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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.

0
playing now
79%
positive of 601 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$16.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

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  • · Top 42% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–27k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$3.39-80%
Humble Store$3.39-80%
GOG$3.39-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 82 of 119 observed days · $2.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$3.192020-02-062026-08-302020-02-06 — 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 $3.392026-08-30 — best price $3.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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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