Updated November 13, 2026: Barbie Rewind is out. We added digital prices for every store and region, the Nintendo eShop listing, the Metascore and Steam user reviews, and what the Deluxe Edition means for PS5 owners.
- Game
- Barbie Rewind
- Release date
- Thursday, November 12, 2026 (out now)
- Release time
- Unlocked at 14:00 UTC on PlayStation, Xbox and Steam (each store's release timestamp); Nintendo's US eShop lists November 12 without an hour
- Platforms
- PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
- Price
- $29.99 digital on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam and the US eShop; Decorator's Bundle $39.99; season pass $11.99; physical $29.99 standard and $59.99 Deluxe Edition (Switch only)
- Players
- 1 to 2, local; Steam lists Remote Play Together
- Developer and publisher
- Digital Eclipse, published by Atari
- Rating
- ESRB E, PEGI 3 (Microsoft store data)
- Source
- Store listings and price data, Atari's announcement, Kotaku, Metacritic
The hook isn't the games, it's the house. Quests in the old Barbie games unlock furniture for a pixel-art DreamHouse, more than 250 pieces inspired by real Barbie playsets, and the collection includes a Barbie game nobody could buy until now: Barbie: Vacation Adventure for Super NES and Genesis.
How much is Barbie Rewind? Prices on every store
Barbie Rewind costs $29.99 digitally in the US on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam and the Nintendo eShop, the digital price Atari gave in its June announcement. None of the stores had a launch discount when we checked at 07:50 UTC on November 13. Outside the US the price moves around more than usual: Steam charges £26.75 in the UK against £24.99 on PlayStation and Xbox, and in Australia Xbox is the dearest at A$44.95.
| Region | PlayStation | Xbox | Steam | Nintendo eShop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | $29.99 (bundle $39.99) | $29.99 (bundle $39.99) | $29.99 | $29.99 (bundle $39.99) |
| Canada | CA$39.99 (bundle CA$53.49) | CA$38.99 (bundle CA$51.99) | CA$35.99 | CA$37.49 (bundle CA$46.49) |
| UK | £24.99 (bundle £32.99) | £24.99 (bundle £33.49) | £26.75 | No store page found |
| Germany, France | €29.99 (bundle €39.99) | €29.99 (bundle €39.99) | €29.99 | No store page found |
| Australia | A$39.95 (bundle A$59.95) | A$44.95 (bundle A$59.95) | A$41.95 | No store page found |
| Japan | ¥3,630 (bundle ¥4,730) | ¥3,500 (bundle ¥4,650) | ¥3,600 | ¥3,600 (Switch) |
The Decorator's Bundle is the digital step up on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo. Per the PlayStation Store listing, it adds the season pass and the exclusive Play 'N Prize Arcade pack, which is available now. The season pass, $11.99 on its own on every US store, brings three playset packs: DreamHouse Classics on February 24, 2027, the Superstar Pack on March 25 and the Y2K Style Pack on April 22. Steam sells the game and the season pass but no bundle.
The Deluxe Edition is a different thing: a boxed set at $59.99 with a numbered box, an exclusive Barbie doll in an Atari T-shirt and a poster. Atari's announcement says it's for Nintendo Switch only, so PS5 owners get the $29.99 standard physical copy and no doll.
Barbie Rewind game list: every game included
Barbie Rewind includes 17 titles: 16 Barbie games released between 1991 and 2007, and Barbie: Vacation Adventure, a Super NES and Genesis game that never came out at the time. Atari's store text counts "16 Barbie video games from 1991 through 2007", and the full list below is the one Kotaku published in its September preview, with each game's year and original console.
| Game | Year | Original platform |
|---|---|---|
| Barbie | 1991 | NES |
| Barbie Game Girl | 1992 | Game Boy |
| Barbie Super Model | 1993 | Genesis, Super NES |
| Barbie: Vacation Adventure | Unreleased | Genesis, Super NES |
| Barbie Race & Ride | 1999 | PlayStation |
| Barbie Super Sports | 1999 | PlayStation |
| Barbie Ocean Discovery | 1999 | Game Boy Color |
| Detective Barbie: The Mystery Cruise | 2000 | PlayStation |
| Barbie Fashion Pack Games | 2000 | Game Boy Color |
| Barbie Pet Rescue | 2001 | Game Boy Color |
| Secret Agent Barbie: Royal Jewels Mission | 2002 | Game Boy Advance |
| Barbie Groovy Games | 2002 | Game Boy Advance |
| Barbie Gotta Have Games | 2003 | PlayStation |
| Barbie Horse Adventures: Blue Ribbon Race | 2003 | Game Boy Advance |
| The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery | 2006 | Game Boy Advance |
| Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses | 2006 | Game Boy Advance |
| Barbie as the Island Princess | 2007 | Game Boy Advance |
Six of the 17 are Game Boy Advance games and none is a PC game, which is the sore point for some buyers: Kotaku's writer went looking for Barbie Riding Club, Push Square's reviewer for the PC game Fashion Designer, and neither is in.

Around the games sits the DreamHouse. Per the PlayStation Store description, you pick from three retro DreamHouse designs for the facade, walls and floors, unlock more than 250 pieces of furniture, decor and accessories by completing quests in the classic games, and help Ken, Teresa and Christie with their own rooms.

Is Barbie Rewind multiplayer?
Yes, for two players on the same screen, and only locally. The PlayStation Store lists 2 players, Microsoft's store data lists local co-op and local multiplayer for 2, and Steam tags it Shared/Split Screen Co-op and Remote Play Together, which streams local multiplayer to a friend over the internet. No listing mentions online play, and none says which of the classic games support two players.

Barbie Rewind reviews: Metascore and Steam user score
Critics landed on a 73 Metascore for the PS5 version, "Mixed or Average" from four reviews, per Metacritic on the morning of November 13. GameSpew and covergeek gave it 80, Push Square 70 and Finger Guns 60. Push Square's Stephen Tailby writes that some of the games "don't hold up particularly well nowadays", but says going the extra mile with the DreamHouse "really lifts the whole thing". The PC version has one critic review and no score yet.
Players on Steam are harsher. As of 07:50 UTC on November 13, 38% of the 21 user reviews on the Steam store page were positive, a "Mostly Negative" rating. In the newest Steam reviews, the recurring complaint is that the collection uses Game Boy versions of games some players knew on PC or PS2; a few also report bugs, from a burst of discordant noise that needed a restart to a buggy decorating mode. Several of the positive reviews say it's what was advertised and tell buyers to check the game list first.
Is Barbie Rewind on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox and PC?
Yes, all of them: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch and PC through Steam. Nintendo's US eShop now lists separate Switch 2 and Switch versions at $29.99 each, and Nintendo's Japanese eShop sells the Switch version at ¥3,600. We couldn't find a store page for it on Nintendo's UK, European or Australian eShop as of 07:50 UTC on November 13.
There's no Mac version on Steam. The PC version asks for very little: Windows 10 64-bit, an Intel Core i5-2500, 8 GB of RAM, an Nvidia GeForce GTS 250, DirectX 11 and 8 GB of storage, with full controller support. Valve still hadn't rated it for Steam Deck on November 13. Per Steam, English is the only voiced language, with French, Italian, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese text.
When did Barbie Rewind unlock?
Barbie Rewind unlocked at 14:00 UTC on Thursday, November 12, 2026, which was 6:00 a.m. Pacific and 9:00 a.m. Eastern. The PlayStation Store lists 2026-11-12T14:00:00Z in every region we checked, matching Microsoft's store data and Steam. It was one worldwide unlock, not local midnight, so Australia got it early on Friday.
| City | When it unlocked (our conversion from 14:00 UTC) |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 6:00 a.m. PST, Thursday, November 12 |
| New York | 9:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, November 12 |
| London | 2:00 p.m. GMT, Thursday, November 12 |
| Berlin, Paris, Warsaw | 3:00 p.m. CET, Thursday, November 12 |
| Tokyo | 11:00 p.m. JST, Thursday, November 12 |
| Sydney | 1:00 a.m. AEDT, Friday, November 13 |
That put it exactly one week ahead of GTA 6 on our November 2026 release calendar; Rockstar's game, whose pre-load opened on November 10, is dated November 19.
What we don't know yet
- The Nintendo eShop price in the UK, Europe and Australia.
- Which classic games support two players.
- The number of achievements and trophies.
- A Steam Deck rating and an OpenCritic score.
- Whether a patch is coming: Digital Eclipse and Atari hadn't posted patch notes or a known-issues list on Steam as of November 13.



