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Portal Knights

Keen Games GmbH · 505 Games · 2017-05-18

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 23, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 2017 (Nintendo Switch), May 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Dec 06, 2017 (Android), Dec 06, 2017 (iOS)

The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!

138
playing now
83%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
36h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

138 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Portal Knights is a 2017 action role-playing video game developed by German developer Keen Games and published by 505 Games. It was first released for Microsoft Windows via Steam on 18 May 2017 and subsequently released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 138 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 394 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 559k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,349 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.16-84%
GreenManGaming$3.20-84%
Gamesplanet$3.79-81%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
IndieGala$3.99-80%
WinGameStore$3.99-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.41 at GameBillet (2024-12-20) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 77 of 93 observed days · $1.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40740720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

149412026-08-06 21:00 — 77 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 124 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 102 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 77 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 149 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 78 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 135 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 93 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 60 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 139 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 72 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 61 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 119 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 65 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 41 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 133 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 96 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 42 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 68 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 67 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 81 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 119 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 59 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 70 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 91 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 78 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 138 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.83$1.352016-02-252026-08-302016-02-25 — best price $11.992016-07-05 — best price $13.492017-03-21 — best price $12.952017-08-18 — best price $18.472018-01-01 — best price $20.252018-08-07 — best price $13.882018-10-30 — best price $7.992019-03-07 — best price $7.992019-07-19 — best price $8.002019-11-28 — best price $7.212020-02-14 — best price $8.002020-04-28 — best price $19.992020-07-12 — best price $19.992020-09-04 — best price $15.952020-10-26 — best price $16.882020-12-17 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $16.992021-04-08 — best price $16.882021-05-23 — best price $19.992021-08-15 — best price $15.952021-11-08 — best price $15.952022-02-19 — best price $16.592022-05-22 — best price $15.952022-09-23 — best price $15.952023-01-10 — best price $15.992023-05-08 — best price $5.792023-10-10 — best price $6.992024-02-07 — best price $4.692024-06-01 — best price $18.992024-08-26 — best price $13.492025-03-13 — best price $1.362025-08-04 — best price $2.992025-12-19 — best price $2.982026-04-16 — best price $19.792026-08-07 — best price $16.992026-08-30 — best price $3.16
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

44122026-05-31 — 21 pageviews2026-06-03 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 22 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 25 pageviews2026-06-15 — 31 pageviews2026-06-18 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 27 pageviews2026-06-24 — 28 pageviews2026-06-27 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 29 pageviews2026-07-03 — 44 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-09 — 26 pageviews2026-07-12 — 37 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 27 pageviews2026-07-21 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 25 pageviews2026-07-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-02 — 24 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 36 pageviews2026-08-11 — 20 pageviews2026-08-14 — 29 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-26 — 35 pageviews2026-08-28 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "Man Made"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletRemote Play Together12 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)80,5400%41
Steam (Steam)27,2031%40
Xbox One (Xbox)15,8220%40
PS4 (PlayStation)7623%41
Switch (Nintendo)910%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opVoxelActionCasualFantasySandboxBuildingCraftingSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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