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Kohate cover art

Kohate

DarkStone Digital · 2020-10-15

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.

86%
positive of 58 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

In a time where commercial police forces monitor the galaxy, money is the driving force behind arrests. More prisoners means more funding. As the greed of commercialized law enforcement grew, laws became more and more strict causing everyday people to be arrested for the smallest offenses. High arrest rates led to more money but quickly caused prison overcrowding, giving birth to the Justice Auction System. Now prisoners are simply arrested and sold to the highest bidder. It doesn’t matter what we’re used for, just that there’s room for another prisoner to make another dollar. You have been (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 21,754 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320202026Week of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.242020-10-152026-03-262020-10-15 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-11-01 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkSpaceActionHorrorSci-fiStealthSurrealSurvivalAdventureLore-Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.