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Flashback cover art

Flashback

Paul Cuisset · Microids · 2019-02-28

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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!

0
playing now
78%
positive of 603 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 603 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-91%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.89-91%

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 90 of 142 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.79$0.722017-03-072026-08-302017-03-07 — 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 $7.492026-08-30 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2451082026-05-31 — 179 pageviews2026-06-03 — 154 pageviews2026-06-06 — 108 pageviews2026-06-09 — 126 pageviews2026-06-12 — 157 pageviews2026-06-15 — 142 pageviews2026-06-18 — 137 pageviews2026-06-21 — 180 pageviews2026-06-24 — 140 pageviews2026-06-27 — 169 pageviews2026-06-30 — 174 pageviews2026-07-03 — 188 pageviews2026-07-06 — 163 pageviews2026-07-09 — 150 pageviews2026-07-12 — 149 pageviews2026-07-15 — 129 pageviews2026-07-18 — 163 pageviews2026-07-21 — 141 pageviews2026-07-24 — 146 pageviews2026-07-27 — 213 pageviews2026-07-30 — 236 pageviews2026-08-02 — 195 pageviews2026-08-05 — 168 pageviews2026-08-08 — 156 pageviews2026-08-11 — 213 pageviews2026-08-14 — 210 pageviews2026-08-17 — 168 pageviews2026-08-20 — 173 pageviews2026-08-23 — 188 pageviews2026-08-26 — 191 pageviews2026-08-28 — 160 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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