The Game Census
Distance cover art

Distance

Refract · 2018-09-18

Steam

ActionIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 18, 2018 (Linux), Sep 18, 2018 (Mac), Sep 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Distance is a $24.99 Action, Indie, and Racing game released in 2018, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 7,592 reviews).

2
playing now
92%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Distance is a 2018 science fiction racing game by Refract Studios for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation consoles. Following a crowdfunding campaign and an early access launch in 2014, it was released in September 2018 for Windows and in July 2024 for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.

Trailer

Distance trailer thumbnail

Distance - Launch Trailer (PC v1.0)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 187 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 190k–456k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,592 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-07-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 11 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15115120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2222026-09-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
899Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 67 · peak 254Apr 2015 — avg 23 · peak 60Aug 2015 — avg 21 · peak 59Dec 2015 — avg 65 · peak 411Apr 2016 — avg 24 · peak 67Aug 2016 — avg 24 · peak 58Dec 2016 — avg 35 · peak 106Apr 2017 — avg 21 · peak 49Aug 2017 — avg 22 · peak 86Dec 2017 — avg 30 · peak 78Apr 2018 — avg 15 · peak 43Aug 2018 — avg 14 · peak 43Dec 2018 — avg 43 · peak 112Apr 2019 — avg 21 · peak 50Aug 2019 — avg 19 · peak 42Dec 2019 — avg 38 · peak 83Apr 2020 — avg 39 · peak 93Aug 2020 — avg 30 · peak 78Dec 2020 — avg 28 · peak 82Apr 2021 — avg 22 · peak 60Aug 2021 — avg 21 · peak 54Dec 2021 — avg 22 · peak 54Apr 2022 — avg 15 · peak 41Aug 2022 — avg 15 · peak 39Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 46Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 45Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 35Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 61Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 33Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 30Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 47Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 34Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 70Dec 2025 — avg 20 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 51
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-052015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-06-11 — best price $15.992015-08-28 — best price $13.392015-09-11 — best price $6.792015-11-25 — best price $14.992016-02-06 — best price $12.992016-05-20 — best price $9.992016-09-02 — best price $10.002016-11-23 — best price $13.992017-05-01 — best price $9.992017-11-16 — best price $9.992018-01-25 — best price $19.992018-07-02 — best price $13.392018-10-30 — best price $19.992018-12-14 — best price $16.242019-03-16 — best price $14.992019-06-15 — best price $24.992019-08-29 — best price $14.992019-10-14 — best price $24.992019-11-26 — best price $14.992020-01-03 — best price $24.992020-03-10 — best price $9.992020-05-12 — best price $24.992020-08-28 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $24.992021-02-15 — best price $24.992021-09-06 — best price $24.992021-12-24 — best price $6.242022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992025-02-17 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-08-06 — best price $2.492026-10-05 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3322026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 15 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 12 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 9 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-10 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
58.5%
earned "Self-Termination"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsVR SupportedSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,4571%31
PS5 (PlayStation)11112%24
PS4 (PlayStation)1932%24
Steam (Steam)7100%35

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

IndieActionArcadeRacingSci-fiCyberpunkFast-PacedFuturisticAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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