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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) · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Champions Online is a Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play game released in 2011, priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (71% of 4387 reviews).

54
playing now
71%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (285 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

54 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Champions Online is a free-to-play superhero-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Cryptic Studios for Microsoft Windows. The game is based on the Champions license and its ruleset is loosely based on the HERO System.

Trailer

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Champions Online Official Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 54 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 13% of 1,834 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

172182026-09-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 157 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 115 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 93 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 159 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 140 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 61 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 123 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 172 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 56 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 112 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 148 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 56 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 84 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 131 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 55 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 90 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 47 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 68 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 108 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 66 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36471Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 357 · peak 564Dec 2012 — avg 284 · peak 503May 2013 — avg 252 · peak 443Oct 2013 — avg 198 · peak 347Mar 2014 — avg 224 · peak 428Aug 2014 — avg 222 · peak 340Jan 2015 — avg 199 · peak 331Jun 2015 — avg 173 · peak 304Nov 2015 — avg 171 · peak 398Apr 2016 — avg 208 · peak 374Sep 2016 — avg 180 · peak 296Feb 2017 — avg 185 · peak 308Jul 2017 — avg 173 · peak 274Dec 2017 — avg 162 · peak 267May 2018 — avg 192 · peak 312Oct 2018 — avg 161 · peak 284Mar 2019 — avg 140 · peak 236Aug 2019 — avg 126 · peak 231Jan 2020 — avg 118 · peak 207Jun 2020 — avg 131 · peak 247Nov 2020 — avg 131 · peak 251Apr 2021 — avg 132 · peak 228Sep 2021 — avg 132 · peak 266Feb 2022 — avg 105 · peak 169Jul 2022 — avg 104 · peak 180Dec 2022 — avg 102 · peak 209May 2023 — avg 81 · peak 150Oct 2023 — avg 96 · peak 194Mar 2024 — avg 82 · peak 157Aug 2024 — avg 84 · peak 203Jan 2025 — avg 88 · peak 155Jun 2025 — avg 84 · peak 144Nov 2025 — avg 91 · peak 227Apr 2026 — avg 108 · peak 328Aug 2026 — avg 89 · peak 226
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

48122026-06-03 — 34 pageviews2026-06-07 — 31 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-15 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 35 pageviews2026-06-23 — 21 pageviews2026-06-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-01 — 20 pageviews2026-07-05 — 18 pageviews2026-07-09 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 19 pageviews2026-07-17 — 30 pageviews2026-07-21 — 22 pageviews2026-07-25 — 24 pageviews2026-07-29 — 21 pageviews2026-08-02 — 22 pageviews2026-08-06 — 23 pageviews2026-08-10 — 26 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 32 pageviews2026-08-30 — 42 pageviews2026-09-03 — 48 pageviews2026-09-07 — 14 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 28 pageviews2026-09-19 — 24 pageviews2026-09-23 — 26 pageviews2026-09-27 — 24 pageviews2026-10-01 — 29 pageviews2026-10-05 — 28 pageviews2026-10-09 — 23 pageviews2026-10-12 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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