No. Karate is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Karate on?

Karate is available on Atari 2600.

When did Karate release?

Karate was first released on December 31, 1982.

Karate

Dec 31, 1982FightingAtari 2600

Karate — frequently asked questions

Is Karate on Steam?: No. Karate is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Karate on?: Karate is available on Atari 2600.
When did Karate release?: Karate was first released on December 31, 1982.

About Karate

Karate is a video game for the Atari 2600 originally published by Ultravision in 1982 for NTSC systems, then re-released in the latter half of the 1980s by Froggo. Supposedly the game was designed by black belt Joseph Amelio. In 1991, Digital Press chose Karate as one of the worst Atari 2600 games of all time.

Summary via IGDB.

Karate on Wikipedia

Karate Champ, released in Japan as Karate, is a 1984 fighting game developed and published by Data East for arcades. The player utilizes dual-joystick controls to input various moves, in order to defeat enemies in a best-of-three matches format. The game was commercially successful, especially in the United States where it was the highest-grossing arcade game of 1985 and the best-selling home computer game up until 1989. It established and popularized the one-on-one fighting game genre, for which it is considered one of the most influential games of all time.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600
Developer: Ultravision Inc.
Publisher: Ultravision Inc.
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

$10

Complete

$43

Sealed

$47

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Ultravision	$743	—	—

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Froggo	Standard	FG1001	Scarce+
North America Ultravision	T-case	—	Unbelievably Rare
North America Ultravision	Square case	—	Unbelievably Rare

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA
Released: 1982
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Med

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Named one of the worst 2600 games ever made, and still among the most expensive when it has the right label on it.

Ultravision published Karate for NTSC systems in 1982, and Froggo re-released it in the latter half of the 1980s. It is the same game under two publishers, which is why the price ranges from a few dollars to hundreds. The design is credited, with some doubt in the sources, to black belt Joseph Amelio.

Digital Press chose it in 1991 as one of the worst Atari 2600 games of all time. Nobody pays the Ultravision price for the gameplay.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Before you buy

Check which publisher's copy you are looking at. The Froggo reissue is common and cheap. The Ultravision original is the premium variant, rated 10 by AtariAge in both of its shells, a T-case and a square case. Because the game inside is the same, the Ultravision shell is your main check: confirm it is one of those two Ultravision cases and that the label matches AtariAge's scans. No sold-as-original fakes are documented, but a re-shelled or relabeled Froggo cart is the obvious risk.