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The Franz Kafka Videogame

Denis Galanin (mif2000) · Daedalic Entertainment · 2017-04-06

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 06, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.

0
playing now
65%
positive of 888 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an indie adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. It was developed by Denis Galanin.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 888 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$0.53-92%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.53-92%
Steam$1.04-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.28 at Gamer Thor (2025-10-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 103 of 135 observed days · $0.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.432017-04-032026-08-302017-04-03 — best price $9.992017-10-02 — best price $9.992018-02-12 — best price $3.492018-06-22 — best price $2.792018-09-15 — best price $6.992019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-04-16 — best price $2.442019-08-29 — best price $1.472019-12-04 — best price $5.872020-02-27 — best price $6.992020-06-01 — best price $0.702020-07-29 — best price $0.702020-10-08 — best price $6.992020-12-16 — best price $0.692021-03-02 — best price $6.992021-05-04 — best price $5.872021-07-18 — best price $6.992021-10-11 — best price $0.692021-12-13 — best price $0.552022-03-11 — best price $0.692022-06-10 — best price $0.562022-09-08 — best price $6.992022-12-12 — best price $0.552023-04-14 — best price $6.992023-07-27 — best price $0.652023-11-04 — best price $6.992024-02-03 — best price $4.892024-04-30 — best price $5.482024-07-20 — best price $6.992024-10-02 — best price $0.602024-11-16 — best price $5.132025-04-03 — best price $0.692025-06-26 — best price $0.692025-08-25 — best price $5.782025-11-02 — best price $0.672026-02-02 — best price $5.132026-06-06 — best price $6.992026-08-30 — best price $0.53
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1722026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-08 — 3 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 17 pageviews2026-06-23 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 15 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 16 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
50.2%
earned "Curious"
26.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,24434%12

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

Player tags

2.5DIndieShortComedyPuzzleParody SurrealAdventureDark HumorHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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