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Death Rally (Classic)

Remedy · 3D Realms (Apogee Software) · 2014-05-05

Steam

Racing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Q4 1996 (DOS), Oct 20, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 05, 2014 (Mac)

You start out from the bottom of the ranking list. Your objective: earn money in the fast-paced battle races. Fight hard for each precious championship point. Fellow competitors are showering you in a constant hail of bullets. Each race is deadly contest - a matter of life or death.

Death Rally (Classic) is a 2014 Racing game that is free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 867 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

9
playing now
91%
positive of 867 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (46 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Death Rally is a vehicular combat racing video game developed by Remedy Entertainment, published by Apogee Software and distributed by GT Interactive. Originally known as HiSpeed during development, it was released on 7 September 1996 for MS-DOS. In the game, the player starts with $495 and a weak car named Vagabond, and must compete in deadly races where all cars are armed. The player wins money by finishing in front positions, collecting money bonuses during the race, fulfilling missions and destroying other cars. The ultimate goal of the game is defeating the "Adversary", the undisputed king of Death Rally, in a one-on-one race.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 56 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 2,397 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
545420172026Week of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1802026-09-15 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
460May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2020 — avg 46 · peak 699Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 28Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2023 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-05-052025-01-202015-05-05 — best price $29.992015-06-22 — best price $39.992015-09-08 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $2.492019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-02-26 — best price $4.492020-04-14 — best price $4.992020-05-12 — best price $4.492020-05-25 — best price $4.992020-05-29 — best price $4.492020-06-03 — best price $4.992020-06-08 — best price $4.992020-06-12 — best price $4.992020-06-16 — best price $4.492020-06-21 — best price $4.992020-06-26 — best price $3.662020-06-30 — best price $3.662020-07-05 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-07-13 — best price $4.492020-07-18 — best price $3.662020-07-23 — best price $4.992020-07-27 — best price $4.492020-08-01 — best price $4.992020-08-05 — best price $4.492020-08-09 — best price $4.492020-08-14 — best price $4.992020-08-18 — best price $4.492020-08-23 — best price $4.992020-08-27 — best price $4.492020-09-01 — best price $4.992020-09-05 — best price $4.492020-09-10 — best price $4.992021-01-16 — best price $0.002025-01-20 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

407572026-06-01 — 83 pageviews2026-06-05 — 106 pageviews2026-06-09 — 94 pageviews2026-06-13 — 94 pageviews2026-06-17 — 93 pageviews2026-06-21 — 103 pageviews2026-06-25 — 64 pageviews2026-06-29 — 89 pageviews2026-07-03 — 57 pageviews2026-07-07 — 97 pageviews2026-07-11 — 76 pageviews2026-07-15 — 63 pageviews2026-07-19 — 64 pageviews2026-07-23 — 77 pageviews2026-07-27 — 80 pageviews2026-07-31 — 82 pageviews2026-08-04 — 82 pageviews2026-08-08 — 72 pageviews2026-08-12 — 79 pageviews2026-08-16 — 91 pageviews2026-08-20 — 104 pageviews2026-08-24 — 98 pageviews2026-08-28 — 134 pageviews2026-09-01 — 104 pageviews2026-09-05 — 105 pageviews2026-09-09 — 98 pageviews2026-09-13 — 94 pageviews2026-09-17 — 115 pageviews2026-09-21 — 218 pageviews2026-09-25 — 407 pageviews2026-09-29 — 280 pageviews2026-10-03 — 215 pageviews2026-10-07 — 151 pageviews2026-10-11 — 149 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRetro1990'sActionArcadeRacingClassicDrivingTop-DownFree to Play

Census log

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

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