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Use dual-stick foot controls to land tricks, build skate lines, and explore skate spots in a physics-based skateboarding sandbox.
Released 28 Jul 2020
Control Each Foot
Build Trick Lines
Film Your Lines
Skater XL is a skateboarding simulation where you skate at locations inspired by real-world spots. Play as one of four named professional skaters or customize your own character.
Each thumbstick controls one foot, and the board responds to those inputs through physics-based movement rather than a set of pre-programmed tricks. Practice maneuvers, link them into lines, and skate freely around each spot.
Progressive trick challenges offer goals to work through, while character gear and community-created maps add ways to personalize and extend play. In multiplayer free skate, groups of up to ten players can skate together and record replays.
Developed by Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd · Published by Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd









Reviewers who enjoy Skater XL often highlight the responsive, individual-foot controls and the satisfaction of learning to land tricks and link lines. Many also value free skating as a creative, open-ended activity, with community mods adding maps, gear, and other options. Some reviewers praise its multiplayer, while others say the base game feels sparse without mods.

| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | 1–10 |
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| Multiplayer | The provided info explicitly states Multiplayer Free Skate with groups of up to 10 players. Steam lists Online Co-op, and multiple reviews describe multiplayer lobbies, public lobbies, random people, and playing with friends online. The described multiplayer activity is free skating together, with players also informally using it for S.K.A.T.E. and competitive sessions; no local multiplayer is confirmed. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Modding clearly expands maps, customization, physics, sounds, animations, and other gameplay elements. The provided info does not explicitly confirm multiplayer-specific mods, but mods affect the shared play experience by adding content players use while playing online. |
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | Yes |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 56/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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