# The Making of Karateka Summer DB entity ID: da35842a\-ea5a\-4aae\-bb95\-752c1d07ffa0 Steam App ID: 1163060 Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner was a college student when he created one of the biggest\-selling games of 1984: Karateka\. Now, in a new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, the story of how a teenager with an Apple II created one of the most groundbreaking, influential games of all time\. THE ORIGIN STORY OF A LEGENDARY GAME CREATOR Discover how Karateka was made through an exhaustive archive of design documents, playable prototypes, and all\-new video features\. Like walking through a museum, you can explore the interactive timelines at your own pace\. PLAY THE ACCLAIMED ORIGINALS Enjoy pixel\-perfect versions of the original Karateka games and a variety of never\-before\-seen early prototypes, with rich quality\-of\-life features like save anywhere, rewind, chapter select, and director's commentary\. TWO REMASTERED GAMES Karateka Remastered is an all\-new version of the original game featuring cutting\-room\-floor content, commentary, achievements, and more\. Deathbounce: Rebounded is a fast and frantic twin\-stick shooter based on Jordan's unpublished prototype\. A GROUNDBREAKING MASTERPIECE Discover how Karateka became one of the first games to include cinematic scenes, a moving original soundtrack, rotoscoped animation, and a Hollywood\-style love story, influencing the decades of games that followed\. THE GOLD MASTER SERIES New from Digital Eclipse \(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration\), the Gold Master Series presents iconic games in an innovative "interactive documentary" format, putting the shared history of games and their creators into one comprehensive package\. ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Digital Eclipse - Publisher: Digital Eclipse, Atari - Release date: Aug 29, 2023 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Action - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_e9c7ffa58e0be61a55c46cbea3b817ca0c619c77\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_557d31f2d3fb493bc0f525a87f96a32e6af670e3\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_e3737c9c8d23bf157fe045ec799e0de479f88c79\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_c38c95e49520d70534c64799d8fd56a45b2fb269\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_9bc9f8306d750ba2756e9c2ebf36bc8d49070e74\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_cd8c70fecc611f7dc06813c85cd781822217a7aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_64517ca4c3cd3da3361ada5f130d9cdae4878889\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_7a1ce8e2484649a2ebd8e5841be968a889dbc368\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_7acddbe7b9644482181f598b7808893f214cabc0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_6fd7495c7ed546142093d54670c9c3999e0d8787\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_a30b29149f4919a9e595fa87d95f5dc3bf0bf5ca\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_c4419e4f9b2dd3fed07eb44e6ec35d06c20ddc0f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_4423e5fcfc698c2ef6ca8d5a6b3aa67b48a59527\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1163060/ss\_4d80f2d1972ea9b7e18295cc3cf09612af58c63f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1773073858 - Price: 1999 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 0 - Steam review count: 136 - Steam positive reviews: 134 - Steam negative reviews: 2 - Steam positive percentage: 98.52941176470588% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/da35842a-ea5a-4aae-bb95-752c1d07ffa0/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/da35842a-ea5a-4aae-bb95-752c1d07ffa0/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T12:48:07\.91724\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T12:48:09\.841821\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T12:48:09\.020642\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/1163060/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/1163060/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=1163060","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/1163060"\},"price":"2026\-09\-24T12:48:07\.91724\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-24T12:48:07\.91724\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-24T12:48:09\.841821\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-24T12:48:09\.020642\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"8df7d75f\-714f\-4a68\-b722\-c833ec8d33e1","catalog":"791cfd0f\-0a16\-41f3\-bb16\-6207eab91bb7","details":"09b1655f\-d0cc\-43ad\-8735\-e28e3c0c2e70","players":"478a0157\-c25d\-4133\-aa7e\-43e34330f3bd","reviews":"5f84873f\-bf2d\-4422\-865e\-de5e5f6b05af"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"da35842a\-ea5a\-4aae\-bb95\-752c1d07ffa0","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1163060/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/da35842a-ea5a-4aae-bb95-752c1d07ffa0)