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JDM: Japanese Drift Master cover art

JDM: Japanese Drift Master

Gaming Factory · 2025-05-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

CasualRacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 06, 2026 (PlayStation 5), May 21, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 21, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Discover Japan’s legendary car culture in JDM! Take on challenging mountain roads, visit Japanese legendary drifting spots in licensed JDM cars and immerse in the story about second chances told through manga pages. Explore an open world where every turn invites you to master the art of drift.

59
playing now
76%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 35h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 59 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 225 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,410 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 9,503 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 120k–270k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,005 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2026-07-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 74 of 117 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20252026Week of 2025-05-21: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 388 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 336 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 310 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

142312026-08-11 22:00 — 114 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 142 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 75 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 132 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 105 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 39 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 94 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 52 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 41 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 95 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 53 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 34 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 93 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 58 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 90 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 71 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 50 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 72 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$13.992025-05-192026-08-302025-05-19 — best price $34.992025-06-05 — best price $29.742025-06-26 — best price $20.292025-07-12 — best price $34.992025-07-25 — best price $21.492025-08-04 — best price $26.092025-08-12 — best price $34.992025-08-27 — best price $34.992025-09-13 — best price $34.992025-09-27 — best price $34.992025-10-08 — best price $34.992025-10-26 — best price $34.992025-11-04 — best price $27.552025-11-17 — best price $22.742025-12-02 — best price $27.552025-12-12 — best price $20.992025-12-23 — best price $20.992026-01-06 — best price $27.552026-01-19 — best price $34.992026-02-16 — best price $20.992026-03-04 — best price $34.992026-03-12 — best price $34.992026-03-30 — best price $19.242026-04-07 — best price $34.992026-04-14 — best price $19.252026-04-25 — best price $34.992026-05-05 — best price $34.992026-05-20 — best price $34.992026-05-25 — best price $17.492026-05-30 — best price $28.072026-06-08 — best price $34.992026-06-17 — best price $19.252026-07-06 — best price $34.992026-07-16 — best price $17.492026-07-28 — best price $17.492026-08-12 — best price $34.992026-08-29 — best price $17.492026-08-30 — best price $17.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
86.7%
earned "Fast as lightning."
42.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1976%26
Xbox Series (Xbox)64812%26
PS5 (PlayStation)57225%27

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

ArcadeRacingSportsDrivingPhysicsRealisticControllerOpen WorldSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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