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HoverRace cover art

HoverRace

GrokkSoft · 2022-02-07

Steam

Racing

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

Releases: Jun 01, 1996 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

HoverRace is a racing video game created by GrokkSoft in 1996.

HoverRace is a 2022 Racing game that is free-to-play, with Very Positive (97% of 73 reviews) sentiment.

97%
positive of 73 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)
HoverRace is a racing video game created by GrokkSoft in 1996 as shareware. GrokkSoft claimed it was the first internet-based online multiplayer game. The source code was released to the public in 2006 and HoverRace.com maintains a version which is still under active development. License of the source code forbids commercial use.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 2,497 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520222026Week of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenStatsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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