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GENSOU Skydrift cover art

GENSOU Skydrift

illuCalab · Phoenixx Inc. · 2019-12-11

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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!

0
playing now
89%
positive of 629 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$23.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 629 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 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 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).

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

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 Nights

Similarity via IGDB.

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