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Flashback cover art

Flashback

Paul Cuisset · Microids · 2019-02-28

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 29, 2018 (Mac), Jul 31, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Nov 19, 2019 (Xbox One)

FLASHBACK™, the hit action-adventure game with over 2.2 million units sold, is back!

Flashback is a 2019 Action and Adventure game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 605 reviews).

3
playing now
78%
positive of 605 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (727 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Flashback, released as Flashback: The Quest for Identity in the United States, is a 1992 cinematic platformer developed by Delphine Software and published by U.S. Gold for the Amiga. It was directed, written, designed, and partially programmed by Paul Cuisset, who had previously created the adventure game Future Wars with Éric Chahi. Flashback was ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis, MS-DOS, Acorn Archimedes, and Super NES in 1993. CD-ROM versions for the Sega CD, 3DO, CD-i, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and FM Towns were released in 1994 and 1995, followed by a cartridge version for the Atari Jaguar in 1995. In 2017, the game was released worldwide on the Dreamcast, featuring graphic assets and cutscenes from the MS-DOS version and music from the Amiga version. An updated port titled Flashback: Remastered Edition was released for Nintendo Switch on 7 June 2018, for PlayStation 4 on 20 November 2018, and for Windows on 29 November 2018. The game was also released in October 2023 for the Evercade platforms as part of Delphine collection cartridge, and is based on the original Mega Drive/Genesis version.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 605 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.69-93%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at GameBillet (2026-02-04) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 120 of 176 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520192026Week of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 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 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.79$0.692017-03-072026-10-142017-03-07 — best price $9.992019-08-07 — best price $4.202019-12-23 — best price $9.992020-02-17 — best price $9.992020-05-15 — best price $2.992020-08-09 — best price $8.892020-10-16 — best price $8.892020-12-15 — best price $0.842021-02-06 — best price $7.992021-04-19 — best price $7.162021-06-09 — best price $0.992021-08-18 — best price $10.082021-10-19 — best price $7.342021-12-05 — best price $9.992022-02-06 — best price $8.382022-05-01 — best price $7.342022-07-19 — best price $9.992022-09-25 — best price $8.692022-11-23 — best price $1.592023-02-15 — best price $8.982023-05-30 — best price $9.992023-08-30 — best price $5.002023-12-02 — best price $9.992024-03-08 — best price $1.002024-05-13 — best price $1.502024-08-03 — best price $0.872024-10-03 — best price $1.402024-12-29 — best price $1.002025-04-01 — best price $8.892025-07-04 — best price $1.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $0.892026-03-20 — best price $9.892026-06-01 — best price $8.592026-07-17 — best price $7.492026-09-17 — best price $0.892026-10-14 — best price $0.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2451082026-05-31 — 179 pageviews2026-06-04 — 139 pageviews2026-06-08 — 135 pageviews2026-06-12 — 157 pageviews2026-06-16 — 157 pageviews2026-06-20 — 131 pageviews2026-06-24 — 140 pageviews2026-06-28 — 188 pageviews2026-07-02 — 164 pageviews2026-07-06 — 163 pageviews2026-07-10 — 155 pageviews2026-07-14 — 141 pageviews2026-07-18 — 163 pageviews2026-07-22 — 158 pageviews2026-07-26 — 214 pageviews2026-07-30 — 236 pageviews2026-08-03 — 245 pageviews2026-08-07 — 150 pageviews2026-08-11 — 213 pageviews2026-08-15 — 188 pageviews2026-08-19 — 179 pageviews2026-08-23 — 188 pageviews2026-08-27 — 156 pageviews2026-08-31 — 149 pageviews2026-09-04 — 187 pageviews2026-09-08 — 195 pageviews2026-09-12 — 142 pageviews2026-09-16 — 142 pageviews2026-09-20 — 188 pageviews2026-09-24 — 167 pageviews2026-09-28 — 170 pageviews2026-10-02 — 159 pageviews2026-10-06 — 136 pageviews2026-10-10 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
50.7%
earned "Unfriendly Fire"
13.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

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

2DRetro1990'sActionSci-fiClassicAdventureCinematicCyberpunkFuturistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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