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Ignition cover art

Ignition

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

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionRacingSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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.

Ignition is an Action, Racing and Sports game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 259 reviews).

2
playing now
86%
positive of 259 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (1 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.5k–16k copies

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

Current store prices

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 27 of 73 observed days · $12.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Feb 2017Jun 2022Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 6Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.692017-01-112026-10-142017-01-11 — 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 $14.992026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $14.992026-09-29 — best price $11.992026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8452026-05-30 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 21 pageviews2026-06-11 — 12 pageviews2026-06-15 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 13 pageviews2026-06-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-01 — 17 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 25 pageviews2026-07-29 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 26 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-30 — 15 pageviews2026-09-03 — 10 pageviews2026-09-07 — 27 pageviews2026-09-11 — 17 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 14 pageviews2026-09-27 — 15 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 19 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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