Kohate

Kohate

DarkStone Digital · October 15, 2020 · Horror, Stealth, Exploration, Atmospheric, Action

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$4.99
lowest tracked $1.24
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Kohate price by region

Kohate costs €3.99 in Europe (EUR), £3.99 in the United Kingdom, $4.99 in the United States, $4.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$5.69 in Canada, NZ$6.29 in New Zealand, A$7.50 in Australia, R$10.89 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Kohate offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 1
United Kingdom £3.99 £3.99 — 1
United Statesyour region $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Canada CA$5.69 CA$5.69 — 1
New Zealand NZ$6.29 NZ$6.29 — 1
Australia A$7.50 A$7.50 — 1
Brazil R$10.89 R$10.89 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Kohate

✦ AI summary

You're a prisoner sold to a sinister biotech facility and must navigate the Kohate complex, solving puzzles and avoiding a deadly abomination to survive mysterious experiments. This stealth horror revisits the twisted Subject universe with new locations, multiple endings, and secrets designed for a tense single-sitting experience.

In a time where commercial police forces monitor the galaxy, money is the driving force behind arrests. More prisoners means more funding. As the greed of commercialized law enforcement grew, laws became more and more strict causing everyday people to be arrested for the smallest offenses.

High arrest rates led to more money but quickly caused prison overcrowding, giving birth to the Justice Auction System. Now prisoners are simply arrested and sold to the highest bidder. It doesn’t matter what we’re used for, just that there’s room for another prisoner to make another dollar.

You have been arrested and purchased by BioMass Labs for testing at their remote facility: Kohate. No one knows what they do there, but no one has ever come back. You belong to them now, and you will have to perform whatever test they give you… good luck. Stay alive.

THE GAME



Forced to take part in their strange experiment, you are the next subject to enter the Kohate complex.

Explore the complex to find the objects you need to unlock new areas and progress, complete the requirements of your test, and avoid the abomination that has been let loose within the halls at all costs!

Kohate revisits the world of the first solo project from Brian Clarke: The Subject. Bringing a new experience to the mysterious facility with a new location, new test, and expansion upon the lore of The Subject universe.
  • Stealth horror
  • Multiple endings
  • secrets to discover
  • Casual mode (no monster)
  • Designed to be played in one sitting

Kohate — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Dec 3, 2024
The lack of saving of any kind doesn't work for me. Nice visuals, sounds, spooky atmosphere and smooth movement aren't enough to save (pun intended) it. No save feature, plus the lack of puzzles (like in the superior "The Subject") ruins the whole experience for me. I really don't get some developers' fixation with "in-one-sitting" games. How about letting the PLAYER decide HOW they're going to play the game, in order to maximize individual experience. Sorry, I really wanted to like this but it has to be thumbs down for me.
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 6, 2024
not good but also not bad
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Mar 14, 2026
Terrible game design that is out of touch in what is expected in a horror survival. It starts off promising with the open cutscene and basic tutorial. Then you get tossed out into the area where the monster lurks and the shortcomings soon become glaringly obvious, a lack of a proper map and objective leaves you wandering aimless, the vents are built like rat warrens and do radiation damage which bloats the screen with annoying colours that makes no sense in terms of what radiation actually does. All in all this just leaves bad impression to even attempt to finish the game. I will attempt another pass of this game in the future and update this if I can get past these shortcomings... I highly doubt it. Personal Rating 1/5 Stars (Slop).
Recommended Mar 12, 2026
Great game! Had a ton of fun with this one and the other games by this developer. Short and sweet jn the best way. Gave me a good challenge to figuring out a few of the puzzles. Definitely recommend.
Recommended Feb 7, 2026
Bought this cause of some youtube vid back in 2021, just now got around to playing it. Had a lot of fun with it. Got ending 3 on my first run and didn't die. Having that experience was a pretty cool one, there aren't a lot of games where it's truly possible to beat it your first time. I feel like I was able to learn a lot in the beginning and combined with good spatial memory it was pretty enjoyable the whole way through. Worth it!
Recommended Aug 5, 2025
I figured it out! Run away from the monster!!!!

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