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BallisticNG

Neognosis · 2018-12-14

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.

BallisticNG is an Action, Indie, and Racing game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 3753 reviews).

11
playing now
94%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
41
Nexus mods (10k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

BallisticNG trailer thumbnail

BallisticNG 2023 Trailer

≈7,027 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 182 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,663 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 94k–225k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,753 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.75-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2017-09-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 55 of 77 observed days · $4.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2632026-09-14 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
213Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 21 · peak 52Oct 2016 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2017 — avg 9 · peak 24Oct 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2018 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2019 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2019 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2020 — avg 9 · peak 31Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 27Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 36Oct 2021 — avg 8 · peak 30Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 31Jun 2022 — avg 10 · peak 34Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 32Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 31Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 56Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 36Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002016-06-012026-10-142016-06-01 — best price $0.002019-11-01 — best price $7.992020-01-27 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-04-19 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $7.992022-03-07 — best price $7.992023-08-28 — best price $13.492023-12-04 — best price $12.742024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-04-09 — best price $11.992024-06-15 — best price $14.992024-08-09 — best price $14.992024-10-09 — best price $10.492024-11-14 — best price $10.492024-12-19 — best price $9.742025-01-27 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-04-26 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $10.492025-08-26 — best price $14.992025-10-07 — best price $12.742025-12-03 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-05-01 — best price $9.752026-06-17 — best price $9.752026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $9.752026-09-07 — best price $9.752026-09-13 — best price $9.752026-09-19 — best price $9.752026-09-25 — best price $9.752026-10-01 — best price $9.752026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-13 — best price $9.752026-10-14 — best price $9.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
34.9%
earned "Look Ma"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller support5 DLC

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2018-04-20, latest 2022-12-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5563%26

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRIndieRetroArcadeFlightRacingSci-fiModdableFast-PacedFuturistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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