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Portal Knights

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

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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!

Portal Knights is a $19.99 Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2017, estimated to have 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 22365 reviews).

95
playing now
83%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (34,657 ratings)
72/100
opencritic · fair · 54% recommend · from 61 critics
36h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

95 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Portal Knights trailer thumbnail

Portal Knights | Launch Trailer | PS4

≈456,434 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 95 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 3% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 559k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,365 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.36-88%
IndieGala$2.39-88%
GreenManGaming$2.40-88%
Gamesplanet$2.63-87%
Humble Store$2.99-85%
Steam$2.99-85%
WinGameStore$2.99-85%
GamersGate$3.00-85%

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 90 of 108 observed days (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

310552026-09-15 12:00 — 180 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 148 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 94 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 217 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 310 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 124 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 116 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 189 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 151 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 180 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 143 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 73 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 93 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 156 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 156 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 79 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 140 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 105 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 90 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 152 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 154 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 64 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 95 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k91Feb 2016Aug 2026Feb 2016 — avg 571 · peak 6,511Jun 2016 — avg 450 · peak 3,544Oct 2016 — avg 530 · peak 1,984Feb 2017 — avg 1,196 · peak 2,762Jun 2017 — avg 991 · peak 2,143Oct 2017 — avg 416 · peak 1,080Feb 2018 — avg 665 · peak 1,883Jun 2018 — avg 769 · peak 2,185Oct 2018 — avg 333 · peak 692Feb 2019 — avg 447 · peak 1,115Jun 2019 — avg 314 · peak 1,316Oct 2019 — avg 373 · peak 948Feb 2020 — avg 859 · peak 2,783Jun 2020 — avg 509 · peak 1,277Oct 2020 — avg 259 · peak 528Feb 2021 — avg 293 · peak 730Jun 2021 — avg 207 · peak 500Oct 2021 — avg 236 · peak 656Feb 2022 — avg 198 · peak 455Jun 2022 — avg 157 · peak 379Oct 2022 — avg 163 · peak 547Feb 2023 — avg 161 · peak 363Jun 2023 — avg 158 · peak 420Oct 2023 — avg 134 · peak 409Feb 2024 — avg 130 · peak 308Jun 2024 — avg 128 · peak 285Oct 2024 — avg 110 · peak 300Feb 2025 — avg 174 · peak 515Jun 2025 — avg 143 · peak 331Oct 2025 — avg 129 · peak 363Feb 2026 — avg 134 · peak 322Jun 2026 — avg 128 · peak 287Aug 2026 — avg 91 · peak 201
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.83$1.352016-02-252026-10-102016-02-25 — 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 $16.992026-10-03 — best price $2.362026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

44182026-05-31 — 21 pageviews2026-06-04 — 21 pageviews2026-06-08 — 44 pageviews2026-06-12 — 25 pageviews2026-06-16 — 22 pageviews2026-06-20 — 20 pageviews2026-06-24 — 28 pageviews2026-06-28 — 33 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-10 — 23 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-18 — 27 pageviews2026-07-22 — 31 pageviews2026-07-26 — 30 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 32 pageviews2026-08-07 — 32 pageviews2026-08-11 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 34 pageviews2026-08-19 — 32 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 pageviews2026-08-31 — 26 pageviews2026-09-04 — 25 pageviews2026-09-08 — 25 pageviews2026-09-12 — 36 pageviews2026-09-16 — 27 pageviews2026-09-20 — 40 pageviews2026-09-24 — 22 pageviews2026-09-28 — 27 pageviews2026-10-02 — 23 pageviews2026-10-06 — 28 pageviews2026-10-10 — 24 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…

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2017-05-18, latest 2020-02-20 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opVoxelActionCasualFantasySandboxBuildingCraftingSurvival

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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