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FlatOut 2 cover art

FlatOut 2

Bugbear Entertainment · Strategy First · 2006-12-21

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

Racing

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

Releases: Aug 01, 2006 (Xbox), Oct 13, 2008 (Mac), Aug 01, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 01, 2006 (PlayStation 2), Jul 24, 2014 (Linux)

Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars.

FlatOut 2 is a $9.99 Racing game released in 2006, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 22184 reviews).

56
playing now
96%
positive of 22k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (304 ratings)
55
Nexus mods (20k downloads)
20h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 35h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

FlatOut 2 is an action racing video game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and published by Empire Interactive for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was released in Russia on June 29, 2006, in Europe on June 30, and in North America on August 1. The game received positive reviews.

Trailer

FlatOut 2 trailer thumbnail

FlatOut 2 trailer

≈447,791 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,891 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~236/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 2,389 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 889k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,227 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
Steam$7.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at GamersGate (2017-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 113 of 154 observed days · $1.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62962920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

299462026-09-15 12:00 — 161 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 213 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 58 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 210 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 299 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 50 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 88 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 206 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 93 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 138 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 176 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 68 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 69 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 164 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 174 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 46 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 167 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 153 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 59 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 207 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 230 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 60 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 101 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24621Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 33 · peak 69Dec 2012 — avg 28 · peak 80May 2013 — avg 27 · peak 143Oct 2013 — avg 34 · peak 114Mar 2014 — avg 29 · peak 85Aug 2014 — avg 32 · peak 77Jan 2015 — avg 43 · peak 162Jun 2015 — avg 62 · peak 180Nov 2015 — avg 44 · peak 141Apr 2016 — avg 50 · peak 193Sep 2016 — avg 37 · peak 92Feb 2017 — avg 42 · peak 111Jul 2017 — avg 52 · peak 135Dec 2017 — avg 63 · peak 195May 2018 — avg 52 · peak 166Oct 2018 — avg 50 · peak 145Mar 2019 — avg 66 · peak 204Aug 2019 — avg 53 · peak 116Jan 2020 — avg 79 · peak 194Jun 2020 — avg 66 · peak 155Nov 2020 — avg 127 · peak 301Apr 2021 — avg 81 · peak 179Sep 2021 — avg 95 · peak 267Feb 2022 — avg 94 · peak 228Jul 2022 — avg 106 · peak 210Dec 2022 — avg 112 · peak 250May 2023 — avg 85 · peak 202Oct 2023 — avg 100 · peak 237Mar 2024 — avg 106 · peak 253Aug 2024 — avg 186 · peak 571Jan 2025 — avg 159 · peak 371Jun 2025 — avg 119 · peak 293Nov 2025 — avg 177 · peak 621Apr 2026 — avg 173 · peak 439Aug 2026 — avg 136 · peak 296
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.82$1.362015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-07-13 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $1.492017-06-21 — best price $9.992018-01-29 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992019-01-15 — best price $9.992019-08-13 — best price $2.492020-01-19 — best price $9.972020-04-29 — best price $8.282020-08-10 — best price $7.892020-10-18 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-02-22 — best price $7.892021-04-26 — best price $1.502021-07-23 — best price $2.002021-10-28 — best price $1.992022-01-24 — best price $1.602022-05-02 — best price $6.612022-08-22 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-04-21 — best price $2.002023-09-04 — best price $1.492024-01-11 — best price $1.992024-04-10 — best price $1.492024-07-25 — best price $7.342024-11-14 — best price $7.342025-03-19 — best price $1.992025-08-18 — best price $1.502025-12-24 — best price $1.992026-04-15 — best price $2.002026-08-01 — best price $1.992026-09-14 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

133492026-05-30 — 63 pageviews2026-06-03 — 70 pageviews2026-06-07 — 83 pageviews2026-06-11 — 58 pageviews2026-06-15 — 97 pageviews2026-06-19 — 87 pageviews2026-06-23 — 62 pageviews2026-06-27 — 93 pageviews2026-07-01 — 110 pageviews2026-07-05 — 90 pageviews2026-07-09 — 86 pageviews2026-07-13 — 63 pageviews2026-07-17 — 61 pageviews2026-07-21 — 61 pageviews2026-07-25 — 84 pageviews2026-07-29 — 78 pageviews2026-08-02 — 83 pageviews2026-08-06 — 67 pageviews2026-08-10 — 79 pageviews2026-08-14 — 87 pageviews2026-08-18 — 60 pageviews2026-08-22 — 68 pageviews2026-08-26 — 89 pageviews2026-08-30 — 86 pageviews2026-09-03 — 89 pageviews2026-09-07 — 75 pageviews2026-09-11 — 65 pageviews2026-09-15 — 60 pageviews2026-09-19 — 69 pageviews2026-09-23 — 70 pageviews2026-09-27 — 63 pageviews2026-10-01 — 49 pageviews2026-10-05 — 64 pageviews2026-10-08 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
5.9%
earned "Hobbyist"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Workshop

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,94718%37

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

3DFunnyActionArcadeCasualRacingDrivingPhysicsDestructionMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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