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EA SPORTS™ WRC

Codemasters · Electronic Arts · 2023-11-02

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RacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 31, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 03, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 03, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Experience the thrill of the 2024 rally season with new locations, moments, stages, high-performance vehicles, new liveries, and licensed crews. Brace yourself to embark on your continued rally journey.

EA SPORTS™ WRC is a $49.99 Racing, Simulation, and Sports game released in 2023, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 11,405 reviews).

174
playing now
61%
positive of 11k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (3.1k downloads)
3.33★
PlayStation Store rating (9,341 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$49.99
steam price (US)

174 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

EA Sports WRC, also known as EA WRC or simply WRC, is a racing video game developed by Codemasters and published by EA Sports. It held the official licence of the World Rally Championship and is powered by Unreal Engine 4. It was the first Codemasters rally game to have the official WRC licence since Colin McRae Rally 3 in 2002. The game was released for Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 3 November 2023. In 2024, 2 paid DLCs have been released for the game.

Trailer

EA SPORTS™ WRC trailer thumbnail

EA SPORTS WRC - Official Launch Trailer

≈22,615 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 174 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 755 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~94/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,103 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 2,360 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 229k–515k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,454 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.50 at DLGamer (2016-08-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 2,242 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 861 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

405652026-09-14 21:00 — 168 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 65 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 180 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 283 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 119 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 145 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 275 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 102 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 146 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 313 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 122 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 97 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 269 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 127 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 114 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 405 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 141 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 77 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 241 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 240 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 128 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 185 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 251 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 174 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k159Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 1,256 · peak 3,960Dec 2023 — avg 958 · peak 1,941Jan 2024 — avg 809 · peak 1,763Feb 2024 — avg 766 · peak 1,734Mar 2024 — avg 664 · peak 1,420Apr 2024 — avg 527 · peak 1,197May 2024 — avg 517 · peak 1,262Jun 2024 — avg 362 · peak 824Jul 2024 — avg 394 · peak 786Aug 2024 — avg 408 · peak 837Sep 2024 — avg 398 · peak 974Oct 2024 — avg 572 · peak 1,605Nov 2024 — avg 516 · peak 1,219Dec 2024 — avg 594 · peak 1,245Jan 2025 — avg 620 · peak 1,652Feb 2025 — avg 666 · peak 1,831Mar 2025 — avg 543 · peak 1,335Apr 2025 — avg 448 · peak 978May 2025 — avg 419 · peak 949Jun 2025 — avg 310 · peak 734Jul 2025 — avg 322 · peak 657Aug 2025 — avg 342 · peak 764Sep 2025 — avg 299 · peak 637Oct 2025 — avg 317 · peak 784Nov 2025 — avg 329 · peak 721Dec 2025 — avg 300 · peak 671Jan 2026 — avg 310 · peak 860Feb 2026 — avg 334 · peak 872Mar 2026 — avg 277 · peak 651Apr 2026 — avg 240 · peak 530May 2026 — avg 211 · peak 533Jun 2026 — avg 167 · peak 370Jul 2026 — avg 159 · peak 344Aug 2026 — avg 185 · peak 360
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$52.73$0.002015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — best price $13.902016-01-13 — best price $14.942016-01-16 — best price $14.192016-01-19 — best price $14.192016-01-23 — best price $14.192016-01-26 — best price $14.192016-01-29 — best price $14.192016-02-01 — best price $14.192016-02-04 — best price $14.192016-02-07 — best price $14.192016-02-10 — best price $14.192016-02-13 — best price $14.192016-02-16 — best price $14.192016-08-23 — best price $14.242023-11-03 — best price $49.992023-11-16 — best price $51.442023-12-02 — best price $43.642023-12-05 — best price $51.212023-12-08 — best price $51.032023-12-21 — best price $29.992023-12-29 — best price $52.422024-01-04 — best price $49.992024-01-17 — best price $51.562024-01-29 — best price $51.322024-02-04 — best price $51.212024-02-09 — best price $24.992024-02-20 — best price $49.992024-03-28 — best price $49.992024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $49.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-09-19 — best price $14.992024-10-23 — best price $51.222026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-10-02 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

161852026-05-30 — 148 pageviews2026-06-03 — 141 pageviews2026-06-07 — 129 pageviews2026-06-11 — 112 pageviews2026-06-15 — 97 pageviews2026-06-19 — 137 pageviews2026-06-23 — 98 pageviews2026-06-27 — 135 pageviews2026-07-01 — 132 pageviews2026-07-05 — 130 pageviews2026-07-09 — 129 pageviews2026-07-13 — 128 pageviews2026-07-17 — 112 pageviews2026-07-21 — 119 pageviews2026-07-25 — 107 pageviews2026-07-29 — 137 pageviews2026-08-02 — 131 pageviews2026-08-06 — 119 pageviews2026-08-10 — 120 pageviews2026-08-14 — 95 pageviews2026-08-18 — 110 pageviews2026-08-22 — 85 pageviews2026-08-26 — 119 pageviews2026-08-30 — 133 pageviews2026-09-03 — 149 pageviews2026-09-07 — 110 pageviews2026-09-11 — 129 pageviews2026-09-15 — 105 pageviews2026-09-19 — 105 pageviews2026-09-23 — 94 pageviews2026-09-27 — 100 pageviews2026-10-01 — 112 pageviews2026-10-05 — 161 pageviews2026-10-08 — 136 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10222026-09-30 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-09-30 19:34 — 62 viewers2026-09-30 20:34 — 17 viewers2026-09-30 21:34 — 65 viewers2026-09-30 22:34 — 50 viewers2026-09-30 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 00:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
65.3%
earned "Team Principal"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedChat Speech-to-textChat Text-to-speech4 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2024-10-08, latest 2025-03-25 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

VRPvPRacingSportsDrivingOffroadRealisticSimulationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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