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Death Skid Marks

Studio Whisky Tango Inc. · 2014-11-20

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Death Skid Marks is a rogue-like car combat game about what so many of us have experienced: a road trip to a music gig… only in this game, things get violent. The game uniquely blends top down arcade action and RPG mechanics.

Death Skid Marks is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2014, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 816 reviews).

3
playing now
91%
positive of 816 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 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 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$0.002015-01-012023-03-072015-01-01 — best price $6.692015-02-21 — best price $7.492015-05-15 — best price $6.692015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-07-27 — best price $5.992015-09-09 — best price $4.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-01-18 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $3.392016-05-23 — best price $9.992016-07-07 — best price $10.992016-07-10 — best price $9.992016-09-05 — best price $4.392016-11-14 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-02-13 — best price $4.992017-05-01 — best price $9.992017-09-19 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-10-01 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $2.492019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-03-27 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-08-16 — best price $0.992023-03-07 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
42.7%
earned "Clown."
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-11-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3077%30

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieRetroActionArcadeDifficultRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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