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KnightShift cover art

KnightShift

Reality Pump · Topware Interactive · 2013-09-27

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 15, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Do you like Real Time Strategy? or are Role Playing Games your preference…Why not try both genres in one? … or even both separately? …In one game: KnightShift!In a mystical world beyond fantasy and imagination, where corruption and disaster go hand in hand, not all is as it seems.

KnightShift is an RPG, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 1425 reviews).

1
playing now
70%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$8.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Polanie II, also known as KnightShift and Once Upon a Knight, is a real-time strategy and role-playing video game hybrid developed by Reality Pump Studios and released by Topware Interactive for the PC Windows and OS X in 2003. The game is a follow-up to Polanie, published by USER in 1996. KnightShift was released for Windows later in 2003.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 14,085 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 57k–114k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,425 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.48 at eTail.Market (2023-06-29) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 74 of 88 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2251Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 11 · peak 41Jan 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2014 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2014 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2015 — avg 5 · peak 20Sep 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2016 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2017 — avg 5 · peak 20Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2018 — avg 142 · peak 1,718May 2018 — avg 96 · peak 7,912Sep 2018 — avg 45 · peak 1,794Jan 2019 — avg 34 · peak 1,011May 2019 — avg 75 · peak 1,547Sep 2019 — avg 46 · peak 3,513Jan 2020 — avg 37 · peak 3,959May 2020 — avg 43 · peak 2,293Sep 2020 — avg 54 · peak 1,296Jan 2021 — avg 73 · peak 1,974May 2021 — avg 40 · peak 599Sep 2021 — avg 74 · peak 1,931Jan 2022 — avg 86 · peak 1,166May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 169Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 54Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 21 · peak 2,126Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 78Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 109May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 283Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.99$0.482015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $1.742015-05-05 — best price $5.832015-08-14 — best price $6.992016-04-11 — best price $6.992017-03-13 — best price $2.102017-12-29 — best price $2.092018-08-02 — best price $4.992019-03-09 — best price $6.992019-08-26 — best price $3.492020-01-28 — best price $6.992020-08-24 — best price $6.992021-01-04 — best price $6.992021-05-10 — best price $6.992021-10-04 — best price $6.992021-12-22 — best price $0.602022-03-21 — best price $2.092022-06-20 — best price $6.992022-09-15 — best price $4.992022-12-01 — best price $6.992023-01-30 — best price $6.992023-04-25 — best price $4.082023-07-25 — best price $4.442023-11-02 — best price $6.992024-02-13 — best price $5.132024-05-05 — best price $4.112024-07-31 — best price $4.082024-10-28 — best price $1.792025-03-15 — best price $8.992025-07-18 — best price $8.992025-10-07 — best price $1.792026-01-21 — best price $8.992026-04-05 — best price $1.742026-06-01 — best price $4.112026-07-26 — best price $4.132026-08-24 — best price $0.88
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2312026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 20 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 13 pageviews2026-09-05 — 8 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 16 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 23 pageviews2026-09-29 — 6 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech

Player tags

RPGRTSComedyFantasyStrategyMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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