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Century: Age of Ashes cover art

Century: Age of Ashes

Playwing LTD · 2021-12-02

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRacingFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jul 12, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 10, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 21, 2023 (iOS)

Century: Age of Ashes is a free-to-play multiplayer dragon shooter. Master a growing roster of classes and dragons, compete in intense arena battles and rule the skies in fast-paced aerial combats.

Century: Age of Ashes is a 2021 Action, Indie, Racing, and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 18,376 reviews).

46
playing now
74%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3.96★
PlayStation Store rating (12,631 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 50% recommend · from 17 critics
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Century: Age of Ashes is a 2021 free-to-play aerial combat video game developed and published by Playwing Bordeaux and released on December 2, 2021 for Microsoft Windows and on March 10, 2022 for Xbox Series X/S. It launched for Xbox One on July 12, 2022, and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on September 26, 2022. Mobile versions of the game for iOS and Android released on June 21, 2023.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 46 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 481 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,007 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.4k7.4k20212026Week of 2021-12-01: 7,361 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,646 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 977 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 394 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79142026-09-15 11:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 63 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 35 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 45 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 79 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 35 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 44 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 64 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 27 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 36 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 41 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 51 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 49 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 68 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 46 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.2k48Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 3,198 · peak 12,222Feb 2022 — avg 339 · peak 695Apr 2022 — avg 223 · peak 427Jun 2022 — avg 152 · peak 422Aug 2022 — avg 175 · peak 312Oct 2022 — avg 232 · peak 575Dec 2022 — avg 182 · peak 426Feb 2023 — avg 125 · peak 261Apr 2023 — avg 148 · peak 262Jun 2023 — avg 115 · peak 207Aug 2023 — avg 115 · peak 215Oct 2023 — avg 111 · peak 252Dec 2023 — avg 126 · peak 256Feb 2024 — avg 114 · peak 225Apr 2024 — avg 83 · peak 171Jun 2024 — avg 89 · peak 168Aug 2024 — avg 115 · peak 231Oct 2024 — avg 70 · peak 168Dec 2024 — avg 76 · peak 213Feb 2025 — avg 71 · peak 160Apr 2025 — avg 76 · peak 225Jun 2025 — avg 70 · peak 145Aug 2025 — avg 55 · peak 102Oct 2025 — avg 51 · peak 118Dec 2025 — avg 53 · peak 129Feb 2026 — avg 57 · peak 131Apr 2026 — avg 48 · peak 115Jun 2026 — avg 50 · peak 118Aug 2026 — avg 57 · peak 183
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.00$0.002021-12-022026-10-092021-12-02 — best price $0.002022-03-15 — best price $0.002026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-09-04 — best price $0.002026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-09-18 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-10-02 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2322026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 16 pageviews2026-06-14 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 22 pageviews2026-06-26 — 16 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 9 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 16 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 14 pageviews2026-09-26 — 11 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews2026-10-11 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
78.3%
earned "First Flight"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing17 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French

Post-launch support: 17 DLC released, first 2021-12-17, latest 2024-07-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,4441%33
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)10,3560%33
PS5 (PlayStation)9,1221%33

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPIndieActionFlightDragonsFantasyShooterTeam-BasedMultiplayerDark Fantasy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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