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Flashback

Renka · 2023-02-20

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.

Flashback is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 468 reviews).

1
playing now
86%
positive of 468 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.4k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 468 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2025-07-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320232026Week of 2023-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
452Feb 2023Jul 2024Feb 2023 — avg 45 · peak 122Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 40Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 17Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.99$0.492023-02-202026-08-172023-02-20 — best price $0.892023-04-10 — best price $0.792023-06-12 — best price $0.792023-06-29 — best price $0.792023-07-31 — best price $0.792023-09-11 — best price $0.792023-10-23 — best price $0.792023-11-21 — best price $0.792023-12-11 — best price $0.792023-12-21 — best price $0.792024-05-03 — best price $0.742024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-07-22 — best price $0.692024-09-16 — best price $0.692024-10-28 — best price $0.692024-11-27 — best price $0.692024-12-19 — best price $0.692025-01-14 — best price $0.592025-03-13 — best price $0.692025-03-31 — best price $0.692025-05-12 — best price $0.592025-06-26 — best price $0.592025-07-28 — best price $0.492025-09-08 — best price $0.492025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-10-20 — best price $0.492026-01-01 — best price $0.492026-01-12 — best price $0.492026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-04-13 — best price $0.492026-05-25 — best price $0.492026-06-25 — best price $0.592026-08-10 — best price $0.492026-08-17 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
53.4%
earned "Agent"
39.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,61810%12
PS3 (PlayStation)1,39115%12
PS4 (PlayStation)1,14215%12
Steam (Steam)99613%12
Xbox One (Xbox)65010%12
Switch (Nintendo)1220%0
Steam (Steam)12157%10

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

Player tags

2DAnimeDramaCasualPuzzleMysteryMedievalRelaxingCinematicRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.