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Session: Skate Sim
Developer crea-ture Studios Inc.
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. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
353 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
190 positive · 71 negative
95% range 67–78%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 190 | 71 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
8,954 of 11,068 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
73% recommend · 175 yes, 65 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 240 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (13,222 of 15,896 positive).
Players praise the realistic, rewarding skateboarding simulation but warn of a steep learning curve. [1][2] Some reviewers criticize the game for being buggy, clunky, and lacking polish even after full release. [3][4][5] Recent updates have frustrated some players, with complaints about forced physics changes and new camera movement. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [3]
What started as an unfinished early-access title with glowing potential is now an unfinished full-release title with glowing potential. Updates arrive occasionally in the form of paid DLCs, which look alright but feel insulting given the status of development. I'd like to say the core mechanics are dialed-in but skating often feels clunky and lacks some major features + polish, while things like character models and …
- [1]
The Ultimate Skate & Create Game Session: Skate Sim felt punishingly difficult at first, but has quickly become my favourite skateboarding game ever - and I've been playing skateboarding video games since the late 80s. To me, it is an ingenious skateboarding sandbox that simply never gets old and, even after hundreds of hours of playtime, still allows me to figure out new tricks on spots I hadn't really paid much …
- [2]
Warning: Session is a hard game and will test your patience. Those aren’t my words; they’re the words of the developer, Creā-ture Studios itself, splashed verbatim on each of Session’s trick list menus. That’s a belated caveat for the presumably bewildered people mining the menus for shreds of advice on how to actually do anything in this diabolically difficult skateboarding sim. With a two-stick control system that …
- [9]
F**k whatever anyone ever says. this is the best skateboarding game ever made. as a skater of many years, and a gamer for as long as i can remember, this is a must have for people that want to actually skate in a video game. is it hard? Yes. but y'know what else is hard? ACTUAL SKATING. Anyone who doesn't like this game for the learning curve clearly is too yellow to actually skate (and probably resorted to a …
- [8]
I love this game but the new update ruined my favorite part. With the new update switch tricks now mirror regular. Why would we want that? Do they not skate? Switch tricks should look different. That’s part of why they’re cool. Heath Kirchart once said “switch is boring”. I don’t agree with that but now in session, switch is boring.
Summarised from 34 of the 260 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Session: Skate Sim sits at 73% positive across 261 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Session: Skate Sim received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
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Reactions
60 of 353 · most liked firstRemember, just because you may like them as people, doesn't mean they'd be great in a game with you. Session 0 is important! It doesn't have to be some hours long social slog but it's important to set expectations.
neutral · AI labelView post →WE’RE IN THE FINAL STRETCH. ABOUT 3 MORE HOURS LEFT. WE’RE GOING TO BEAT THE GAME AND DO A CELEBRATORY GOON SESSION
neutral · AI labelView post →What started as an unfinished early-access title with glowing potential is now an unfinished full-release title with glowing potential. Updates arrive occasionally in the form of paid DLCs, which look alright but feel insulting given the status of development. I'd like to say the core mechanics are dialed-in but skating often feels clunky and lacks some major features + polish, while things like character models and animations are just plain shabby. Can't imagine how frustrated the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SESSION 0 OF A NEW DND GAME TODAY very excited
neutral · AI labelView post →Session Zero: A session before play begins where the players discuss the scope and nature of the game, decide on what elements they really want to include or avoid, build their characters and so forth.
neutral · AI labelView post →As a fan of the sport and as someone who has followed the development of this game since it was back in its KickStarter days, have bought it across multiple platforms, it is hard to recommend this game in it's current state. Back in 2016/2017 I was so hyped to see that we were finally being brought a hardcore skate sim but man what a Development Hell this game has gone through! Whatever the class above Abondonware is, this would be it. At this point its more of a half shell of what a Skate Sim…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute mess of a game. The world feels like a barren waste last land, you are the last remaining survivor of the apocalypse and all you have is your skateboard and the voices in your head that are giving you mission objectives. The controls are terrible, clunky and very far from intuitive. Ill give it one thing though the skating is very realistic and the sounds are top notch. The main problem I have is how easy the character falls off the board also there is no animation for getting on and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Ultimate Skate & Create Game Session: Skate Sim felt punishingly difficult at first, but has quickly become my favourite skateboarding game ever - and I've been playing skateboarding video games since the late 80s. To me, it is an ingenious skateboarding sandbox that simply never gets old and, even after hundreds of hours of playtime, still allows me to figure out new tricks on spots I hadn't really paid much attention to before. Still, there is much harsh criticism to be found about it,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →enjoyed playing this game for 400+ hours, and genuinely always had a great time with it, even in its arguably unpolished state. The latest update, though, totally killed it for me. the new camera movement is nauseating and actively makes the game more difficult. The new 60 fps cap is just a plain downgrade from what we had before and ruined my muscle memory and feel for the game completely. I tried briefly to roll my game back to one of the previous versions but it seems to have been made…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is ruined now literally unplayable dont buy it based on the reviews thise must be from before the forced physics change making the game unplayable. They used to have an experimental options tab and one of those was experimental physics, I toggled it on one time and it was horrible… at some point they forced those physics and the game is literally hot garbage now, I can’t play it after buying the game during the early days playing it, putting hundreds of hours into the game, bought…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just a bad remake of skate 3 i would rather just play the free skate
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chloe's Gaming Session @isaacsart2005.bsky.social #oc #artwork #cat #arcade #game #smallartist
neutral · AI labelView post →My very first game, Session Zero, is today's free game! Session Zero is a card based game made up of over 60 prompts to help you create character backstories for any #ttrpg! Grab your copy here: https://meghanlynnftw.itch.io/session-zero
neutral · AI labelView post →Warning: Session is a hard game and will test your patience. Those aren’t my words; they’re the words of the developer, Creā-ture Studios itself, splashed verbatim on each of Session’s trick list menus. That’s a belated caveat for the presumably bewildered people mining the menus for shreds of advice on how to actually do anything in this diabolically difficult skateboarding sim. With a two-stick control system that flies in the face of generations of muscle memory, Session is a complex but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is still a buggy mess, despite leaving early access four years ago. Nacon just recently added a license agreement to their four year old game which specifically disallows modding the game to fix bugs. Why? Are they planning to follow in EA's footsteps and add microtransations? I cannot understand why they would add this new license agreement if not.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its like playing a pre pre release but with good graphics, bad gameplay and full of glitches
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NINA'S GAME SESSION
neutral · AI labelView post →The stick tricks are satisfying but the grinding is so unintuitive, imo unreasonably difficult. its just so hard to line up your character to get the grind to begin in the first place. not to mention the world and all the npcs/quests/shops are pretty bottom of the barrel. no way this game is worth $40. I got it for $10 and i still kinda feel like i spent too much
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this had the potential to be the best skateboarding game ever made, and the devs gave up on it. shame too, as the control scheme is unmatched in modern skating games
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I was young, playing Tony Hawk and Thrasher games, I thought how cool it would have been to be able to play a game where you actually have to learn the trick that you're going to do. I wanted things more realistic, but I knew, even back in 2000, that it was a pipe dream. Then, skate. came out, along with the subsequent sequels. Those were such a breath of fresh air for me, they gave skating an actual challenge. They presented the semi-dual stick controls, and made it innovative. Pro's,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't even played the main story. Most of my hours are just skating a single ledge/handrail and replaying it over and over until satisfaction.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was definitely Skate 4 being live service and my absolute boycott of anything EA touches that kept me away from Skate 4. If you still want something that plays like Skate 1 and 2, you should definitely give Session. Skate Sim a try
positive · AI labelView post →As much as I hate to make this review negative, I kinda have to. Was looking forward to playing this for forever, got it in a star deal at fanatical so it was incredibly cheap, so it's not too much of a loss. But when it's been almost 4 years since release, and the tutorial/advanced tutorial missions are so bugged and don't even register that you're doing the correct flicks of the joysticks, despite the trick counter on the hud recognizing, and none of the discussions or any help on reddit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game but the new update ruined my favorite part. With the new update switch tricks now mirror regular. Why would we want that? Do they not skate? Switch tricks should look different. That’s part of why they’re cool. Heath Kirchart once said “switch is boring”. I don’t agree with that but now in session, switch is boring.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The dual stick system is really innovative and gives you a lot more control than games like skate. And I can see potential. But the ragdoll system is so infuriatingly bad. Touch a wall at super slow speed? Ragdoll. Try to push with your foot on a curb? Ragdoll. Its so annoyingly bad. Doesnt need to be arcadey, I get the games not going for that. But your dudes bones dont need to crumble every time he farts. It makes the game almost unplayable, especially trying to learn the ropes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite its flaws, I simply can't go back to EA Skate style of controls. I've tried. Coming from the perspective of a life long skateboarder and almost as long gamer, Session is the most satisfying skate game I've played since I started playing THPS 1 on N64 (Unc alert). And a recent update really helped with the buggy ankles. However, the game can be very "floaty". What should be you just grinding down a double kink handrail, is actually you flying off the thing at the first kink straight…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trash, finally an update after months and months and months OF NOTHING, only after a competitor comes out do they resume work. How is the Switch version running on the new Switch 2? Oh it's 25fps at like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 480p, nice job guys.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →best skating game out rn hands down. puts skate. to shame
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look I have 400 hours in this game so I'm not gonna tell you there isn't great things about this game, or that you can't have a good time with it (especially if you grab it on sale), but as development of this game winds down, it is a left is a mess of unfinished features and buggy animations. "Fully released" but still feels like EA. Trying to constantly sell you DLC. Years go by with only minor changes, features moving from 'experimental' to '... slightly less experimental'. Like this isn't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game I can recommend pretty easily but with some caveats. - This is a street skating game, don't expect much vert skating/grab tricks - It's much more technical and less new user friendly than something like Skate. You really have to work to get good - Mechanically it's very good but it's still a bit janky. Expect tricks to register incorrectly occasionally or to randomly fall because you tapped a curb - Customization is pretty limited, which is fine by me, but will leave some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →F**k whatever anyone ever says. this is the best skateboarding game ever made. as a skater of many years, and a gamer for as long as i can remember, this is a must have for people that want to actually skate in a video game. is it hard? Yes. but y'know what else is hard? ACTUAL SKATING. Anyone who doesn't like this game for the learning curve clearly is too yellow to actually skate (and probably resorted to a scooter). (joking about the scooter part) but seriously, buy this game on anything you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Session 2 of a paid DND game in Astoria, and honestly? Getting to play with chill-ass NYCers who know how to Yes-And? Sitting in the back room of a local bar for 3 hours with no bothers? Shooting the shit for 3 hours & still getting home with plenty of time before bed? 10/10 RECOMMEND
neutral · AI labelView post →How many times have you renamed a project? Before I named my match-3 game for the Game Boy Color PROJECT STARGEM, it went through quite a few names: Gemification, Gem Session, and be JULES: All have “gem” or “jewel” in the name. #gameboy #gameboy-color #gamedev #indie #homebrew #gbdk
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd like to preface this review by saying I'm a skater. I've been skating since 1998 and still skate to this day, though not at the level I once did. This is the best skateboarding simulator type of game, as of 2026. Many are turned off by the difficulty, and I'm sure a lot of people will blame the game for their inability to learn the controls and have enough patience to learn. Its beneficial to understand how tricks work, as when using the advanced 'each stick controls a foot' controls,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDIT: I've changed my mind on my recommendation of this game. I would highly recommend this game to other skaters, especially over the alternative that is the mess/garbage of the skate. game franchise now. After spending more time on the game and altering some settings this game is definitely the best skateboard game out there. My previous review still stands on what needs to change for this game to imrpove, better rewards, more items to buy (chains, watches, different hairstyles and the like,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi Bluesky! I’m the solo dev behind To Survive. Meet Session / Femdom Date: a 3D experience with Sofie, an AI character. Type your own words; she replies out loud and leads the evening. 18+ • Unreal Engine 5 tosurvive.itch.io/femdom-date #gamedev #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Open wide, Playtest Zero is back next week! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 22 October from 6 pm (PT) / 9 pm (ET) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're disappointed with a certain other "skate" game and want a more realistic approach to skateboarding and it's culture, this game nails it. As a warning though, there is a steep learning curve. I wish I could say that it came naturally, but just like skating irl, you have to fail A LOT to succeed. I still probably spend more time bailing than landing, but that difficulty makes even the most simple of lines feel rewarding. Once you start to train your brain around the controls, you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NCG875 - Building DEATHSLOTS: Live Game Dev Session on Kick! (Wishlist the Game on Steam!) kick.com/necrocaticga... LIVE GAME DEV SESSION ON KICK! Come say hi, wishlist the game and support indie gaming!! #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →I have honestly have had A lot of un with this game. its a very unique concept of a skating game. That being said something has happened to this game. The last couple of updates seemed to change things to much for the worse in my opinion. There is also a lot of aspects of skating that are completely missing from this game. if you don't mind paying for a clunky jittery mess but could have some fun bouncing around then you might like this game. 5/10. Unfinished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Game Session with a Monster Inspired by the Iconic Slender. Demo & Wishlist on Steam (check in comments) #gamedev #indiegame #Halloween #Halloween2026
neutral · AI labelView post →Same vibes as the original Skate game with a more immersive and rewarding trick system. Absolutely love the work the devs have put into this game, I just wish there were npc skaters to help the world feel more "lived in". I am forever hopeful for some sort of multiplayer, as I would love to skate some lines with the friend who suggested I check this game out. solid 8/10, needs multiplayer
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had at some point put this game in my wishlist, and then promptly forgotten about it. Just bought it on a whim about a week ago, and.... man, this is something else. Forget Tony Hawk, this is a completely different beast. It's a simulator, first and foremost. No timers, no score, strictly single player. The character models are plain and non-skating content is utilitarian. Just, you, a skateboard, and a set of locations inspired by real cities to tear through. Tricks aren't done with button…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dude Pathfinder is such a good game, I love Sundays!!!! Session rating scale, as always, by the talented @secretaryolivia.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Such a fun game, blows skate 3 away. Except...... Give us vert. Even if its minimal. We need it now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love it. this is what i was trying to get out of skate 4 but it's just not there. the controls are amazing and it feels so rewarding when you finally land a line after 200 tries and the video editor is probably my favourite part of the whole game. i absolutely love the keyframes and i love doing really simple realistic lines and trying to make them look cooler in the editor. i have a feeling i'm going to get a lot of hours out of this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MAR VS RENT SESSION 5 IS TONIGHT.... and we're back on my roulette shiii.... but this time, we're going BAD GAMES.... every tip sent to the stream WILL randomly switch to another bad game.... and im sure i can beat at least ONE tonight, right?? we go LIVE @ around 5:30 PM EST!! SEE U SOON
neutral · AI labelView post →Originally had a very enjoyable alt control scheme that let you play it more like Skate but coming back a few years later they removed it for some god forsaken so i guess screw anyone who wanted to use a control scheme that was literally offered beforehand
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY SESSION : SKATE SIM I saw this game and thought, "this seems like a fun realistic skating game". I bought and it was fun for 6 hours until I lost all my progress. I spent 4 1\2 hours trying to recover my progress and set my save file to previous version and it had already overwrite the previous version. So, not wanting to waste the 40 bucks i spent on this game i spent 10 more hours playing, got very far again, and lost it all :( 0 stars would not recommend DO NOT BUY SESSION :…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Session def made me have a different type of sessions, straight busting everywhere whenever i play this game. 10/10 would recommend for fast orgasms
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →folk valley skatepark 📍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jank as all hell, will have you spend 2 hours on one challenge that you keep doing everything right but you have to pray to the skate gods and touch your sticks in such odd ways just for a 1% chance you actually get it to register, running around feels clunky and looks awful. A handful of the tricks look like they straight up defy gravity and there is a litany of other issues. 10/10 best skateboarding game ever made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nacon suddenly put an unskippable prompt that prevents you from playing the game you have freely played for years, unless you accept their new terms. I dont even care what it says. Absolutely deplorable behaviour. There is even a second "Continue" option below that doesnt work. Time to downgrade the game version. EDIT: Owait you can't unless you jump through many hoops. It would be too easy if they provided historical versions like every other game. Silly me. Absolute EA-level dystopian corpo…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. To make it more realistic it would be great if we had a "injury HUD" for when you fall to show you what you would've actually broken or what injuries you would've sustained, factoring in height, speed, trick, environment, etc...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS is exactly what i expect out of a skate game. Made by skaters, for skaters. 10/10 in my book.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a skate 3 guy so at first I was struggling with the controls but being a real life skater, it makes much more sense like this. Calling the line that you gonna do and actually doing it is much more challenging and satisfying in Session, just like the real life skate. Also it's much more precise, imagine you want to do a flip back smith in skate 3, you might end up with a flip back lip or some weird pressure flip to back tail instead of the initial flip bs smith. In session, you either get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hesitated to get this because of the bad reviews. Don't let it sway you. The feel, style and flow of Session is on point. Controls take a minute to get used to but are definitely not excessively difficult. The missions are fun, challenging and take patience which comes with the territory. Definitely not for the arcade player but well worth it for a true skate game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not a game worth £35. 10-15 at the most.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yay, more streams for #znthorizon event, hosted by @seagamethetic.bsky.social and @zntprod.com.br - today we will play a game from ZNT Production themselves, Metahorror Therapy Session! CW/TW below, as this is somewhat heavy horror game! Streaming now - Sea you soon! #FioStreamInfo
neutral · AI labelView post →Insanely realistic with all assists off, has even helped me figure out certain flip tricks and grinds (like approach angle and height to lock in) irl. No other game like it. It's a true "sim" like how Assetto Corsa is for racing.
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