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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Released: 10/2/2020

It’s About Time - for a brand-wumping new Crash Bandicoot™ game! Crash fourward into a time shattered adventure with your favorite marsupials. Neo Cortex and N. Tropy are back at it again and launching an all-out assault on not just this universe, but the entire multiverse! Crash and Coco are here to save the day by reuniting the four Quantum Masks and bending the rules of reality. New abilities? Check. More playable characters? Yep. Alternate dimensions? Obviously. Ridonkulous bosses? For sure. Same awesome sauce? You bet your sweet jorts. Wait, are they actually jorts? Not in this universe!

It’s About Time - for a brand-wumping new Crash Bandicoot™ game! Crash fourward into a time shattered adventure with your favorite marsupials. Neo Cortex and N. Tropy are back at it again and launching an all-out assault on not just this universe, but the entire multiverse! Crash and Coco are here to save the day by reuniting the four Quantum Masks and bending the rules of reality. New abilities? Check. More playable characters? Yep. Alternate dimensions? Obviously. Ridonkulous bosses? For sure. Same awesome sauce? You bet your sweet jorts. Wait, are they actually jorts? Not in this universe!

It’s About Time - for a brand-wumping new Crash Bandicoot™ game! Crash fourward into a time shattered adventure with your favorite marsupials. Neo Cortex and N. Tropy are back at it again and launching an all-out assault on not just this universe, but the entire multiverse! Crash and Coco are here to save the day by reuniting the four Quantum Masks and bending the rules of reality. New abilities? Check. More playable characters? Yep. Alternate dimensions? Obviously. Ridonkulous bosses? For sure. Same awesome sauce? You bet your sweet jorts. Wait, are they actually jorts? Not in this universe!

Critics
85
Steam
87
Metacritic
80

Score Breakdown

85.1

Critic Average

147 reviews

87

Steam User Score

3,851 reviews

80

Metacritic User Score

1,273 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-1.6
Metacritic Disparity
+5.1
Combined Disparity
+1.8

Average of both sources

Review Timing

30 early (20%)93 launch window (63%)24 late (16%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 147 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 85.1/100. Critics score this game 1.6 points lower than Steam users and 5.1 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 147)+
  1. James GrechviaCubed3
    May 29, 2021·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 86.7/100 · -6.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · 0.0 pts
  2. Ben SellwoodviaGBAtemp
    Apr 21, 2021·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 86.7/100 · -6.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · 0.0 pts
  3. Dewan ZawadviaGamesCreed
    Apr 16, 2021·Late review
    86/100View review
    Steam 86.7/100 · -0.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · +6.0 pts
  4. Chad NortonviaGame Debate
    Apr 11, 2021·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 86.7/100 · +3.3 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · +10.0 pts
  5. Oscar Taylor-KentviaPC Gamer
    Apr 9, 2021·Late review
    79/100View review
    Steam 86.7/100 · -7.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · -1.0 pts