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BeamNG.drive

BeamNG · 2015-05-29

SteamEpic Games Store

RacingSimulationEarly Access

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

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 2015 Racing, Simulation, Early Access priced at $24.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 419180 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

16,776
playing now
97%
positive of 423k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
29
twitch viewers (latest)
2.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
IGDB user rating (94 ratings)
151
Nexus mods (295k downloads)
50001h
to beat · rushed 50000h · completionist 50000h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

16,776 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 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
  • · 16,776 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 50,756 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,345/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 2,372 Racing games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11M–25M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 423,174 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 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20182026Week 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: 6,647 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 573 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4,127 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 2,156 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 103 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32k8.5k2026-09-14 22:00 — 14,729 players2026-09-15 19:00 — 21,824 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 22,049 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 17,962 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 14,123 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 14,100 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 13,930 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 15,694 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 15,649 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 22,121 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 21,561 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 17,837 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 13,086 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 14,233 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 14,262 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 15,364 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 15,485 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 22,276 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 22,082 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 17,653 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 14,357 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 14,463 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 14,390 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 16,182 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 16,145 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 23,176 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 23,120 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 18,526 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 14,793 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 14,878 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 15,065 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 17,117 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 18,048 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 25,286 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 23,434 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 16,776 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
21k87Aug 2014Aug 2026Aug 2014 — avg 88 · peak 272Dec 2014 — avg 100 · peak 190Apr 2015 — avg 175 · peak 379Aug 2015 — avg 381 · peak 683Dec 2015 — avg 538 · peak 1,537Apr 2016 — avg 716 · peak 1,604Aug 2016 — avg 936 · peak 1,707Dec 2016 — avg 928 · peak 2,080Apr 2017 — avg 1,248 · peak 2,738Aug 2017 — avg 1,518 · peak 2,745Dec 2017 — avg 1,874 · peak 3,424Apr 2018 — avg 1,729 · peak 3,397Aug 2018 — avg 1,776 · peak 2,956Dec 2018 — avg 1,936 · peak 4,010Apr 2019 — avg 1,745 · peak 3,198Aug 2019 — avg 2,433 · peak 5,124Dec 2019 — avg 3,042 · peak 5,780Apr 2020 — avg 3,961 · peak 7,880Aug 2020 — avg 3,795 · peak 5,740Dec 2020 — avg 4,922 · peak 9,110Apr 2021 — avg 6,015 · peak 10,756Aug 2021 — avg 6,170 · peak 10,394Dec 2021 — avg 7,316 · peak 14,251Apr 2022 — avg 6,111 · peak 10,371Aug 2022 — avg 7,156 · peak 11,709Dec 2022 — avg 10,807 · peak 20,683Apr 2023 — avg 9,947 · peak 17,180Aug 2023 — avg 10,562 · peak 16,988Dec 2023 — avg 13,283 · peak 25,683Apr 2024 — avg 13,300 · peak 26,844Aug 2024 — avg 13,060 · peak 20,761Dec 2024 — avg 16,425 · peak 29,827Apr 2025 — avg 16,387 · peak 30,595Aug 2025 — avg 17,348 · peak 28,954Dec 2025 — avg 20,751 · peak 38,677Apr 2026 — avg 19,527 · peak 33,575Aug 2026 — avg 20,677 · peak 38,579
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#3#542026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #482026-09-15 — #32026-09-16 — #32026-09-17 — #32026-09-18 — #542026-09-19 — #502026-09-20 — #492026-09-21 — #472026-09-22 — #472026-09-23 — #522026-09-24 — #532026-09-25 — #522026-09-26 — #502026-09-27 — #482026-09-28 — #482026-09-29 — #482026-09-30 — #522026-10-01 — #522026-10-02 — #522026-10-03 — #482026-10-04 — #482026-10-05 — #502026-10-06 — #512026-10-07 — #512026-10-08 — #532026-10-09 — #532026-10-10 — #492026-10-11 — #482026-10-12 — #482026-10-13 — #502026-10-14 — #53
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2952952026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 102 new positive2026-09-15: 4 new negative2026-09-16: 105 new positive2026-09-16: 7 new negative2026-09-17: 84 new positive2026-09-17: 1 new negative2026-09-18: 111 new positive2026-09-18: 1 new negative2026-09-19: 131 new positive2026-09-19: 5 new negative2026-09-20: 169 new positive2026-09-20: 1 new negative2026-09-21: 145 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 193 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 125 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 139 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 106 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new negative2026-09-27: 165 new positive2026-09-27: 14 new negative2026-09-28: 111 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 106 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 116 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 126 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 134 new positive2026-10-02: 9 new negative2026-10-03: 183 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new negative2026-10-04: 231 new positive2026-10-04: 11 new negative2026-10-05: 212 new positive2026-10-05: 12 new negative2026-10-06: 295 new positive2026-10-06: 14 new negative2026-10-07: 138 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 152 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new negative2026-10-09: 164 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 220 new positive2026-10-10: 10 new negative2026-10-11: 229 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 172 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 148 new positive2026-10-13: 11 new negative2026-10-14: 142 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$16.742015-05-302026-09-272015-05-30 — 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 $24.992026-09-27 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.8k3902026-05-13 — 675 pageviews2026-05-17 — 838 pageviews2026-05-21 — 754 pageviews2026-05-25 — 744 pageviews2026-05-29 — 1,836 pageviews2026-06-02 — 915 pageviews2026-06-06 — 813 pageviews2026-06-10 — 692 pageviews2026-06-14 — 703 pageviews2026-06-18 — 549 pageviews2026-06-22 — 593 pageviews2026-06-26 — 699 pageviews2026-06-30 — 618 pageviews2026-07-04 — 592 pageviews2026-07-08 — 615 pageviews2026-07-12 — 708 pageviews2026-07-16 — 600 pageviews2026-07-20 — 578 pageviews2026-07-24 — 571 pageviews2026-07-28 — 609 pageviews2026-08-01 — 883 pageviews2026-08-05 — 743 pageviews2026-08-09 — 884 pageviews2026-08-13 — 602 pageviews2026-08-17 — 664 pageviews2026-08-21 — 618 pageviews2026-08-25 — 526 pageviews2026-08-29 — 641 pageviews2026-09-02 — 492 pageviews2026-09-06 — 560 pageviews2026-09-10 — 500 pageviews2026-09-14 — 476 pageviews2026-09-18 — 512 pageviews2026-09-22 — 457 pageviews2026-09-26 — 924 pageviews2026-09-30 — 566 pageviews2026-10-04 — 601 pageviews2026-10-08 — 635 pageviews2026-10-12 — 683 pageviews2026-10-13 — 664 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.7k32026-09-30 22:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 764 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 29 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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