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Contra Anniversary Collection cover art

Contra Anniversary Collection

KONAMI · 2019-06-11

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Action

Franchise: Contra · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 11, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jun 11, 2019 (Xbox One), Jun 11, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.

3
playing now
76%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 37k–89k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,488 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.09-70%
GOG$7.99-60%
Microsoft Store$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.89 at IndieGala Store (2024-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.53 · on sale 119 of 174 observed days · $4.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1302026-08-07 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.52$2.892019-06-112026-08-302019-06-11 — best price $19.992019-11-25 — best price $7.992020-02-04 — best price $19.992020-04-18 — best price $16.992020-06-18 — best price $19.992020-08-16 — best price $17.882020-09-28 — best price $19.992020-11-16 — best price $17.882021-01-08 — best price $19.992021-02-25 — best price $16.882021-04-16 — best price $4.992021-06-05 — best price $16.882021-08-23 — best price $4.242021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-03-01 — best price $15.742022-06-17 — best price $17.642022-09-15 — best price $3.492023-02-05 — best price $21.562023-05-01 — best price $3.592023-06-27 — best price $19.992023-08-19 — best price $17.992023-10-23 — best price $21.322023-12-07 — best price $21.512024-02-19 — best price $15.742024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-08-19 — best price $3.202024-12-04 — best price $14.392025-02-28 — best price $3.992025-06-12 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $8.582026-01-06 — best price $15.322026-04-16 — best price $7.992026-05-30 — best price $23.302026-07-04 — best price $6.962026-08-11 — best price $23.072026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
10.5%
earned "Is this 1987?"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionSave Anytime

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)2,78219%16
PS4 (PlayStation)2,41621%16
PS4 (PlayStation)1,47928%16
Steam (Steam)1,47023%16
Switch (Nintendo)4910%0

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

Player tags

2DCo-opRetro1990'sActionArcadeClassicShooterDifficultPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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