No. Skiing is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Skiing on?

Skiing is available on Atari 2600.

When did Skiing release?

Skiing was first released on December 31, 1980.

Skiing

Dec 31, 1980SportArcadeAtari 2600

Skiing — frequently asked questions

Is Skiing on Steam?: No. Skiing is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Skiing on?: Skiing is available on Atari 2600.
When did Skiing release?: Skiing was first released on December 31, 1980.

About Skiing

In Skiing, your goal is to ski to the bottom of the mountain in the shortest time possible. The mountain is treacherous with plenty of trees and moguls in the way! There are two different modes of gameplay. In slalom mode, there are a series of gates you need to ski through; missing any will result in a penalty to your time. In downhill mode you just need to ski to the bottom as fast as possible. Each mode includes five different skill levels which affect the length of the course (and the number of gates in slalom mode.)

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600
Developer: Activision
Publisher: Activision
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Non-fiction

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

50/100

from 6 ratings

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

Complete

$18

Sealed

$39

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Blue Label	$179	$187	—

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Activision	Standard	AG-005	Common+
North America Activision	Blue	AG-005	Scarce
Australia HES	—	—	—

Also released in South America by Polygram, Dynacom.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1980
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1
Authenticity: Med

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

One of Activision's first games, a few dollars on its normal label and a collector's piece on the blue one.

Bob Whitehead wrote Skiing, released by Activision in December 1980 as one of its first games. The standard picture-label cartridge is everywhere and costs very little.

What the press said at the time

“So we were pleased to find Skiing's snowy format simple enough for youn- ger players, yet challenging enough to keep our most experienced gamers inside and out of the cold.”
— JoyStik, December 1982

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 2 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Before you buy

Check which label you are looking at. The standard picture-label Skiing is cheap. The blue-label variant, from Activision's plain blue-label reissues, sells for far more for the same game, and its plain text-on-blue design is easy to print, so a relabeled common cart is the obvious risk. Production labels are die-cut with rounded corners and are not glossy. Ask for close photos of the label edges and the end label, and buy blue labels from sellers who state that the label is original. No fakes are documented, so this is caution, not alarm. From November 2026 Atari is also reissuing Activision games as new cartridges, so confirm you are buying a vintage cart.