New action-adventure sports RPG has racked up over 1,000 "Overwhelmingly positive" reviews on Steam since launch

Skate Story is a new skating-centric RPG on Steam, which launched on December 8, 2025 as a premium indie title from solo developer Sam Eng and publisher Devolver Digital. Priced at around US$19.99, it is a mid-range PC release rather than a free-to-play experiment.​

On paper, Skate Story sounds like a straight sports game, but it is closer to a fever-dream action adventure built around precise skating physics and a strong narrative hook. You play as a fragile demon made of glass and pain, sent by the Devil to skate across the ash‑choked Emptylands, reach the Moon, and swallow it to win your freedom. However crazy that might sound, the core loop is more about learning weight transfer, speed control, ollies, kickflips and grinds while carving through a neon-soaked underworld that looks more like an art installation than a real city.

Early response on PC has been very strong. On Steam, Skate Story currently sits on an "Overwhelmingly Positive" aggregate, with roughly 96% of user reviews recommending it, which is an unusually high score for a new, mechanically demanding skate game. Top‑rated player reviews talk about smooth, visceral controls, "magical" worldbuilding and writing, and the way the soundscape and soundtrack lock into the flow of skating. Criticism, while scarce, tends to centre on questions of long‑term replayability and the game’s focused, linear structure rather than any major technical issues. Most players want a chapter selection page where individual areas can be replayed separately.

Players are already treating Skate Story as part of the current wave of more experimental skate titles, rather than a Tony Hawk‑style throwback. The Verge’s review calls it "one of the most distinctive skateboarding games of the decade," for its harsh, dreamlike aesthetic and grounded trick system. In terms of nearby references, it sits somewhere between the meditative flow and soundtrack‑driven style of Sayonara Wild Hearts and the indie spin on skating seen in games like OlliOlli World and Skate City.

For anyone into this whole aesthetic, Skate Story is quickly becoming a solid game to watch out for. Plus, the game has full controller support on PC, and it's verified for Steam Deck (curr. $850 on Amazon for the 1TB/OLED model) as well.