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The Katydids Incident

Punx Studios · 2022-06-14

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There is a big discussion going on about a mysterious group named The Katydids proposing riddles and challenges on online forums, Are you clever enough to unravel the mystery of this obscure organization?

The Katydids Incident is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $4.99, with Very Positive (100% of 56 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
100%
positive of 56 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2024-09-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320222026Week of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242022-06-142026-08-102022-06-14 — best price $4.492022-11-22 — best price $3.342023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-12 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-07-24 — best price $4.992023-09-11 — best price $4.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-04-15 — best price $4.992024-05-27 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-09-09 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-10 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-04-28 — best price $4.992025-06-09 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-08-11 — best price $4.992025-09-22 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-01 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-06-22 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
87.4%
earned "Comic"
77.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DCrimeLogicActionHorrorPuzzleHackingStrategyNonlinearConspiracy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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