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CrossCode

Radical Fish Games · Deck13 · 2018-09-20

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

CrossCode is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (92% of 18462 reviews) sentiment.

133
playing now
92%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (107 ratings)
3.92★
PlayStation Store rating (3,219 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 88% recommend · from 73 critics
47h
to beat · completionist 90h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

133 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

CrossCode is a 2018 action role-playing game developed by Radical Fish Games and published by Deck13. Players control Lea, a player in a fictional MMORPG called CrossWorlds who wakes up with no memory and is unable to speak. Gameplay involves the player employing both ranged and melee shots to solve puzzles and defeat enemies, with differing elemental modes granting different powers used in combat and exploring.

Trailer

CrossCode trailer thumbnail

CrossCode Full Release Trailer

≈134,798 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 133 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 3% of 27,869 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 462k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,462 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$19.99
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 49 of 86 observed days · $16.00 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

248542026-09-15 12:00 — 94 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 127 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 88 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 119 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 196 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 113 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 61 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 117 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 83 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 98 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 115 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 97 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 72 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 176 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 181 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 151 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 216 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 165 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 140 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 219 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 226 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 158 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 131 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 133 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8092May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 5 · peak 29Sep 2015 — avg 2 · peak 31Jan 2016 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2016 — avg 12 · peak 63Sep 2016 — avg 15 · peak 39Jan 2017 — avg 72 · peak 246May 2017 — avg 61 · peak 608Sep 2017 — avg 33 · peak 68Jan 2018 — avg 104 · peak 263May 2018 — avg 31 · peak 59Sep 2018 — avg 739 · peak 3,368Jan 2019 — avg 525 · peak 1,248May 2019 — avg 189 · peak 378Sep 2019 — avg 250 · peak 821Jan 2020 — avg 150 · peak 292May 2020 — avg 117 · peak 190Sep 2020 — avg 127 · peak 225Jan 2021 — avg 115 · peak 204May 2021 — avg 149 · peak 261Sep 2021 — avg 161 · peak 327Jan 2022 — avg 184 · peak 338May 2022 — avg 98 · peak 166Sep 2022 — avg 298 · peak 710Jan 2023 — avg 261 · peak 493May 2023 — avg 100 · peak 222Sep 2023 — avg 200 · peak 401Jan 2024 — avg 227 · peak 443May 2024 — avg 101 · peak 182Sep 2024 — avg 113 · peak 199Jan 2025 — avg 170 · peak 291May 2025 — avg 100 · peak 171Sep 2025 — avg 101 · peak 225Jan 2026 — avg 145 · peak 269May 2026 — avg 293 · peak 728Aug 2026 — avg 143 · peak 259
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992015-05-152026-10-152015-05-15 — best price $16.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-10-28 — best price $16.792017-02-28 — best price $16.992017-07-12 — best price $16.982017-12-21 — best price $16.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-28 — best price $19.992019-07-10 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $16.992020-03-16 — best price $15.992020-06-25 — best price $15.992020-11-25 — best price $15.992021-02-28 — best price $19.992021-07-09 — best price $19.992021-12-06 — best price $19.992022-03-07 — best price $12.992022-08-02 — best price $19.992022-12-30 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-02-28 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-05-16 — best price $19.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992026-01-08 — best price $5.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-09-05 — best price $5.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $3.992026-10-11 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k862026-06-03 — 145 pageviews2026-06-07 — 161 pageviews2026-06-11 — 155 pageviews2026-06-15 — 116 pageviews2026-06-19 — 130 pageviews2026-06-23 — 123 pageviews2026-06-27 — 172 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,293 pageviews2026-07-05 — 340 pageviews2026-07-09 — 511 pageviews2026-07-13 — 447 pageviews2026-07-17 — 294 pageviews2026-07-21 — 260 pageviews2026-07-25 — 221 pageviews2026-07-29 — 180 pageviews2026-08-02 — 211 pageviews2026-08-06 — 127 pageviews2026-08-10 — 245 pageviews2026-08-14 — 137 pageviews2026-08-18 — 154 pageviews2026-08-22 — 97 pageviews2026-08-26 — 137 pageviews2026-08-30 — 142 pageviews2026-09-03 — 100 pageviews2026-09-07 — 137 pageviews2026-09-11 — 106 pageviews2026-09-15 — 118 pageviews2026-09-19 — 109 pageviews2026-09-23 — 111 pageviews2026-09-27 — 145 pageviews2026-10-01 — 112 pageviews2026-10-05 — 138 pageviews2026-10-09 — 94 pageviews2026-10-12 — 95 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2018-09-24, latest 2021-04-01 (Steam store data)

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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