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Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game
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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Rewarding physics and modded maps” (20 of 79 reviews) and “Responsive dual-foot controls” (5); the most common complaint is “Barebones, mod-dependent core experience” (10). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
20 of the 79 reviews raise this.
5 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Overall Score: 8.5.10 Pros: - Responsive controls (individual foot dexterity allows for trick behavior variance) - Physics engine reminds me of skate 1 & 2 - Huge trick catalog - Smooth transitions between nollie,…”
“having bought both Skater XL and Session I can say that I think Session is the better game IMO. The controls feel better (although they are pretty similar) and it is still getting updates (just got a new one yesterday)…”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Overall Score: 8.5.10 Pros: - Responsive controls (individual foot dexterity allows for trick behavior variance) - Physics engine reminds me of skate 1 & 2 - Huge trick catalog - Smooth transitions between nollie,…”
“fun mods lets you explore a lot of stuff and clips are amazing”
3 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“honestly was an best skate board game but it kinda die out fast because it easy to get knock off. multiplayer was good”
“having bought both Skater XL and Session I can say that I think Session is the better game IMO. The controls feel better (although they are pretty similar) and it is still getting updates (just got a new one yesterday)…”
10 of the 79 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“this game should be good but in all honesty its just not fun to play in its current state. the controls are way too sensitive, the ability to not walk around throws you out of the game. doing tricks feels pretty good…”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Looking for that middle ground between good and bad Game is abandoned by devs all stories told and is a bit janky vanilla. buuuuut.... Mod scene really, really breathes life into this game into being one of the best…”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“this game should be good but in all honesty its just not fun to play in its current state. the controls are way too sensitive, the ability to not walk around throws you out of the game. doing tricks feels pretty good…”
“Used to play this game a ton, decided to reinstall it to see how it might be after a while. I cant even get it to work whatsoever. It doesn't recognize any controller no matter what I do. The game is bricked.”
Counted across 79 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Pretty fun but requires a ton of modding to really be enjoyed.”
— a player, Steam review · 123 hrs played“It's better than skate.(4) I've purchased this game 3 times on multiple platforms, accumulating hundreds of hours free skating. As far as gameplay, good map selection (thanks mods), customizable character/board, and replay value go, this stands as one of the better skate sims to…”
— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs played“Even due to the lack of updates and to be frank abondenment of this game I still have a place in my heart for skater xl even on console if you try your hardest you cant still have a realistic experience.{better the session}”
— a player, Steam review · 62 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Skateboarding · Skating · Multiplayer · Sports · Sandbox · Online Co-Op · Moddable · Physics · Character Customization · Simulation · Adventure · Mod (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | http://www.skaterxl.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.5GHz dual core i5 or higher Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 950 or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Please drop quality settings if not seeing 60FPS. This game is best played buttery smooth!