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Krater cover art

Krater

Fatshark · 2012-06-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

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

Releases: Jun 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 2012 (Mac)

The game brings you far into the future of a post-apocalyptic Sweden.

Krater is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2012, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 937 reviews).

1
playing now
55%
positive of 942 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Krater is a role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows. It was released in 2012 via the Steam digital distribution platform. Fatshark developed the game following the studio's moderate success after developing Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West and other titles.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,605 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 942 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.19-92%
Steam$1.49-90%
GamersGate$1.50-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 81 of 119 observed days · $0.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.952015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.692015-07-31 — best price $14.992016-02-16 — best price $14.242016-11-22 — best price $5.092017-04-17 — best price $14.992017-09-13 — best price $14.992018-02-12 — best price $14.952018-09-20 — best price $3.752019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-07-23 — best price $12.592019-11-18 — best price $12.782020-02-17 — best price $1.492020-06-04 — best price $3.752020-07-30 — best price $3.752020-09-27 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $3.742021-01-19 — best price $12.632021-03-18 — best price $2.992021-05-10 — best price $12.632021-07-14 — best price $1.492021-10-09 — best price $11.952021-12-24 — best price $3.752022-04-14 — best price $14.992022-07-10 — best price $1.492022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-03-02 — best price $1.492023-07-17 — best price $14.992023-10-12 — best price $1.272024-01-06 — best price $13.392024-04-19 — best price $0.952024-08-17 — best price $1.492025-01-06 — best price $14.242025-06-08 — best price $10.442025-10-30 — best price $12.332026-03-09 — best price $1.192026-06-29 — best price $1.502026-09-06 — best price $1.502026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 9 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 6 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
71.2%
earned "The Hangover"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-10-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,8801%41

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

Player tags

RPGLootCo-opIndieActionSci-fiStrategyAdventureIsometricAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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