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BeamNG.drive

BeamNG · 2015-05-29

SteamEpic Games Store

RacingSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2026 (PlayStation 5)

A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

BeamNG.drive is a Racing, Simulation, Early Access game released in 2015, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive reviewLabel (97% of 412943 reviews).

27,119
playing now
97%
positive of 416k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
38
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
IGDB user rating (94 ratings)
50001h
to beat · rushed 50000h · completionist 50000h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

27,119 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

BeamNG.drive is a sandbox vehicle simulation video game developed and published by Bremen-based video game developer BeamNG GmbH for Windows, Linux, and now Playstation.The game features soft-body physics to simulate realistic handling and damage to vehicles. Initially released as a tech demo on August 3, 2013, along with paid access to an alpha, it was later made available on Steam Early Access for Windows on May 29, 2015. The game is scheduled to be released on the PlayStation 5 in 2026. BeamNG also develops a fork of the game designed for education as well as industrial and academic research entitled BeamNG.tech.

Trailer

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 27,119 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 54,971 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,871/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 833 Racing games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10M–25M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 416,308 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $16.74 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 917 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,429 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3,383 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,197 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,769 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,864 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,564 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,984 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,822 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,824 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,307 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,628 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,116 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,687 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,647 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,583 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,107 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,647 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,760 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,823 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3,447 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,836 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,691 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3,201 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,400 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,602 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5,699 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,333 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,549 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,231 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,838 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,979 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5,032 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,773 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3,669 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4,112 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,431 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,241 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5,833 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5,055 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4,040 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4,322 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4,686 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,858 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,362 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6,358 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4,910 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5,921 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4,771 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5,853 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7,642 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6,820 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4,985 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5,644 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6,206 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5,421 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,927 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6,120 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5,146 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6,357 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5,359 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6,658 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8,134 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6,069 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5,093 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5,512 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6,018 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4,309 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5,733 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5,366 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5,212 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6,059 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5,155 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7,332 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8,082 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7,200 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6,661 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6,253 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5,878 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5,742 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5,420 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7,780 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 489 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,704 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 212 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32k11k2026-08-06 16:00 — 26,044 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 13,372 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 23,738 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 24,740 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 17,079 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 32,111 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 19,086 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 18,865 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 25,797 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 12,713 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 21,519 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 21,604 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 12,807 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 26,280 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 19,126 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 18,810 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 28,927 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 12,695 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 21,095 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 22,020 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 12,113 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 25,773 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 17,292 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 16,241 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 24,141 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 13,525 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 22,701 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 24,295 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 11,981 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 25,086 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 16,873 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 15,680 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 22,958 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 13,142 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 17,442 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 22,561 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 12,899 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 27,482 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 21,291 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 27,119 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#39#472026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #392026-08-07 — #392026-08-08 — #392026-08-09 — #392026-08-10 — #392026-08-11 — #392026-08-12 — #392026-08-13 — #422026-08-14 — #432026-08-15 — #432026-08-16 — #442026-08-17 — #432026-08-18 — #422026-08-19 — #422026-08-20 — #422026-08-21 — #432026-08-22 — #442026-08-23 — #462026-08-24 — #442026-08-25 — #442026-08-26 — #442026-08-27 — #452026-08-28 — #452026-08-29 — #462026-08-30 — #47
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3303302026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 281 new positive2026-08-07: 31 new negative2026-08-08: 330 new positive2026-08-08: 23 new negative2026-08-09: 262 new positive2026-08-09: 26 new negative2026-08-10: 214 new positive2026-08-10: 19 new negative2026-08-11: 219 new positive2026-08-11: 19 new negative2026-08-12: 182 new positive2026-08-12: 16 new negative2026-08-14: 160 new positive2026-08-14: 15 new negative2026-08-15: 191 new positive2026-08-15: 20 new negative2026-08-16: 186 new positive2026-08-16: 17 new negative2026-08-17: 234 new positive2026-08-17: 18 new negative2026-08-18: 173 new positive2026-08-18: 14 new negative2026-08-19: 202 new positive2026-08-19: 8 new negative2026-08-20: 140 new positive2026-08-20: 15 new negative2026-08-21: 150 new positive2026-08-21: 12 new negative2026-08-22: 151 new positive2026-08-22: 15 new negative2026-08-23: 187 new positive2026-08-23: 12 new negative2026-08-24: 213 new positive2026-08-24: 13 new negative2026-08-25: 141 new positive2026-08-25: 12 new negative2026-08-26: 157 new positive2026-08-26: 10 new negative2026-08-27: 154 new positive2026-08-27: 22 new negative2026-08-28: 156 new positive2026-08-28: 13 new negative2026-08-29: 156 new positive2026-08-29: 16 new negative2026-08-30: 166 new positive2026-08-30: 18 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$16.742015-05-302026-07-092015-05-30 — best price $24.992015-12-01 — best price $24.992016-02-12 — best price $24.992016-07-04 — best price $24.992017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-06-30 — best price $24.992017-10-31 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $16.742018-11-21 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $19.992020-01-24 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $19.992021-05-27 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-10-01 — best price $19.992021-11-19 — best price $19.992021-12-20 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $19.992022-04-18 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $19.992023-08-18 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-05 — best price $24.992024-03-22 — best price $24.992024-07-29 — best price $24.992024-11-21 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.2k5192026-05-13 — 675 pageviews2026-05-16 — 795 pageviews2026-05-19 — 731 pageviews2026-05-22 — 677 pageviews2026-05-25 — 744 pageviews2026-05-28 — 2,182 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1,147 pageviews2026-06-03 — 768 pageviews2026-06-06 — 813 pageviews2026-06-09 — 785 pageviews2026-06-12 — 652 pageviews2026-06-15 — 582 pageviews2026-06-18 — 549 pageviews2026-06-21 — 580 pageviews2026-06-24 — 538 pageviews2026-06-27 — 689 pageviews2026-06-30 — 618 pageviews2026-07-03 — 663 pageviews2026-07-06 — 541 pageviews2026-07-09 — 640 pageviews2026-07-12 — 708 pageviews2026-07-15 — 562 pageviews2026-07-18 — 658 pageviews2026-07-21 — 557 pageviews2026-07-24 — 571 pageviews2026-07-27 — 588 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1,017 pageviews2026-08-02 — 902 pageviews2026-08-05 — 743 pageviews2026-08-08 — 807 pageviews2026-08-11 — 784 pageviews2026-08-14 — 643 pageviews2026-08-17 — 664 pageviews2026-08-20 — 557 pageviews2026-08-23 — 610 pageviews2026-08-24 — 519 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

20k42026-08-18 22:12 — 19,797 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 122 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 157 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 38 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
25.3%
earned "Long Way Around"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

13 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, German…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,8190%58

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

RacingDrivingPhysicsSandboxModdableRealisticOpen WorldSimulationDestructionMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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