The Game Census
Retrowave cover art

Retrowave

RewindApp · 2022-05-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 06, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!

7
playing now
95%
positive of 16k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 448 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~56/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,039 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 311k–699k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,542 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2023-11-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20202026Week of 2020-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,289 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,005 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2432026-08-07 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.892020-03-062026-08-172020-03-06 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-09-08 — best price $1.492020-11-04 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-02-11 — best price $1.392021-05-06 — best price $1.392021-07-09 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-11-18 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-04-28 — best price $2.992022-06-07 — best price $2.992022-09-01 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-05-31 — best price $2.992023-07-31 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $0.892024-01-18 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-05-29 — best price $2.992024-09-07 — best price $2.992024-12-18 — best price $2.992025-01-31 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $2.842025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-08-04 — best price $2.842025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-14 — best price $2.992026-01-27 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-04-28 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "Normal"
13%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Czech, Spanish - Spain…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,8317%44

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

Player tags

1980sIndieMusicRetro1990'sActionArcadeCasualRacingRelaxing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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