192024-11-04 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $4.192025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $3.892025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.392026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.392026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-27 — best price $4.192026-05-05 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.192026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
97.9%
earned "Power On"
31.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,75820%15

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieRetro1990'sHorrorLinearStory RichSingleplayerVisual NovelImmersive Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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