Skater XL is an indie developed by Easy Day Studios, released 19 December 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Skater XL is
Skater XL is an indie game developed by Easy Day Studios and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Skater XL is the evolution of skateboarding games and moves the genre towards expressive, physics-based gameplay. Players will experience unparalleled board control and responsiveness while they skate legendary real-world skate spots. With ground-breaking and intuitive controls, skateboarding in a video game has never felt more authentic, fluid, and responsive.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Skater XL holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 45% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Skater XL launched on 19 December 2018, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk and Ashen. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk, Ashen.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Skater XL yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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