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Knuckle Sandwich cover art

Knuckle Sandwich

Andy Brophy · Dinko · 2023-11-22

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 22, 2023 (Mac), Nov 22, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Knuckle Sandwich is a turn-based RPG by Andy Brophy. Get a job, beat up some monsters, and solve a mystery that's plaguing Bright City.

Knuckle Sandwich is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 688 reviews).

5
playing now
85%
positive of 688 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Knuckle Sandwich is a role-playing video game created by Andrew Brophy. The game follows the story of a boy who leaves home to seek work in a new city. After securing a job at a rundown diner, he inadvertently becomes entangled in a missing persons mystery involving a bizarre gang and a fanatical cult. The gameplay features fast-paced minigames reminiscent of WarioWare, combined with turn-based combat. The Windows version of the game was released on November 23, 2023.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (181 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 688 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.59 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16216220232026Week of 2023-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.592023-11-222026-07-092023-11-22 — best price $19.992023-12-23 — best price $15.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-30 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $19.992024-11-29 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $13.392025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-14 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-01 — best price $10.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $9.792026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.592026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1312026-05-29 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 3 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 8 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
90.3%
earned "BUG HATER"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4120%32

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

Player tags

RPGDarkFunnyIndieRetroComedyColorfulStylizedMinigamesStory Rich

Census log

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

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