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JDM: Japanese Drift Master

Gaming Factory · 2025-05-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

CasualRacingSimulationSports

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

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.

JDM: Japanese Drift Master is a Casual, Racing, Simulation, Sports game released in 2025, priced at $34.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (76% of 6083 reviews).

72
playing now
76%
positive of 6.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
18
Nexus mods (24k downloads)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (1,215 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 35h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

72 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

JDM: Japanese Drift Master trailer thumbnail

JDM: Japanese Drift Master | Release Trailer

≈82,308 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 72 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 2% of 28,912 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 122k–274k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,083 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 94 of 148 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

166202026-09-15 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 113 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 59 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 126 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 134 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 57 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 35 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 123 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 94 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 49 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 113 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 75 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 120 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 121 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 79 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 123 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 58 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 70 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 95 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 72 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k72May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 1,474 · peak 3,230Jun 2025 — avg 476 · peak 1,686Jul 2025 — avg 219 · peak 478Aug 2025 — avg 166 · peak 451Sep 2025 — avg 109 · peak 318Oct 2025 — avg 112 · peak 286Nov 2025 — avg 204 · peak 690Dec 2025 — avg 155 · peak 355Jan 2026 — avg 201 · peak 404Feb 2026 — avg 138 · peak 326Mar 2026 — avg 114 · peak 249Apr 2026 — avg 113 · peak 303May 2026 — avg 85 · peak 202Jun 2026 — avg 77 · peak 171Jul 2026 — avg 72 · peak 286Aug 2026 — avg 91 · peak 268
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$13.992025-05-192026-10-142025-05-19 — best price $34.992025-06-12 — best price $31.492025-07-10 — best price $26.092025-07-24 — best price $26.242025-08-04 — best price $26.092025-08-18 — best price $26.242025-09-05 — best price $24.492025-09-25 — best price $24.492025-10-08 — best price $34.992025-10-27 — best price $24.492025-11-07 — best price $22.742025-11-27 — best price $24.492025-12-12 — best price $20.992026-01-02 — best price $34.992026-01-10 — best price $34.992026-01-23 — best price $20.992026-03-04 — best price $34.992026-03-19 — best price $19.242026-04-03 — best price $19.192026-04-13 — best price $19.242026-04-25 — best price $34.992026-05-08 — best price $34.992026-05-22 — best price $34.992026-05-29 — best price $27.942026-06-08 — best price $34.992026-06-22 — best price $19.242026-07-11 — best price $17.492026-07-24 — best price $17.492026-08-12 — best price $34.992026-08-30 — best price $17.492026-09-04 — best price $17.492026-09-09 — best price $17.492026-09-14 — best price $17.492026-09-19 — best price $17.492026-09-24 — best price $34.992026-09-29 — best price $34.992026-10-04 — best price $34.992026-10-09 — best price $34.992026-10-14 — 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…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-05-21, latest 2026-06-25 (Steam store data)

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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