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Extreme-G 2 cover art

Extreme-G 2

Acclaim Cheltenham · Throwback Entertainment · 2017-05-02

Steam

Racing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 22, 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 1998 (Nintendo 64)

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Extreme-G 2 is a Racing game released in 2017 for $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 141 reviews).

0
playing now
54%
positive of 141 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Extreme-G 2, also known as Extreme G: XG2, is a racing video game developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows. It serves as the sequel to Extreme-G and is followed by Extreme-G 3.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 2,389 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.5k–8.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 141 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2018-12-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.492017-05-032026-07-092017-05-03 — best price $7.992017-08-29 — best price $5.992017-11-01 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $2.792018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-06-01 — best price $5.992018-06-15 — best price $5.992018-07-09 — best price $5.992018-07-19 — best price $7.992018-08-03 — best price $5.992018-11-02 — best price $4.012018-11-27 — best price $5.992019-02-04 — best price $1.492019-11-01 — best price $5.992019-12-20 — best price $2.392020-01-27 — best price $5.992020-04-13 — best price $5.992020-07-14 — best price $5.992020-10-29 — best price $2.092020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $3.892021-07-08 — best price $5.992021-10-28 — best price $2.092021-12-01 — best price $5.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-05-30 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $4.192023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $2.392023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

53102026-06-01 — 44 pageviews2026-06-05 — 25 pageviews2026-06-09 — 29 pageviews2026-06-13 — 23 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 27 pageviews2026-06-25 — 31 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-03 — 32 pageviews2026-07-07 — 30 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 20 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-23 — 26 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 26 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 32 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 39 pageviews2026-08-24 — 53 pageviews2026-08-28 — 22 pageviews2026-09-01 — 24 pageviews2026-09-05 — 14 pageviews2026-09-09 — 19 pageviews2026-09-13 — 34 pageviews2026-09-17 — 17 pageviews2026-09-21 — 29 pageviews2026-09-25 — 36 pageviews2026-09-29 — 29 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 27 pageviews2026-10-10 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

1990'sActionArcadeRacingClassicFast-PacedFuturisticCombat RacingGreat SoundtrackVehicular Combat

Census log

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

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