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DIRT 5 cover art

DIRT 5

Codemasters · 2020-11-05

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

ActionAdventureCasualRacingSports

Franchise: Colin McRae · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Mar 24, 2021 (Google Stadia), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Nov 05, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 06, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 06, 2020 (Xbox One)

DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.

DIRT 5 is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Racing game released in 2020, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 7020 reviews).

16
playing now
54%
positive of 7.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
3.78★
PlayStation Store rating (16,250 ratings)
9.1h
to beat · rushed 4.8h · completionist 25h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Dirt 5 is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 6 November 2020, for Xbox Series X/S on 10 November, and for PlayStation 5 on 12 November and 19 November, for Stadia on 29 March 2021, and for Luna on 15 July 2021. It was the last video game released by Codemasters as a publisher before being acquired by Electronic Arts (EA) on 18 February 2021.

Trailer

DIRT 5 trailer thumbnail

Dirt 5 | Official Announce Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 208 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (745 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 140k–316k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.88 at GreenManGaming (2021-03-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 15 of 32 observed days · $51.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40940920202026Week of 2020-11-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

66112026-09-15 13:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 34 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 54 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 40 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 48 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 32 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 24 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
14725Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 134 · peak 659Jan 2021 — avg 64 · peak 193Mar 2021 — avg 147 · peak 1,200May 2021 — avg 43 · peak 97Jul 2021 — avg 85 · peak 192Sep 2021 — avg 85 · peak 174Nov 2021 — avg 59 · peak 135Jan 2022 — avg 73 · peak 155Mar 2022 — avg 57 · peak 107May 2022 — avg 44 · peak 95Jul 2022 — avg 46 · peak 87Sep 2022 — avg 41 · peak 100Nov 2022 — avg 43 · peak 99Jan 2023 — avg 48 · peak 101Mar 2023 — avg 43 · peak 88May 2023 — avg 52 · peak 130Jul 2023 — avg 44 · peak 86Sep 2023 — avg 39 · peak 88Nov 2023 — avg 36 · peak 83Jan 2024 — avg 37 · peak 90Mar 2024 — avg 39 · peak 94May 2024 — avg 38 · peak 87Jul 2024 — avg 32 · peak 58Sep 2024 — avg 26 · peak 52Nov 2024 — avg 38 · peak 76Jan 2025 — avg 39 · peak 94Mar 2025 — avg 31 · peak 72May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 53Jul 2025 — avg 27 · peak 55Sep 2025 — avg 26 · peak 63Nov 2025 — avg 30 · peak 72Jan 2026 — avg 31 · peak 74Mar 2026 — avg 30 · peak 68May 2026 — avg 26 · peak 58Jul 2026 — avg 33 · peak 78Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 49
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$8.882020-05-072026-10-152020-05-07 — best price $59.992020-05-29 — best price $53.992020-07-04 — best price $59.992020-10-01 — best price $59.992020-10-27 — best price $44.992020-11-09 — best price $48.912020-12-09 — best price $41.992021-01-05 — best price $59.992021-01-28 — best price $30.002021-02-11 — best price $29.992021-02-20 — best price $24.002021-03-07 — best price $8.882021-03-20 — best price $22.182021-03-30 — best price $53.992021-04-14 — best price $59.992021-04-25 — best price $19.632021-05-04 — best price $42.982021-05-21 — best price $19.602021-06-11 — best price $15.892021-08-10 — best price $59.992022-01-05 — best price $59.992022-07-07 — best price $59.992022-11-29 — best price $59.992023-05-29 — best price $59.992024-01-04 — best price $59.992024-05-13 — best price $59.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-03-27 — best price $59.992025-09-02 — best price $59.992025-11-20 — best price $14.992026-01-27 — best price $14.992026-04-01 — best price $14.992026-06-18 — best price $8.992026-09-03 — best price $17.992026-10-15 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

129472026-05-29 — 95 pageviews2026-06-02 — 98 pageviews2026-06-06 — 80 pageviews2026-06-10 — 73 pageviews2026-06-14 — 82 pageviews2026-06-18 — 72 pageviews2026-06-22 — 80 pageviews2026-06-26 — 71 pageviews2026-06-30 — 73 pageviews2026-07-04 — 79 pageviews2026-07-08 — 83 pageviews2026-07-12 — 81 pageviews2026-07-16 — 74 pageviews2026-07-20 — 59 pageviews2026-07-24 — 83 pageviews2026-07-28 — 76 pageviews2026-08-01 — 74 pageviews2026-08-05 — 75 pageviews2026-08-09 — 89 pageviews2026-08-13 — 59 pageviews2026-08-17 — 92 pageviews2026-08-21 — 73 pageviews2026-08-25 — 72 pageviews2026-08-29 — 83 pageviews2026-09-02 — 80 pageviews2026-09-06 — 64 pageviews2026-09-10 — 73 pageviews2026-09-14 — 74 pageviews2026-09-18 — 64 pageviews2026-09-22 — 55 pageviews2026-09-26 — 89 pageviews2026-09-30 — 77 pageviews2026-10-04 — 94 pageviews2026-10-07 — 78 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
65.1%
earned "Long Jump"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller support8 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2020-11-05, latest 2021-09-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)76,0672%41
PS5 (PlayStation)39,6235%41
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)38,6752%40
Steam (Steam)6,3085%40

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionArcadeCasualRacingSportsDrivingOffroadColorfulAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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