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Pacer cover art

Pacer

R8 Games Ltd · 2020-10-28

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 17, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 17, 2020 (Xbox One), Sep 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

PACER is high-octane anti-gravity racing at its most destructive. Customise your craft and weapons then engage in the campaign, a single-player race or compete against your rivals in explosive online multiplayer for the ultimate combat racing experience.

Pacer is a 2020 Action, Indie, Racing, Simulation game priced at $39.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 803 reviews).

1
playing now
72%
positive of 803 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (170 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Pacer, originally titled Formula Fusion, is a futuristic racing game by R8 Games. The game was released for the Windows in May 2017. It was ported to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (71 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 803 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2021-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220162026Week of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$40.05$7.992015-08-032026-10-102015-08-03 — best price $25.492017-05-03 — best price $19.992020-11-06 — best price $33.992020-11-16 — best price $39.992020-11-25 — best price $23.992020-12-13 — best price $33.892021-01-06 — best price $39.992021-01-15 — best price $39.992021-01-24 — best price $39.992021-02-02 — best price $39.992021-02-10 — best price $33.892021-02-20 — best price $33.892021-03-01 — best price $33.892021-03-09 — best price $31.882021-03-17 — best price $39.992021-03-26 — best price $39.992021-04-04 — best price $39.992021-04-13 — best price $39.992021-04-22 — best price $39.992021-05-01 — best price $39.992021-05-13 — best price $33.892021-05-22 — best price $33.892021-05-31 — best price $33.892021-07-01 — best price $33.892021-11-21 — best price $39.992022-01-06 — best price $33.892022-03-02 — best price $40.052022-05-23 — best price $39.992022-08-02 — best price $31.882022-09-25 — best price $31.882022-11-08 — best price $35.892023-02-18 — best price $35.892023-03-08 — best price $35.892023-03-15 — best price $35.892023-08-04 — best price $35.892026-10-03 — best price $39.992026-10-10 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9132026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 91 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 19 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 23 pageviews2026-10-08 — 26 pageviews2026-10-11 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
48%
earned "Pack Leader"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1831%38
Xbox One (Xbox)2990%34
PS4 (PlayStation)2779%34

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

Player tags

PvPActionArcadeFlightRacingSci-fiSportsShooterCyberpunkFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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