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Knytt Underground cover art

Knytt Underground

Nifflas' Games · Ripstone · 2013-10-25

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 18, 2012 (PlayStation Vita), Dec 18, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Sep 05, 2013 (Linux), Dec 19, 2013 (Wii U), Sep 05, 2013 (Mac), Sep 05, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Knytt Underground is an Adventure Indie game released in 2013, priced at $2.09, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 490 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 490 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.09
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Knytt Underground is an adventure-platform video game developed by Green Hill Games and Nifflas' Games and published by Ripstone for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It is the second sequel to Nifflas' previous game Knytt. The game offers two playable characters, nonlinear gameplay, multiple endings, and a large number of side-quests and secrets.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 490 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Humble Store (2019-05-10) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 32 of 57 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.782015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $4.542015-08-28 — best price $4.192016-05-10 — best price $2.442017-01-12 — best price $2.792017-10-26 — best price $2.792018-05-24 — best price $6.992018-11-21 — best price $1.392019-06-01 — best price $7.992019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-04-21 — best price $5.772020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-08-29 — best price $5.132020-10-04 — best price $6.192020-10-27 — best price $6.992020-11-19 — best price $6.192020-12-17 — best price $6.992021-01-18 — best price $6.992021-02-09 — best price $6.992021-03-05 — best price $5.842021-03-28 — best price $6.992021-04-28 — best price $6.992021-05-20 — best price $5.842021-07-08 — best price $1.042021-10-29 — best price $5.132022-01-28 — best price $0.972022-07-07 — best price $5.132022-11-29 — best price $6.992023-03-21 — best price $5.482023-09-18 — best price $1.042024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-05-16 — best price $5.132024-08-20 — best price $6.992025-01-16 — best price $5.482025-07-11 — best price $5.482025-12-20 — best price $5.132026-03-12 — best price $6.992026-05-30 — best price $5.482026-08-17 — best price $5.232026-08-28 — best price $2.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

13782026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 27 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 20 pageviews2026-07-07 — 9 pageviews2026-07-11 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 18 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-31 — 18 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 43 pageviews2026-08-16 — 29 pageviews2026-08-20 — 26 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-28 — 16 pageviews2026-09-01 — 12 pageviews2026-09-05 — 15 pageviews2026-09-09 — 18 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 18 pageviews2026-09-25 — 11 pageviews2026-09-29 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 24 pageviews2026-10-07 — 16 pageviews2026-10-11 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
4.9%
earned "Fireworks"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)3,58724%20
Steam (Steam)47324%20

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzlePhysicsRelaxingAdventurePlatformerStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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