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GRIP: Combat Racing cover art

GRIP: Combat Racing

Caged Element · Wired Productions · 2018-11-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRacing

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

Releases: Nov 06, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 06, 2018 (Xbox One), Nov 06, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Nov 06, 2018 (SteamVR), Nov 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.

GRIP: Combat Racing is an Action, Indie and Racing game released in 2018 for $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 5160 reviews).

10
playing now
85%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
4.19★
PlayStation Store rating (1,028 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Grip: Combat Racing, often shortened to Grip, is a racing video game developed by Canadian studio, Caged Element and published by Wired Productions for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Warp Digital ported the title to console, and was released for all four platforms on November 6, 2018.

Trailer

GRIP: Combat Racing trailer thumbnail

Grip: Combat Racing - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 192 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 129k–310k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,160 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.98-87%
GOG$3.99-84%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-05-30) · bundled 21×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 96 of 103 observed days · $2.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18218220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3522026-09-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 27 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
682Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 56Jan 2017 — avg 10 · peak 42May 2017 — avg 10 · peak 42Sep 2017 — avg 10 · peak 57Jan 2018 — avg 8 · peak 29May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 25Sep 2018 — avg 11 · peak 47Jan 2019 — avg 19 · peak 56May 2019 — avg 31 · peak 126Sep 2019 — avg 12 · peak 35Jan 2020 — avg 53 · peak 180May 2020 — avg 22 · peak 67Sep 2020 — avg 20 · peak 49Jan 2021 — avg 27 · peak 80May 2021 — avg 17 · peak 56Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 35Jan 2022 — avg 19 · peak 49May 2022 — avg 18 · peak 75Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 35Jan 2023 — avg 14 · peak 53May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 91Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27Jan 2024 — avg 14 · peak 42May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 60Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 39May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 48Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 32Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 33May 2026 — avg 29 · peak 136Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$1.002016-02-022026-10-152016-02-02 — best price $15.992017-12-18 — best price $11.992018-08-23 — best price $14.372018-12-28 — best price $29.992019-04-09 — best price $29.992019-07-22 — best price $29.992019-11-11 — best price $11.252020-01-04 — best price $29.992020-02-25 — best price $29.992020-04-09 — best price $7.552020-06-25 — best price $5.622020-08-16 — best price $25.382020-10-24 — best price $29.992021-01-14 — best price $6.342021-04-05 — best price $29.992021-06-07 — best price $4.052021-08-01 — best price $29.992021-10-18 — best price $24.992021-12-17 — best price $4.802022-02-11 — best price $29.992022-04-25 — best price $24.992022-07-13 — best price $4.492022-09-25 — best price $29.992022-12-22 — best price $4.202023-03-24 — best price $23.892023-05-26 — best price $23.892023-07-30 — best price $8.502023-12-04 — best price $4.172024-02-22 — best price $24.992024-05-21 — best price $3.742024-08-01 — best price $2.492024-10-23 — best price $23.892025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-04-11 — best price $24.992025-08-04 — best price $3.742025-12-11 — best price $3.592026-04-24 — best price $29.992026-08-31 — best price $3.992026-09-25 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

67112026-06-02 — 18 pageviews2026-06-06 — 32 pageviews2026-06-10 — 32 pageviews2026-06-14 — 33 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 22 pageviews2026-06-26 — 34 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-10 — 18 pageviews2026-09-14 — 23 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 29 pageviews2026-09-30 — 25 pageviews2026-10-04 — 26 pageviews2026-10-08 — 43 pageviews2026-10-12 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
63.7%
earned "You did a thing"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading Cards24 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian

Post-launch support: 24 DLC released, first 2018-11-06, latest 2020-09-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,5641%35

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

IndieActionArcadeRacingSci-fiDrivingFast-PacedFuturisticMultiplayerSplit Screen

Census log

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

Recent updates

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