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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

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.

14
playing now
57%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
47/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 840 Racing games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,553 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 25 of 52 observed days · $24.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2012026-08-11 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002022-08-162026-08-302022-08-16 — best price $39.992022-11-23 — best price $27.992023-01-05 — best price $39.992023-03-09 — best price $27.992023-04-13 — best price $25.992023-06-29 — best price $23.992023-11-21 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $19.992024-02-01 — best price $29.992024-02-22 — best price $29.992024-04-09 — best price $29.992024-06-03 — best price $17.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-08-06 — best price $24.992024-09-16 — best price $29.992024-11-01 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-31 — best price $17.992025-02-24 — best price $29.992025-04-09 — best price $29.992025-05-15 — best price $10.192025-06-27 — best price $9.892025-07-17 — best price $9.892025-08-04 — best price $29.992025-09-20 — best price $29.992025-10-20 — best price $9.892025-10-28 — best price $29.992025-11-21 — best price $15.992025-12-11 — best price $9.892025-12-23 — best price $16.992026-01-22 — best price $9.892026-02-23 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-06 — best price $28.192026-05-14 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $29.99
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

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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