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GENSOU Skydrift cover art

GENSOU Skydrift

illuCalab · Phoenixx Inc. · 2019-12-11

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Finally, a Touhou Project racing game! Race down courses set in the magical land of Gensokyo! Use the tag system to swap rider and board! Lots of spell cards and Last Words! Features online VS mode and multiplayer. You can check records and win rates after races. Get a move on and get racing!

GENSOU Skydrift is a 2019 Indie and Racing game priced at $23.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 631 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
89%
positive of 631 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (144 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$23.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Gensou SkyDrift is a racing Touhou Project fangame developed in 2019 by illuCalab for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch, by a development team who had previously worked on Mario Kart 8. In 2021, it was released for PlayStation 4.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (168 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 49,869 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 631 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.19 at Steam (2022-04-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15815820192026Week of 2019-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.99$7.192019-12-112026-07-092019-12-11 — best price $19.192020-05-06 — best price $23.992020-10-20 — best price $19.192020-12-01 — best price $23.992021-02-11 — best price $19.192021-03-21 — best price $23.992021-06-24 — best price $19.192021-08-03 — best price $23.992021-10-20 — best price $14.392021-12-01 — best price $23.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-06-24 — best price $7.192022-08-02 — best price $23.992022-10-20 — best price $7.192023-01-05 — best price $23.992023-04-25 — best price $7.192023-07-13 — best price $23.992023-11-21 — best price $19.192024-01-04 — best price $23.992024-03-14 — best price $16.792024-05-06 — best price $23.992024-09-24 — best price $16.792024-12-04 — best price $23.992025-03-13 — best price $16.792025-04-19 — best price $23.992025-07-28 — best price $16.792025-10-06 — best price $23.992025-12-18 — best price $16.792026-03-26 — best price $23.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $23.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-06-02 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 0 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 8 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 5 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 6 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 6 pageviews2026-10-12 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)43043%37
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvPCuteAnimeFaithFunnyActionArcadeComedyRacingCompetitive

Census log

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

Players also track

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of GensokyoTouhou Luna NightsRemyadryGensokyo DefendersTouhou Ibunseki - Ayaria Dawn: ReCreation

Similarity via IGDB.

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