The Game Census
CrossCode cover art

CrossCode

Radical Fish Games · Deck13 · 2018-09-20

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 09, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 09, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jun 28, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jul 09, 2020 (Xbox One), Sep 20, 2018 (Linux), Sep 20, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

202
playing now
92%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (107 ratings)
47h
to beat · completionist 90h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

202 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

A girl named Lea awakens aboard a cargo ship with no memory of her past. A man called Sergey Asimov tells her that the key to recovering her lost memories is to play CrossWorlds, a sprawling massively multiplayer online game. Almost as soon as she enters, Lea is set upon by a mysterious figure known as the Blue Avatar and is forced to flee deeper into the game's world. There she befriends a fellow player named Emilie, and together the two set out to explore CrossWorlds, eventually joining a guild called the First Scholars. As Lea ventures through the vast virtual realm and pieces together frag(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 202 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 985 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~123/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 460k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,400 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-70%
GOG$5.99-70%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at GOG (2025-06-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 27 of 48 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
75475420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 754 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

231802026-08-06 22:00 — 166 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 106 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 173 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 151 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 143 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 193 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 178 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 141 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 231 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 178 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 126 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 124 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 144 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 104 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 154 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 147 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 157 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 193 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 111 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 135 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 164 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 116 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 101 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 147 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 122 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 86 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 135 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 133 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 202 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992015-05-152026-08-302015-05-15 — best price $16.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-08-08 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $16.992017-03-30 — best price $16.992017-09-22 — best price $11.992017-12-21 — best price $16.992018-06-29 — best price $16.992018-10-30 — best price $16.992018-12-28 — best price $14.992019-02-26 — best price $19.992019-08-02 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $16.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-05-27 — best price $15.992020-08-15 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $15.992021-04-10 — best price $19.992021-07-09 — best price $19.992021-11-26 — best price $13.392022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-09-12 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-01-12 — best price $5.992024-04-10 — best price $5.992024-08-01 — best price $5.992024-11-05 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-04-11 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $5.992025-11-05 — best price $5.992026-02-12 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3502026-08-26 19:15 — 7 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 33 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
71.6%
earned "Real History"
21.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,5114%86
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4,9939%20
PS4 (PlayStation)2,50430%21
PS5 (PlayStation)1,18915%21
PS5 (PlayStation)98017%21
Switch (Nintendo)3440%0

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

2DRPGAnimeIndieRetroActionPuzzleSci-fiAdventureAction RPG

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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