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Kraken Academy!! cover art

Kraken Academy!!

Happy Broccoli Games · Fellow Traveller · 2021-09-10

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 22, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 22, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 10, 2021 (Mac)

Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!

10
playing now
91%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.59
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Kraken Academy is no ordinary high school. Ghosts fill the art department, cultists meet below the monkey bars and now crocodiles are eating children. Join forces with a magical Kraken to uncover the Traitor, a malevolent mastermind, who could be anyone at the school. With each time loop you’ll get closer to saving Kraken Academy. While saving the world is definitely an important goal there's a whole range of other activities to dive into. Learn teachers’ and students’ routines as you explore every corner of the campus during this three day loop. Attend a costume party, become a detective, and(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 11,331 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,069 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.59-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.59-80%
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at Epic Game Store (2025-12-11) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 34 of 63 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1002026-08-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$3.592021-09-032026-08-302021-09-03 — best price $14.392021-11-17 — best price $16.092021-12-20 — best price $17.992022-02-14 — best price $12.592022-03-24 — best price $12.592022-05-06 — best price $11.692022-06-20 — best price $17.992022-08-18 — best price $14.392022-10-10 — best price $8.992022-11-21 — best price $11.512022-12-21 — best price $17.992023-02-02 — best price $7.192023-03-28 — best price $17.992023-06-01 — best price $14.162023-07-07 — best price $14.392023-08-08 — best price $7.192023-09-11 — best price $7.192023-10-10 — best price $12.592023-11-12 — best price $17.992023-12-18 — best price $17.992024-01-18 — best price $7.192024-02-27 — best price $14.282024-04-18 — best price $17.992024-05-28 — best price $12.592024-07-11 — best price $17.992024-08-20 — best price $17.992024-10-10 — best price $5.392024-11-21 — best price $5.392025-02-05 — best price $17.992025-04-09 — best price $5.392025-07-27 — best price $17.992025-10-24 — best price $17.992026-01-31 — best price $17.992026-04-09 — best price $17.992026-07-24 — best price $3.592026-08-30 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
52%
earned "Bottle Collector"
21.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionSave AnytimeSteam Cloud1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2,11737%48
Steam (Steam)91126%48
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

RPGAnimeFunnyIndieCasualComedyAdventureDark HumorStory RichDark Comedy

Census log

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

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