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Dakar 18 cover art

Dakar 18

Bigmoon Entertainment · 2018-09-25

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AdventureRacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 28, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 28, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2018 (Xbox One)

Based on the world famous annual rally raid organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) in South America, DAKAR 18 is a realistic simulation of the biggest cross-country rally in the world and features a variety of vehicles, including motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs.

4
playing now
68%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Dakar 18 is a racing video game developed by Portuguese studio Bigmoon Entertainment and published by Deep Silver for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. It is based on the annual rally raid organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O). It was the first officially licensed Dakar Rally game since Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally in 2003.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,221 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-90%
Microsoft Store$3.74-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2022-05-06) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 38 of 50 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$2.992018-07-162026-08-302018-07-16 — best price $59.992018-09-29 — best price $42.882018-11-22 — best price $37.492018-12-24 — best price $49.992019-04-03 — best price $32.992019-09-06 — best price $49.992019-12-13 — best price $50.932020-02-07 — best price $49.102020-05-21 — best price $10.192020-11-25 — best price $8.992021-04-09 — best price $29.992021-10-28 — best price $8.992022-02-02 — best price $29.992022-06-20 — best price $3.892022-10-24 — best price $2.992022-12-07 — best price $31.542023-03-22 — best price $32.322023-05-19 — best price $32.412023-07-14 — best price $2.992023-08-17 — best price $32.692023-10-03 — best price $2.992023-12-01 — best price $29.992024-01-17 — best price $32.622024-03-04 — best price $2.992024-05-03 — best price $2.992024-07-18 — best price $2.992024-09-16 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-02-19 — best price $29.992025-05-05 — best price $2.992025-09-18 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-04-13 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
52.1%
earned "Going places"
0.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStats3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0991%54
Xbox One (Xbox)9980%54

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

Player tags

VRActionRacingSportsDrivingOffroadAdventureRealisticControllerOpen World

Census log

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

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