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Flashback

· Ubisoft · 2013-10-01

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 01, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 21, 2013 (Xbox 360), Aug 21, 2013 (Xbox One), Oct 01, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

20 years after the original game’s launch, Conrad is enlisted back to active service for the triumphant return of one of the most acclaimed franchises in gaming history.It’s not a reboot. It’s Flashback re-imagined.

Flashback is a 2013 Action, Adventure, RPG game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed sentiment (59% of 554 reviews).

0
playing now
59%
positive of 554 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Flashback is a science fiction platform video game remake of the original 1992 Flashback. The game was developed by the original game designer, Paul Cuisset, with his studio, VectorCell, and published by Ubisoft. The game was released on 21 August 2013 on Xbox Live Arcade.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 28,373 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 554 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.88 at GamesPlanet US (2021-08-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 47 of 75 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-16 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
481Oct 2013Nov 2023Oct 2013 — avg 48 · peak 236Jan 2014 — avg 19 · peak 75Apr 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2016 — avg 6 · peak 55Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Nov 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.59$0.882015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-03-18 — best price $8.542015-05-14 — best price $12.592015-07-16 — best price $9.812015-12-17 — best price $9.992016-05-20 — best price $2.912016-10-17 — best price $9.992017-08-14 — best price $5.192018-01-09 — best price $10.572018-06-12 — best price $10.482018-11-08 — best price $2.992019-05-10 — best price $3.392019-11-22 — best price $3.062020-01-25 — best price $9.912020-04-20 — best price $8.992020-09-21 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $2.492021-10-15 — best price $2.502022-01-24 — best price $8.992022-05-02 — best price $8.992022-10-09 — best price $9.992023-01-20 — best price $2.152023-06-05 — best price $2.502023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-04-01 — best price $7.822024-08-29 — best price $9.992025-01-14 — best price $9.992025-04-27 — best price $9.992025-08-10 — best price $9.992025-11-28 — best price $2.102026-02-26 — best price $2.492026-05-26 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

72152026-06-01 — 52 pageviews2026-06-05 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 27 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 21 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-29 — 31 pageviews2026-07-03 — 55 pageviews2026-07-07 — 41 pageviews2026-07-11 — 30 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-27 — 34 pageviews2026-07-31 — 72 pageviews2026-08-04 — 56 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-12 — 30 pageviews2026-08-16 — 36 pageviews2026-08-20 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 23 pageviews2026-08-28 — 35 pageviews2026-09-01 — 50 pageviews2026-09-05 — 26 pageviews2026-09-09 — 25 pageviews2026-09-13 — 28 pageviews2026-09-17 — 19 pageviews2026-09-21 — 29 pageviews2026-09-25 — 36 pageviews2026-09-29 — 38 pageviews2026-10-03 — 35 pageviews2026-10-07 — 34 pageviews2026-10-10 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

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

RPG2.5DActionRemakeSci-fiClassicAdventureCyberpunkFuturisticPlatformer

Census log

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

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