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California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis) cover art

California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)

Epyx, Inc. · Pixel Games UK · 2020-09-04

Steam

Sports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 04, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.

California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis) is a Sports game released in 2020 priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a review sentiment of Mixed (70% of 23 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 23 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 17:00 UTC (census sample)

California Games is a 1987 sports video game developed and published by Epyx for the Apple II and Commodore 64. Branching from their Summer Games and Winter Games series, it is a collection of outdoor sports purportedly popular in California. The game was successful and was soon ported to other home computers and video game consoles, and was the pack-in game for the Atari Lynx when that system launched in September 1989. It was followed by the sequel California Games II in 1990.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 3,087 Sports games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DBMXPvP1980sRetroSportsAmericaNostalgiaOld SchoolScore Attack

Census log

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

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