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Mark of the Ninja cover art

Mark of the Ninja

Klei Entertainment · Microsoft Studios

SteamGOGXbox

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 16, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 11, 2013 (Mac), Sep 07, 2012 (Xbox 360), Sep 11, 2013 (Linux)

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Mark of the Ninja is an Action, Adventure, Indie game with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 15877 reviews) sentiment.

2
playing now
97%
positive of 16k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (315 ratings)
9.5h
to beat · rushed 7.5h · completionist 20h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling stealth platform game developed by Klei Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. It was announced on February 28, 2012, and later released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on September 7, 2012. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on October 16, 2012, and for Linux and OS X on September 11, 2013. A remastered version was released on October 9, 2018, for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux by Klei Entertainment.

Trailer

Mark of the Ninja trailer thumbnail

Mark Of The Ninja: Remastered - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (165 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 317k–952k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,871 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15215220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9343Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 525 · peak 1,005Mar 2013 — avg 563 · peak 3,281Aug 2013 — avg 321 · peak 684Jan 2014 — avg 504 · peak 2,509Jun 2014 — avg 158 · peak 428Nov 2014 — avg 99 · peak 272Apr 2015 — avg 149 · peak 624Sep 2015 — avg 73 · peak 154Feb 2016 — avg 158 · peak 389Jul 2016 — avg 148 · peak 407Dec 2016 — avg 149 · peak 388May 2017 — avg 58 · peak 113Oct 2017 — avg 62 · peak 197Mar 2018 — avg 57 · peak 112Aug 2018 — avg 49 · peak 93Jan 2019 — avg 21 · peak 47Jun 2019 — avg 19 · peak 39Nov 2019 — avg 14 · peak 32Apr 2020 — avg 21 · peak 48Sep 2020 — avg 11 · peak 25Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Jul 2021 — avg 8 · peak 18Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.242015-01-012021-03-112015-01-01 — best price $8.992015-04-01 — best price $14.992015-06-11 — best price $7.492015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-10-13 — best price $3.742015-11-02 — best price $14.992015-11-25 — best price $3.742015-12-07 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-04-11 — best price $5.932016-06-08 — best price $3.792016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-10-28 — best price $3.742016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-03-06 — best price $3.742017-06-06 — best price $3.742017-06-22 — best price $3.742017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-11-03 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $3.742017-12-21 — best price $3.742018-02-05 — best price $3.742018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-06-15 — best price $3.742018-09-25 — best price $19.992018-11-22 — best price $17.992018-12-23 — best price $14.992019-02-12 — best price $19.992019-06-29 — best price $12.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-24 — best price $3.742020-03-30 — best price $14.992020-07-10 — best price $3.742021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-03-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

123372026-06-01 — 56 pageviews2026-06-05 — 48 pageviews2026-06-09 — 46 pageviews2026-06-13 — 75 pageviews2026-06-17 — 74 pageviews2026-06-21 — 59 pageviews2026-06-25 — 63 pageviews2026-06-29 — 65 pageviews2026-07-03 — 58 pageviews2026-07-07 — 54 pageviews2026-07-11 — 61 pageviews2026-07-15 — 45 pageviews2026-07-19 — 54 pageviews2026-07-23 — 46 pageviews2026-07-27 — 53 pageviews2026-07-31 — 58 pageviews2026-08-04 — 47 pageviews2026-08-08 — 42 pageviews2026-08-12 — 47 pageviews2026-08-16 — 69 pageviews2026-08-20 — 53 pageviews2026-08-24 — 64 pageviews2026-08-28 — 69 pageviews2026-09-01 — 102 pageviews2026-09-05 — 72 pageviews2026-09-09 — 63 pageviews2026-09-13 — 68 pageviews2026-09-17 — 59 pageviews2026-09-21 — 63 pageviews2026-09-25 — 50 pageviews2026-09-29 — 54 pageviews2026-10-03 — 58 pageviews2026-10-07 — 51 pageviews2026-10-10 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
91%
earned "Hisomu's Heir"
14.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)59,3385%38
Xbox 360 (Xbox)10,6357%38

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieNinjaActionPuzzleCartoonStealthAssassinAdventureController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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