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80's OVERDRIVE cover art

80's OVERDRIVE

Insane Code · 2020-11-19

SteamMicrosoft Store

IndieRacing

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 03, 2017 (Nintendo 3DS), Jul 27, 2022 (Xbox One), May 07, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 19, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

80's OVERDRIVE is a 2D pixelart racing game, designed to take you back in time to when 8 and 16 bit consoles and arcade games ruled the world. Compete against opponents in career mode to unlock new races, buy new cars and upgrade them with state-of-the-art technologies!

80's OVERDRIVE is a $9.99 Indie, Racing game released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 817 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

4
playing now
75%
positive of 817 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 817 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-07-28) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720202026Week of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
101Nov 2020Jun 2026Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 17May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992020-11-192026-10-102020-11-19 — best price $8.992021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-04-08 — best price $1.002021-08-02 — best price $2.992021-11-15 — best price $1.002022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-03-22 — best price $1.002022-04-22 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-09-22 — best price $9.992022-11-28 — best price $0.992023-02-06 — best price $1.992023-04-06 — best price $0.992023-05-15 — best price $1.992023-08-19 — best price $1.992023-10-13 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $1.492024-01-08 — best price $1.992024-03-22 — best price $1.492024-05-18 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-07-29 — best price $2.992024-09-09 — best price $1.992024-11-12 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-08 — best price $9.992025-07-28 — best price $1.492026-05-08 — best price $0.992026-07-25 — best price $0.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
97.6%
earned "First baby step"
15.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Windows (Xbox)2,9468%65
Steam (Steam)2,2379%65
Switch (Nintendo)1170%0
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2D1980sIndieRetroArcadeRacingDrivingHand-drawnOld SchoolSoundtrack

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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