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Neon Drive cover art

Neon Drive

Fraoula · 2016-05-12

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 12, 2016 (Mac), Feb 11, 2017 (Linux), Nov 04, 2015 (iOS), Sep 18, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 08, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

Neon Drive is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.89, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 2183 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
4.03★
PlayStation Store rating (429 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.89
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 55k–131k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,183 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2025-08-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720172026Week of 2017-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.892016-05-122026-08-242016-05-12 — best price $7.992016-07-15 — best price $6.692016-09-22 — best price $9.992016-12-17 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $4.992017-05-11 — best price $4.992017-08-20 — best price $3.992017-11-16 — best price $3.492018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-04-19 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $3.492018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $3.992019-11-21 — best price $2.992020-03-17 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-04-13 — best price $9.992021-10-18 — best price $9.992022-02-20 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-02-02 — best price $9.992023-06-24 — best price $9.992023-11-01 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-20 — best price $9.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-12-17 — best price $9.992025-05-22 — best price $9.992025-08-22 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
29.3%
earned "Addiction"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Swedish, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-06-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6194%16
PS4 (PlayStation)6525%14
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

1980sIndieMusicRetroActionArcadeRacingRhythmDrivingCyberpunk

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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