The Game Census
Initial Drift Online cover art

Initial Drift Online

RewindApp · 2023-03-30

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRacingSimulation

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Dec 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Drift over some of Japan's most legendary mountain passes, compete against your friends or players from around the world in epic battles, make deliveries, buy new cars and set records in the world rankings!

48
playing now
62%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

48 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 48 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 126 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (600 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 116k–261k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,810 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-01-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54654620202026Week of 2020-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

88112026-08-11 19:00 — 66 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 26 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 31 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 33 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 50 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 50 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 46 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 60 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 69 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 76 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 46 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 55 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 60 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 88 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 75 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 48 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002020-12-082026-07-282020-12-08 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $3.742021-05-27 — best price $1.992021-06-25 — best price $1.242021-09-21 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.242021-12-22 — best price $1.242022-02-04 — best price $0.692022-05-23 — best price $0.492022-08-18 — best price $0.492022-11-10 — best price $0.492023-02-18 — best price $0.492023-03-30 — best price $2.992023-06-19 — best price $1.242023-08-12 — best price $4.992023-11-14 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.242024-03-05 — best price $0.992024-05-27 — best price $0.992024-08-24 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-01-17 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-26 — best price $0.992025-07-25 — best price $0.992025-09-17 — best price $4.992025-10-31 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-12 — best price $4.992026-04-14 — best price $1.242026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-07-28 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
83.6%
earned "High Speed..."
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing5 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,7181%36

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvPActionMMORPGRacingDrivingPhysicsLife SimRelaxingOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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