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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration cover art

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

Digital Eclipse · Atari · 2022-11-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasual

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 11, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 11, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 11, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-res original artwork, and a curated list of more than 90 playable games.

6
playing now
92%
positive of 579 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 56 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 579 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

WinGameStore$6.49-84%
GOG$15.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$15.99-60%
Microsoft Store$15.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at GameBillet (2026-07-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 113 of 136 observed days · $11.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
949420222026Week of 2022-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-11 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.792022-11-112026-08-302022-11-11 — best price $39.992023-08-07 — best price $39.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-02-12 — best price $27.992024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-06-11 — best price $27.992024-09-02 — best price $39.992024-10-24 — best price $23.992024-11-26 — best price $13.992024-12-23 — best price $6.842025-01-14 — best price $12.452025-02-10 — best price $6.572025-03-15 — best price $7.692025-04-08 — best price $6.452025-04-20 — best price $7.042025-05-09 — best price $11.592025-06-07 — best price $7.002025-07-01 — best price $7.192025-07-20 — best price $7.002025-08-07 — best price $6.992025-08-21 — best price $7.002025-09-06 — best price $7.002025-09-19 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $6.932025-10-31 — best price $19.992025-11-12 — best price $7.002025-11-25 — best price $19.992026-01-01 — best price $39.992026-01-16 — best price $5.592026-02-13 — best price $17.992026-03-14 — best price $12.032026-04-03 — best price $39.992026-05-01 — best price $6.232026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-06-13 — best price $12.032026-07-14 — best price $13.852026-08-01 — best price $13.852026-08-21 — best price $11.562026-08-30 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
8.9%
earned "Coming In Hot"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller Support4 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)6464%20
Steam (Steam)5803%20
PS5 (PlayStation)41711%21
Switch (Nintendo)2990%0
PS4 (PlayStation)13712%21

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

Player tags

2DPvP1980sRetroVoxelActionArcadeSoftwareEducationNarration

Census log

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

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