The Game Census
Ignition cover art

Ignition

Unique Development Studios AB · Interplay Entertainment Corp. · 2017-02-06

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionRacingSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Releases: 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1997 (DOS)

IGNITION is high-adrenaline action racing with seven unique race tracks, 11 unusual vehicles from monster trucks to jungle jeeps in a funky smooth-scrolling overhead race view.

1
playing now
86%
positive of 259 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Ignition is a racing game for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows released in 1996 by Virgin Interactive.It features miniature cars and different vehicles such as school buses, police cars and trucks, many of which are unlocked as the game progresses. It was re-released by Interplay in 2017.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 55% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.5k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 259 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-20%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at GOG (2017-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 34 observed days · $9.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.692017-01-112026-08-302017-01-11 — best price $5.992017-07-31 — best price $5.992017-11-22 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $6.992018-03-20 — best price $9.992018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-09-08 — best price $2.692018-11-20 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-06-18 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $6.992020-06-25 — best price $3.392020-12-22 — best price $3.392021-07-08 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-10-10 — best price $9.992023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-06-15 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992024-02-06 — best price $7.992024-05-21 — best price $7.992024-09-17 — best price $7.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-08-26 — best price $7.992025-11-02 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $10.492026-02-20 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8452026-05-30 — 5 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 23 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-11 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 14 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 20 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 26 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 84 pageviews2026-07-26 — 41 pageviews2026-07-29 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 21 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

ActionArcadeRacingSportsClassicTop-DownIsometricMultiplayerLocal Multiplayer

Census log

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

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