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MDK cover art

MDK

Shiny Entertainment · 2009-09-17

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 05, 1999 (PlayStation), Sep 17, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 07, 1997 (DOS), Jun 18, 1997 (Mac)

ON A GOOD DAY, ONLY 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE. As vast alien mining cities suck the power and minerals from every major metropolis on Earth simultaneously, time is of the essence as millions of civilians are expiring by the second.

MDK is an Action game released in 2009, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 366 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 366 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (387 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

MDK is a 1997 third-person shooter video game developed by Shiny Entertainment for Windows and subsequently ported to Mac OS by Shokwave, and to the PlayStation by Neversoft. The game was published on all systems by Playmates Interactive Entertainment (PIE) in North America, while Shiny handled the European release.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 15k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 366 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at GOG (2013-12-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 25 of 68 observed days · $17.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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

Players online

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

Price history

$19.99$2.392015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-02 — best price $5.992015-08-25 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-05-29 — best price $5.992016-09-26 — best price $2.392017-07-24 — best price $2.392018-02-17 — best price $3.392018-05-17 — best price $3.392018-10-08 — best price $3.392018-12-13 — best price $3.392019-03-25 — best price $6.992019-07-15 — best price $6.992019-11-28 — best price $3.392020-01-31 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-10-09 — best price $6.992023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-07-17 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $6.992024-05-14 — best price $7.992024-10-10 — best price $7.992025-02-13 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $15.992026-10-04 — best price $15.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.3k1092026-06-02 — 147 pageviews2026-06-06 — 118 pageviews2026-06-10 — 131 pageviews2026-06-14 — 157 pageviews2026-06-18 — 129 pageviews2026-06-22 — 166 pageviews2026-06-26 — 155 pageviews2026-06-30 — 133 pageviews2026-07-04 — 253 pageviews2026-07-08 — 166 pageviews2026-07-12 — 127 pageviews2026-07-16 — 124 pageviews2026-07-20 — 141 pageviews2026-07-24 — 152 pageviews2026-07-28 — 156 pageviews2026-08-01 — 149 pageviews2026-08-05 — 147 pageviews2026-08-09 — 164 pageviews2026-08-13 — 160 pageviews2026-08-17 — 165 pageviews2026-08-21 — 158 pageviews2026-08-25 — 163 pageviews2026-08-29 — 199 pageviews2026-09-02 — 130 pageviews2026-09-06 — 142 pageviews2026-09-10 — 160 pageviews2026-09-14 — 138 pageviews2026-09-18 — 166 pageviews2026-09-22 — 134 pageviews2026-09-26 — 151 pageviews2026-09-30 — 3,327 pageviews2026-10-04 — 337 pageviews2026-10-08 — 153 pageviews2026-10-12 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

1990'sActionComedySci-fiClassicShooterSingleplayerThird PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person Shooter

Census log

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

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