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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 · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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.

Contra Anniversary Collection is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (76% of 1491 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (2,835 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 94 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–89k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,491 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.99-60%
GOG$19.99

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 152 of 206 observed days · $17.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120192026Week of 2019-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
141Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 25Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2022 — avg 10 · peak 47Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2023 — avg 12 · peak 63Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 14 · peak 72Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 38Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.52$2.892019-06-112026-10-152019-06-11 — 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 $23.072026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
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.

Recent updates

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