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Dakar Desert Rally cover art

Dakar Desert Rally

Saber Porto Ltd. · Saber Interactive · 2022-10-04

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Racing

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

Releases: Oct 04, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 04, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 04, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Oct 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 04, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Dakar Desert Rally is the biggest off-road rally racing adventure ever developed. Experience the speed and excitement of the largest rally race on the planet, featuring a wide variety of licensed vehicles from motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs.

Dakar Desert Rally is a Racing title released in 2022, priced at $5.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 1559 reviews).

14
playing now
57%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
47/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (844 downloads)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (1,378 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 157 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (470 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 2,380 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,559 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-03-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 32 of 58 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26526520222026Week of 2022-10-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3212026-09-15 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 29 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1015Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 101 · peak 430Dec 2022 — avg 30 · peak 75Feb 2023 — avg 28 · peak 83Apr 2023 — avg 19 · peak 58Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 79Feb 2024 — avg 25 · peak 73Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 28Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 39Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 40Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 79Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 35Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 33Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 40Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 74Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002022-08-162026-10-122022-08-16 — best price $39.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-03-01 — best price $27.992023-04-06 — best price $27.992023-06-29 — best price $23.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-01-12 — best price $19.992024-02-15 — best price $0.002024-04-09 — best price $29.992024-06-04 — best price $29.992024-07-18 — best price $17.992024-09-02 — best price $17.992024-11-01 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-04 — best price $29.992025-03-26 — best price $17.992025-05-15 — best price $10.192025-07-03 — best price $16.992025-07-28 — best price $9.892025-09-18 — best price $29.992025-10-20 — best price $9.892025-11-02 — best price $29.992025-12-03 — best price $26.392025-12-19 — best price $16.912026-01-22 — best price $9.892026-03-10 — best price $5.992026-03-30 — best price $5.992026-05-13 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-09-04 — best price $5.992026-09-09 — best price $5.992026-10-10 — best price $5.992026-10-12 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
70%
earned "First Car"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsRemote Play on TV10 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2022-10-04, latest 2024-01-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,4282%56
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)8820%55
PS4 (PlayStation)5501%56
Steam (Steam)5251%55
PS5 (PlayStation)5910%56
PS4 (PlayStation)3813%56

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

Player tags

3DPvPRacingSportsDrivingOffroadCinematicRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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