Katana ZERO

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Katana ZERO

Short description

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Developer
Askiisoft
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Release
Thu, Apr 18, 2019
Price
$14.99
Reviews
66,561
Positive
98%
Followers
103,102
Owners (estimated)
2M – 5M
Concurrent players
82
Genres
Action, Indie
Features
Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV
Tags
Pixel Graphics Action Great Soundtrack Story Rich Platformer Cyberpunk 2D Platformer Indie 2D Hack and Slash Fast-Paced Violent Difficult Singleplayer Time Manipulation Gore Ninja Retro Noir Sci-fi
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$41.8msomewhere between $27.9m and $69.9m · roughly 2M–5M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $13.97, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $14.99 launch price. That is 7% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

84 data points since Jul 30, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$41.5m → ~$41.8m
See data from Apr 2019 with a Plus account
Reviews 65,934 → 66,561
Followers 102,097 → 103,102
Concurrent players 82 → 82
Price $14.99 → $14.99
Positive reviews 98.0% → 98.0%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 201 further data points reach back to Apr 1, 2019 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $7.49 on Dec 21, 2023.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Katana ZERO is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Pixel Graphics + Action + Great Soundtrack

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UBERMOSH UBERMOSH Walter Machado 22 titles 4 − Story Rich − Platformer + Indie + Arcade $4.99
$0.49
90%
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