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Flynn: Son of Crimson cover art

Flynn: Son of Crimson

Studio Thunderhorse · Balor Games · 2021-09-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 15, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 15, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 15, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 15, 2021 (Mac)

Our valiant hero Flynn possesses the ability to influence a mysterious energy and modify his style of combat, transforming him into a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the golden age of the SNES, Flynn: Son of Crimson is the 2D action adventure that’ll take you right back to the 90s!

Flynn: Son of Crimson is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (85% of 769 reviews).

0
playing now
85%
positive of 769 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (1 downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (146 ratings)
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Flynn: Son of Crimson is a platform game developed by Studio Thunderhorse and published by Humble Games. The game follows a young boy named Flynn, who embarks on a journey of discovery and conflict alongside his animal companion Dex as he learns to master his powers. Flynn and Dex must save Rosantica before the evil from The Scourge claims his home.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (109 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 769 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.75 at GameBillet (2025-04-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 57 of 102 observed days · $15.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
919120212026Week of 2021-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.392021-09-152026-10-142021-09-15 — best price $17.172021-10-18 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992021-12-27 — best price $11.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-03-24 — best price $19.992022-06-09 — best price $19.992022-08-01 — best price $19.992022-10-01 — best price $14.992022-11-18 — best price $11.992022-12-21 — best price $11.992023-01-14 — best price $19.992023-03-14 — best price $11.992023-05-05 — best price $11.992023-06-11 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $9.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-10-26 — best price $17.172023-11-30 — best price $17.172024-01-16 — best price $9.992024-02-20 — best price $10.002024-04-08 — best price $16.992024-05-16 — best price $6.462024-06-19 — best price $7.992024-08-01 — best price $6.192024-09-14 — best price $19.992024-12-07 — best price $19.992025-01-09 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-08-14 — best price $5.992025-10-21 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.982026-03-05 — best price $5.992026-05-07 — best price $5.992026-08-01 — best price $5.992026-09-04 — best price $5.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $5.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-05-29 — 4 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-18 — 0 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 2 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 2 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "Welcome to Rosantica"
19.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-09-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)8,71416%22
Steam (Steam)1,32222%22
PS4 (PlayStation)30953%23
PS4 (PlayStation)20154%23
Switch (Nintendo)360%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualCombatFantasyAdventureGameMakerAction RPGPlatformer

Census log

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

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