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Ashes Cricket

Big Ant Studios · 2017-12-15

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IndieSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 16, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Nov 16, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ashes Cricket is the officially licensed video game of cricket’s greatest rivalry. Bringing all the fast paced action, big hits and skill that you see in the greatest cricket competition on earth, you’ll be able to play in the men’s and women’s 2017/2018 Ashes tours.

Ashes Cricket is an Indie and Sports game released in 2017, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 512 reviews).

5
playing now
83%
positive of 512 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (240 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Ashes Cricket is a 2017 video game created by Big Ant Studios, and released worldwide on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. It was the first Big Ant cricket game to be officially licensed to modern teams and players after the Don Bradman Cricket titles, and had the full licence for the 2017-18 Ashes series, which took place in Australia. As part of this, the game contained the ability to take either England or Australia through the Ashes series, or play as an individual star player. As well as this, the game featured a player creation tool that could be used to either create real players and publish them on the game's "cricket academy", or use them in the series or personal player careers.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (58 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 49,572 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 512 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
764Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 65 · peak 113Mar 2018 — avg 26 · peak 57Jun 2018 — avg 23 · peak 49Sep 2018 — avg 21 · peak 43Dec 2018 — avg 46 · peak 120Mar 2019 — avg 45 · peak 92Jun 2019 — avg 60 · peak 115Sep 2019 — avg 24 · peak 48Dec 2019 — avg 18 · peak 38Mar 2020 — avg 26 · peak 107Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 33Sep 2020 — avg 12 · peak 26Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 39Mar 2021 — avg 12 · peak 25Jun 2021 — avg 10 · peak 25Sep 2021 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2021 — avg 12 · peak 27Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$3.742017-12-162026-10-102017-12-16 — best price $59.992018-10-30 — best price $29.992018-11-01 — best price $59.992018-11-21 — best price $29.992018-11-27 — best price $59.992018-12-17 — best price $24.992018-12-21 — best price $12.492019-01-04 — best price $24.992020-03-23 — best price $3.742020-04-06 — best price $24.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $19.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3472026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-16 — 27 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 30 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 29 pageviews2026-07-10 — 26 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 22 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 17 pageviews2026-09-08 — 14 pageviews2026-09-12 — 16 pageviews2026-09-16 — 10 pageviews2026-09-20 — 20 pageviews2026-09-24 — 11 pageviews2026-09-28 — 21 pageviews2026-10-02 — 13 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-10 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
49.9%
earned "Choo Choo"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)4,8403%32
PS4 (PlayStation)1,18810%33
Steam (Steam)1671%32

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieSportsCricket

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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