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Phantom Spark

Ghosts · Coatsink · 2024-08-15

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieRacingSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 10, 2024 (Mac), Jun 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 15, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

The best feeling racing game out there. Precision time-trial racing against npc champions in the campaign or other players on the leaderboards.

97%
positive of 239 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.58★
PlayStation Store rating (38 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (65 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 28,903 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 239 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 26 observed days · $13.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420242026Week of 2024-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$4.992024-08-152026-10-112024-08-15 — best price $17.992024-10-07 — best price $14.992024-11-05 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $12.992025-01-18 — best price $12.992025-02-26 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-04-11 — best price $11.992025-05-25 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $10.992025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-11-21 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-08 — best price $8.992026-02-21 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-04-11 — best price $8.992026-05-28 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-31 — best price $7.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
74.1%
earned "Trials"
16.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-08-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1697%24
PS5 (PlayStation)5116%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)484%24
PS4 (PlayStation)540%25
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

3DPvPArcadeCasualFlightRacingSportsDrivingColorfulRelaxing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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