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Champions Online

Cryptic Studios · Arc Games · 2011-06-14

Steam

Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Sep 01, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2009 (Linux)

Grab your cape and defend Millennium City in this comic book-style action MMORPG! Design your hero and costume from thousands of costume pieces, face super-villains like Dr. Destroyer, and create your own unique nemesis.

125
playing now
71%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

125 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 125 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 153 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 871 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

153312026-08-06 22:00 — 137 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 79 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 60 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 122 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 80 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 77 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 126 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 87 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 75 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 109 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 93 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 68 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 130 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 70 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 96 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 71 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 65 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 122 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 81 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 42 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 77 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 101 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 56 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 89 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 140 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 39 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 114 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 128 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 125 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
44.9%
earned "Learn the Ropes"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller Support

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,4082%709

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

PvEPvPRPGCombatMMORPGSuperheroAction RPGComic BookOpen WorldFree to Play

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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