Champions Online

Champions Online

Skip · Multiplayer · 2011

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
70% of 4,395
Critics
72 players 2 lower
Genre rank
Top 50% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Reviews, Reach

Time and effort

Typical playtime
370h
Achievements
709

Players and genre

Online
139 now
Better reviewed
41% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

45% start to 7% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Its score sits in the top 50 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, DC Universe™ Online (free, scores 57) beats it on value, while it beats Runes of Magic (free, scores 23).

It is still busy. 139 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 6, 22:48 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach750K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Grab your cape and defend Millennium City in this comic book-style action MMORPG! Design your hero and costume from thousands of costume pieces, face super-villains like Dr. Destroyer, and create your own unique nemesis.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 / ATI Radeon X700 or HD / Intel Graphics with Dual Core, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Champions Online scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/9880/champions-online
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-2
Critics72
Players70
Metacritic critics · 4,395 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperCryptic Studios
PublisherArc Games
GenreMultiplayer
Released2011
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements709