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Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time cover art

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time

Toys for Bob · Activision · 2022-10-18

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Franchise: Crash Bandicoot · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Mar 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2020 (Xbox One), Mar 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 12, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Mar 12, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 02, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

It’s About Time - the critically-acclaimed Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It's About Time is now on Steam!

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time is an Action game released in 2022, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 4150 reviews).

78
playing now
86%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (144 ratings)
239
Nexus mods (140k downloads)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (30,453 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

78 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a 2020 platform game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision. It was originally released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with releases for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows following in 2021. The eighth main installment in the Crash Bandicoot series, the game's story follows Crash Bandicoot and his sister Coco as they recover the all-powerful Quantum Masks in a bid to prevent Doctor Neo Cortex and Doctor Nefarious Tropy from taking over the multiverse. They are indirectly aided by their former enemy Dingodile and an adventuring alternate-dimension counterpart of Crash's old girlfriend Tawna.

Trailer

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time trailer thumbnail

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time Announcement Trailer [UK]

≈131,934 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 78 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 475 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~59/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 86k–192k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,276 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-09-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 28 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24324320222026Week of 2022-10-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

461602026-09-14 22:00 — 341 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 113 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 230 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 356 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 230 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 185 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 400 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 203 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 145 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 375 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 235 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 103 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 219 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 169 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 100 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 282 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 173 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 74 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 143 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 176 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 100 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 111 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 148 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 78 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15650Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 125 · peak 264Dec 2022 — avg 120 · peak 393Feb 2023 — avg 118 · peak 304Apr 2023 — avg 122 · peak 317Jun 2023 — avg 92 · peak 255Aug 2023 — avg 66 · peak 162Oct 2023 — avg 50 · peak 114Dec 2023 — avg 73 · peak 196Feb 2024 — avg 73 · peak 182Apr 2024 — avg 83 · peak 350Jun 2024 — avg 85 · peak 201Aug 2024 — avg 87 · peak 176Oct 2024 — avg 60 · peak 131Dec 2024 — avg 74 · peak 176Feb 2025 — avg 79 · peak 207Apr 2025 — avg 77 · peak 191Jun 2025 — avg 94 · peak 267Aug 2025 — avg 100 · peak 213Oct 2025 — avg 53 · peak 136Dec 2025 — avg 80 · peak 199Feb 2026 — avg 86 · peak 181Apr 2026 — avg 59 · peak 131Jun 2026 — avg 74 · peak 174Aug 2026 — avg 65 · peak 131
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
54542026-09-222026-10-052026-09-22: 54 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 14 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 9 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 14 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$11.992021-02-092026-10-092021-02-09 — best price $39.992021-08-11 — best price $39.992021-11-30 — best price $39.992022-02-04 — best price $39.992022-04-26 — best price $39.992022-07-05 — best price $39.992022-09-06 — best price $39.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-01-05 — best price $39.992023-03-02 — best price $39.992023-04-18 — best price $19.992023-06-20 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $39.992023-11-20 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-05-02 — best price $39.992024-06-08 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-08-15 — best price $39.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $39.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-05-29 — best price $19.992025-08-01 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-12-03 — best price $39.992026-01-06 — best price $39.992026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-06-18 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-09-04 — best price $59.992026-09-25 — best price $59.992026-10-09 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.9k2482026-05-30 — 315 pageviews2026-06-03 — 406 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,431 pageviews2026-06-11 — 601 pageviews2026-06-15 — 453 pageviews2026-06-19 — 368 pageviews2026-06-23 — 297 pageviews2026-06-27 — 303 pageviews2026-07-01 — 294 pageviews2026-07-05 — 298 pageviews2026-07-09 — 449 pageviews2026-07-13 — 454 pageviews2026-07-17 — 339 pageviews2026-07-21 — 347 pageviews2026-07-25 — 345 pageviews2026-07-29 — 293 pageviews2026-08-02 — 337 pageviews2026-08-06 — 330 pageviews2026-08-10 — 852 pageviews2026-08-14 — 355 pageviews2026-08-18 — 293 pageviews2026-08-22 — 313 pageviews2026-08-26 — 333 pageviews2026-08-30 — 384 pageviews2026-09-03 — 343 pageviews2026-09-07 — 385 pageviews2026-09-11 — 526 pageviews2026-09-15 — 389 pageviews2026-09-19 — 422 pageviews2026-09-23 — 498 pageviews2026-09-27 — 362 pageviews2026-10-01 — 311 pageviews2026-10-05 — 294 pageviews2026-10-09 — 248 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
90.8%
earned "Taking the Side Road"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DActionComedyCartoonyColorfulAdventureDifficultPlatformerMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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