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Flashback cover art

Flashback

· Ubisoft · 2013-10-01

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
59%
positive of 551 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 43% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 551 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 50 of 78 observed days · $9.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.59$0.882015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

133152026-06-01 — 52 pageviews2026-06-04 — 22 pageviews2026-06-07 — 23 pageviews2026-06-10 — 23 pageviews2026-06-13 — 27 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 31 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 39 pageviews2026-07-01 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 62 pageviews2026-07-07 — 41 pageviews2026-07-10 — 28 pageviews2026-07-13 — 22 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 23 pageviews2026-07-25 — 37 pageviews2026-07-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 72 pageviews2026-08-03 — 96 pageviews2026-08-06 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 47 pageviews2026-08-12 — 30 pageviews2026-08-15 — 37 pageviews2026-08-18 — 29 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 28 pageviews2026-08-29 — 23 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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