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White Knuckle

Dark Machine Games · DreadXP · 2025-04-17

Steam

Early Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 17, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.

427
playing now
98%
positive of 14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
84/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

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

You're not alone down here. Strange life flourishes far underground, and darker things haunt these halls. Something oozes from the depths– following you, growing angrier… and it won't let up.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 427 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,211 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~276/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 2,276 Early Access games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 277k–623k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,849 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.91 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81881820252026Week of 2025-04-17: 818 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 701 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 350 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 359 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 308 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 338 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 336 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 329 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 280 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 239 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 462 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 392 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 342 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 258 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8123462026-08-11 20:00 — 812 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 519 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 452 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 758 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 504 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 546 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 779 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 421 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 711 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 754 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 400 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 694 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 685 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 364 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 664 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 615 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 418 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 754 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 648 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 388 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 700 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 550 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 365 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 627 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 494 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 346 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 678 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 538 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 427 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$10.912025-04-172026-07-102025-04-17 — best price $11.692025-04-24 — best price $12.992025-06-27 — best price $11.042025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $10.912025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-10-17 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $12.592026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-06 — best price $12.592026-03-15 — best price $14.992026-04-17 — best price $11.242026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-10 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1.1k62026-08-26 19:15 — 55 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 120 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1,056 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 309 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 104 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 121 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "Urban Boulderer"
33.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2123%62

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

FPSHorrorParkourAdventureOld SchoolPlatformerRogue-likeAtmosphericEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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