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NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE

PLANET JEM · 2024-02-23

Steam

RacingSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Descend into the underworld of Japanese street racing. Set between 1990-2009, join the local street racing crews in their battle for territory control. Explore the real location open world(s), compete in wager races, battle other crews and upgrade your vehicles with detailed car customization.

55
playing now
95%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12,152
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

55 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Please note that Storyline is for in-game plot only. Design and functionality should appear in Description/Summary. Description: tinyurl.com/3xbcpfwm Storyline: tinyurl.com/bdhk4np6(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 55 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,761 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~345/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 833 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20242026Week of 2024-02-01: 1,901 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,169 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,853 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,874 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,348 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,002 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,151 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

137502026-08-06 22:00 — 94 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 115 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 77 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 123 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 103 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 82 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 127 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 108 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 51 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 114 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 96 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 83 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 97 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 90 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 57 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 85 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 133 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 84 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 103 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 78 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 83 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 93 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 58 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 77 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 96 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGNoir1990'sArcadeRacingSportsDrivingStylizedCinematicRealistic

Census log

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

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