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Design it, Drive it : Speedboats cover art

Design it, Drive it : Speedboats

Performance Simulations · 2016-07-26

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 26, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Design and drive your own speedboats with simulation quality physics including blowover/chine walk/porpoising dynamics. Popular with real life boat racers. Free drive anywhere or compete on courses through leaderboards. 40+ adjustable design parameters. Solo developer.

87%
positive of 101 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 43,737 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–6.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 101 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2019-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$12.492016-07-262026-10-012016-07-26 — best price $22.492017-04-05 — best price $22.492017-06-22 — best price $22.492017-10-26 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $19.992018-11-22 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-02-24 — best price $14.992019-06-27 — best price $12.492019-09-16 — best price $12.492019-10-28 — best price $12.492019-11-26 — best price $12.492019-12-19 — best price $12.492020-01-24 — best price $12.492020-03-21 — best price $18.742020-06-25 — best price $12.492020-12-22 — best price $18.742021-12-22 — best price $18.742022-05-23 — best price $12.492022-11-22 — best price $12.492022-12-22 — best price $12.492023-03-16 — best price $12.492023-12-04 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $19.992024-03-16 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992025-03-14 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $19.992026-06-28 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $12.492026-10-01 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerVR SupportedSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

VRIndieActionCasualRacingSportsPhysicsSandboxRelaxingDifficult

Census log

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

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