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Cricket 22 cover art

Cricket 22

Big Ant Studios · Nacon · 2021-12-01

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SimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 02, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Dec 02, 2021 (Xbox One), Dec 02, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 02, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Cricket 22 delivers the Ashes, the Big Bash, The Hundred, and a multitude of other fan-favourite competitions! All-new mechanics, commentary, and a captivating, narrative driven career mode, will immediately immerse you in the ultimate cricket experience to date.

Cricket 22 is a 2021 Simulation and Sports game priced at $44.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1756 reviews).

30
playing now
81%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.73★
PlayStation Store rating (656 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$44.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Cricket 22 is a 2021 cricket video game developed by Big Ant Studios and published by Nacon. It is the official video game of the 2021–22 Ashes series of cricket matches, and the sequel to the 2019 game Cricket 19. It released on the 2 December 2021 as a curtain-raiser prior to the start of the 2021–22 Ashes series which were held in Australia in December 2021. The Nintendo Switch version of the game was expected to be released in January 2022 and was later confirmed for 28 April 2022. This is the second Big Ant Studios game to be released for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, the first being Tennis World Tour 2.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (359 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,756 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.24 at Steam (2023-05-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21421420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3472026-09-15 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 23 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 23 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 26 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 23 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2897Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 252 · peak 440Feb 2022 — avg 174 · peak 287Apr 2022 — avg 167 · peak 300Jun 2022 — avg 167 · peak 303Aug 2022 — avg 206 · peak 381Oct 2022 — avg 210 · peak 374Dec 2022 — avg 265 · peak 412Feb 2023 — avg 239 · peak 398Apr 2023 — avg 240 · peak 398Jun 2023 — avg 281 · peak 481Aug 2023 — avg 245 · peak 444Oct 2023 — avg 194 · peak 353Dec 2023 — avg 175 · peak 296Feb 2024 — avg 134 · peak 239Apr 2024 — avg 90 · peak 166Jun 2024 — avg 90 · peak 176Aug 2024 — avg 70 · peak 143Oct 2024 — avg 61 · peak 126Dec 2024 — avg 78 · peak 149Feb 2025 — avg 57 · peak 108Apr 2025 — avg 52 · peak 108Jun 2025 — avg 47 · peak 95Aug 2025 — avg 46 · peak 95Oct 2025 — avg 37 · peak 75Dec 2025 — avg 42 · peak 83Feb 2026 — avg 30 · peak 58Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 59Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 44
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$20.242021-10-232026-10-092021-10-23 — best price $44.992022-03-28 — best price $44.992022-07-05 — best price $29.992022-08-30 — best price $41.992022-11-12 — best price $31.492022-12-22 — best price $31.492023-01-17 — best price $29.992023-01-30 — best price $44.992023-03-01 — best price $22.492023-03-14 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $44.992023-05-15 — best price $20.242023-06-06 — best price $23.992023-12-21 — best price $22.492024-04-04 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $20.242024-10-02 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $20.242024-12-19 — best price $20.242025-03-06 — best price $20.242025-06-26 — best price $20.242026-08-28 — best price $59.992026-09-11 — 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

5092026-05-31 — 41 pageviews2026-06-04 — 46 pageviews2026-06-08 — 28 pageviews2026-06-12 — 31 pageviews2026-06-16 — 29 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 26 pageviews2026-06-28 — 50 pageviews2026-07-02 — 50 pageviews2026-07-06 — 34 pageviews2026-07-10 — 26 pageviews2026-07-14 — 30 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 39 pageviews2026-07-30 — 22 pageviews2026-08-03 — 26 pageviews2026-08-07 — 22 pageviews2026-08-11 — 21 pageviews2026-08-15 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 16 pageviews2026-08-23 — 29 pageviews2026-08-27 — 22 pageviews2026-08-31 — 26 pageviews2026-09-04 — 22 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 17 pageviews2026-09-16 — 9 pageviews2026-09-20 — 17 pageviews2026-09-24 — 22 pageviews2026-09-28 — 14 pageviews2026-10-02 — 19 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
93%
earned "Go Fetch!"
36.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)7,2582%30
PS5 (PlayStation)71815%31
PS4 (PlayStation)4519%31
Steam (Steam)1765%30
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

3DCo-opSportsCricketBaseballRealisticControllerManagementSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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