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Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game

Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd · 2020-07-28

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Experience unparalleled board control and responsiveness while you skate iconic real-world skate spots. This is the evolution of skateboarding gameplay. With Independent Foot Control and unique physics-based gameplay, skate gamers finally have the expressive controls they have always dreamed of.

97
playing now
86%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

97 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Skater XL is a 2020 sports video game developed and published by Easy Day Studios for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 97 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 128 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,656 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 391k–881k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,571 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99-25%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at Humble Store (2019-05-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days · $26.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20182026Week of 2018-12-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,472 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

97332026-08-06 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 86 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 60 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 86 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 93 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 55 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 95 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 50 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 64 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 71 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 94 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 67 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 70 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 82 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 97 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$13.992018-12-202026-08-292018-12-20 — best price $19.992019-06-03 — best price $15.992019-09-16 — best price $17.992019-11-21 — best price $15.992019-12-30 — best price $19.992020-01-22 — best price $15.992020-02-11 — best price $17.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-05-13 — best price $14.992020-06-02 — best price $19.992020-06-12 — best price $19.992020-06-21 — best price $19.992020-07-14 — best price $19.992020-11-09 — best price $31.992020-12-02 — best price $39.992021-02-15 — best price $39.992021-06-24 — best price $31.992021-10-04 — best price $31.992021-12-22 — best price $31.992022-03-07 — best price $31.992022-07-11 — best price $31.992022-10-24 — best price $31.992023-01-30 — best price $31.992023-06-29 — best price $31.992023-09-28 — best price $31.992023-12-21 — best price $31.992024-03-14 — best price $29.992024-07-29 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $29.992025-07-28 — best price $29.992025-10-13 — best price $29.992026-01-19 — best price $29.992026-04-13 — best price $29.992026-07-18 — best price $29.992026-08-29 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1932026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

ModActionSportsPhysicsSandboxSkatingModdableAdventureControllerSimulation

Census log

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

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