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57/100
Players15 ratings
73/100
Critics2 reviews
Player reviews
83% positive13,504 reviews
Steam Deck
Verified
Runs on
Windows
Price
US$9.99

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Session: Skate Sim cover

2019 · creā-ture Studios · Indie · Simulation

Session: Skate Sim

Inspired by the golden era of skateboarding, the early 90s and early 2000, Session's primary goal is to make you experience what skateboarding really is; an incredible sport where there are no other goals other than expressing your creativity and achieving success through hard work, perseverance and bits of madness for no one else other than yourself.

Released
17 September 2019
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
Genres
IndieSimulationSkateboardingSportsStrategy
Developers
creā-ture Studios
Publishers
Nacon
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Third person
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Country
Canada
Age ratings
ESRB TPEGI 12CERO DGRAC 15+
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian and 1 more
Time to beat
6.5hmain story51hcompletionist

About

Session: Skate Sim is a sports video game developed by independent developer Crea-ture Studios for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The game is considered a spiritual successor to the Skate series.

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Gameplay

Session is an open-ended video game. The game is presented in the style of a fish-eye lens from a mini DV format camera.

Session differs from the Skate and Tony Hawk series by adhering strictly to physics-based simulation of the board.

Development

Session: Skate Sim was conceived in 2015 under two working titles, Project: Session, followed by Session. Developer Marc-Andre Houde described the inspiration for the game as a passion for the sport. Houde stated the game would be developed using Unreal Engine 4. Originally, the team had planned to build the game in Unity, but the team was attracted to Unreal's multiplayer capabilities.

In early November 2017, Crea-ture Studios released a free demo for Session. A trailer released shows several clips of the demo, which is set in an unnamed jail and allows players to freely skate in a closed skatepark. Later that month, the project was brought to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, which successfully reached its initial goal after three days. A trailer for Session was unveiled during the Microsoft conference at E3 2018.

Reception

Session: Skate Sim received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
WindowsEarly Access17 September 2019Worldwide · Worldwide 22 September 2022
Xbox Series X/S22 September 2022Worldwide
PlayStation 422 September 2022Worldwide
PlayStation 522 September 2022Worldwide
Xbox One22 September 2022Worldwide
Nintendo Switch9 March 2023North America · Europe 16 March 2023 · Japan 16 March 2023

Editions and related releases

Downloadable content
Session: Skate Sim Waterpark & Chris ColeSession: Skate Sim - PragueSession: Skate Sim - Year Two PackSession: Skate Sim - Abandoned MallSession: Skate Sim - SchoolyardSession: Skate Sim - El LaySession: Skate Sim - Supporter PackSession: Skate Sim - Paris
Built on it
Session: Skate Sim - Supporter PackSession: Skate Sim - Abandoned MallSession: Skate Sim Waterpark & Chris Cole

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