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Powerslide

Ratbag Games · Cosmi Valusoft · 2020-07-03

SteamGOG

Racing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 09, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Powerslide is a post-apocalyptic off-road racing game. With 98% of the population dead there's a lot of cars around just waiting to get driven into the ground. The ferals started the Powersliding competition, the corporates banned it. It's dangerous, it's illegal, it kicks butt.

Powerslide is a Racing game released in 2020, priced at $2.09, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (94% of 35 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-03

94%
positive of 35 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
−70% · $2.09
was $6.99
steam price (US) · on sale
Powerslide is a post-apocalyptic Microsoft Windows racing game by Australian developer Ratbag Games. It was released in Australia, United States and Europe in 1998. Powerslide was praised for its graphics and AI in particular. A sequel, Powerslide: Slipstream, was in development as of 2004 for PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox, but Ratbag couldn't find a suitable publisher, and shortly after the company was shut down. Powerslide was re-released on GOG.com in 2012.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 2,391 Racing games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 5 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$2.092026-10-022026-10-152026-10-02 — best price $2.092026-10-03 — best price $2.092026-10-04 — best price $2.092026-10-05 — best price $2.092026-10-06 — best price $2.092026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $5.992026-10-10 — best price $5.992026-10-11 — best price $5.992026-10-12 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Census log

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

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