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KUNAI

TurtleBlaze · The Arcade Crew · 2020-02-06

SteamGOGAmazon

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 14, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 06, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

KUNAI is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $16.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 601 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 601 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Kunai is an action-platform video game developed by TurtleBlaze and published by The Arcade Crew. The game was released on February 6, 2020, for Windows and Nintendo Switch. In the game, the player controls Tabby, a robot tasked with defeating Lemonkus, an AI that nearly causes the extinction of humanity. In July 2020, The Arcade Crew partnered with Limited Run Games to release physical copies of the Nintendo Switch version. The physical copies were released in October 2020. The PC version received generally favorable reviews, while the Nintendo Switch version received mixed reviews.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (105 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 601 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.39-80%
Steam$3.39-80%
GOG$3.39-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-07-13) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 111 of 150 observed days · $2.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320202026Week of 2020-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$3.192020-02-062026-10-142020-02-06 — best price $16.992020-06-10 — best price $16.992020-09-13 — best price $16.992020-10-11 — best price $15.192020-11-09 — best price $16.992021-01-14 — best price $16.992021-02-16 — best price $14.332021-03-20 — best price $16.992021-04-21 — best price $16.992021-06-02 — best price $16.992021-08-14 — best price $12.482021-11-24 — best price $6.792022-02-14 — best price $5.092022-08-08 — best price $10.192023-01-06 — best price $16.992023-07-07 — best price $6.792023-11-21 — best price $6.792024-01-30 — best price $12.482024-04-18 — best price $5.092024-06-19 — best price $5.092024-08-28 — best price $12.482024-11-11 — best price $16.992024-12-26 — best price $4.242025-03-03 — best price $13.492025-04-29 — best price $13.492025-07-11 — best price $12.482025-09-22 — best price $3.192025-11-24 — best price $3.392026-02-06 — best price $3.392026-04-21 — best price $12.482026-07-09 — best price $16.992026-08-18 — best price $3.392026-09-07 — best price $3.392026-09-27 — best price $3.392026-10-14 — best price $3.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1522026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 15 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 7 pageviews2026-09-18 — 2 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "First Blood"
39.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,04411%22
Switch (Nintendo)320%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieNinjaActionParkourAdventurePlatformerMetroidvaniaSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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