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Drift86 cover art

Drift86

RewindApp · 2019-11-19

Steam

CasualIndieRacing

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

Releases: Nov 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Get in your favorite car and set records alone or with friends in this unique arcade game!

Drift86 is a 2019 Casual, Indie, Racing game priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive (87% of 7415 reviews) sentiment.

9
playing now
87%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Drift86 trailer thumbnail

Drift86 -Trailer

≈6,120 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 113 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (323 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 29,339 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 185k–445k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,415 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at Steam (2022-11-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30830820192026Week of 2019-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

19192026-09-15 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 30 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 43 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 55 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 44 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 37 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 43 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 44 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 46 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 32 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 32 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 58 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 19 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3213May 2019Aug 2026May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 11 · peak 48Feb 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2020 — avg 10 · peak 33Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 23Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 40Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 37May 2021 — avg 9 · peak 33Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 17 · peak 102Feb 2022 — avg 15 · peak 331May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 129Aug 2022 — avg 17 · peak 179Nov 2022 — avg 29 · peak 401Feb 2023 — avg 79 · peak 404May 2023 — avg 27 · peak 112Aug 2023 — avg 19 · peak 65Nov 2023 — avg 12 · peak 50Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 47May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 23Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 321 · peak 1,848Aug 2026 — avg 40 · peak 86
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.002019-05-042026-08-082019-05-04 — best price $0.592019-07-25 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $0.992020-01-17 — best price $1.992020-04-26 — best price $1.392020-07-27 — best price $1.992020-11-04 — best price $1.192021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-03-11 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-06-15 — best price $1.992022-08-18 — best price $0.492022-11-29 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $0.372023-05-31 — best price $1.992023-09-17 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-02-03 — best price $1.992024-05-27 — best price $0.992024-09-07 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-02 — best price $0.992025-05-26 — best price $0.992025-07-28 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-03-12 — best price $1.992026-05-28 — best price $0.002026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-08-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
71.8%
earned "Multiplayer"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Italian, German, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-11-11, latest 2026-05-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5433%41

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

IndieRetroShortArcadeCasualRacingColorfulRelaxingControllerSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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