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rFactor 2 cover art

rFactor 2

Studio 397 · 2015-11-12

Steam

RacingSimulationSports

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

Releases: Nov 12, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

rFactor 2 is a realistic, easily extendable racing simulation that offers race customization, great graphics, outstanding multiplayer and the height of racing realism. It features mixed class road racing with ultra realistic dynamics, an immersive sound environment and stunning graphics.

rFactor 2 is a Racing, Simulation, and Sports game priced at $29.99, released in 2015, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 9,221 reviews).

182
playing now
79%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

182 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

rFactor 2 is a 2013 computer racing simulator developed by Image Space Incorporated and released for Windows in 2013. Like its predecessor rFactor, rFactor2 is designed to be modified and used by professional racing teams for driver training and race car development. Much of its source code is derived from rFactor Pro, which is also used by professional racers and most of the Formula One teams and NASCAR manufacturers.

Trailer

rFactor 2 trailer thumbnail

rFactor 2 Trailer - World Premiere

≈366,126 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 182 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 280 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 2,374 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 231k–555k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,247 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.71 at GameBillet (2025-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $31.99 · on sale 47 of 67 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17017020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4021022026-09-15 12:00 — 186 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 225 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 126 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 273 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 344 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 132 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 165 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 402 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 207 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 211 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 268 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 200 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 134 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 280 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 212 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 138 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 259 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 200 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 103 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 296 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 271 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 110 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 182 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
72372Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 113 · peak 313Mar 2016 — avg 88 · peak 191Jul 2016 — avg 148 · peak 332Nov 2016 — avg 200 · peak 506Mar 2017 — avg 344 · peak 993Jul 2017 — avg 348 · peak 879Nov 2017 — avg 352 · peak 826Mar 2018 — avg 383 · peak 959Jul 2018 — avg 372 · peak 950Nov 2018 — avg 413 · peak 1,036Mar 2019 — avg 481 · peak 1,148Jul 2019 — avg 424 · peak 955Nov 2019 — avg 460 · peak 996Mar 2020 — avg 541 · peak 1,479Jul 2020 — avg 604 · peak 1,386Nov 2020 — avg 618 · peak 1,484Mar 2021 — avg 503 · peak 1,226Jul 2021 — avg 428 · peak 988Nov 2021 — avg 402 · peak 999Mar 2022 — avg 431 · peak 1,059Jul 2022 — avg 451 · peak 927Nov 2022 — avg 566 · peak 1,340Mar 2023 — avg 513 · peak 1,218Jul 2023 — avg 402 · peak 890Nov 2023 — avg 575 · peak 1,535Mar 2024 — avg 481 · peak 1,178Jul 2024 — avg 386 · peak 852Nov 2024 — avg 328 · peak 817Mar 2025 — avg 317 · peak 716Jul 2025 — avg 258 · peak 524Nov 2025 — avg 263 · peak 630Mar 2026 — avg 262 · peak 581Jul 2026 — avg 205 · peak 417Aug 2026 — avg 208 · peak 396
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 8 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$31.99$3.352015-11-122026-09-102015-11-12 — best price $19.192017-12-21 — best price $15.992019-02-04 — best price $15.992020-06-25 — best price $15.992021-06-14 — best price $26.872021-07-10 — best price $28.682021-08-24 — best price $14.392021-10-11 — best price $28.682021-11-16 — best price $28.682021-12-06 — best price $7.992022-01-07 — best price $28.682022-02-07 — best price $8.582022-03-25 — best price $6.892022-04-22 — best price $4.782022-06-06 — best price $31.992022-07-14 — best price $6.932022-08-12 — best price $7.992022-09-26 — best price $24.522022-12-22 — best price $15.992023-03-09 — best price $24.522023-07-18 — best price $26.282024-02-02 — best price $31.992024-03-21 — best price $5.152024-04-18 — best price $5.112024-06-04 — best price $27.192024-08-08 — best price $27.192024-09-16 — best price $23.212024-12-03 — best price $23.212025-01-16 — best price $26.282025-04-14 — best price $23.212025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-09-11 — best price $8.632025-11-24 — best price $4.492026-01-16 — best price $3.432026-03-19 — best price $3.432026-05-15 — best price $4.232026-06-25 — best price $3.382026-09-10 — best price $4.17
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59242026-05-31 — 36 pageviews2026-06-04 — 52 pageviews2026-06-08 — 46 pageviews2026-06-12 — 41 pageviews2026-06-16 — 39 pageviews2026-06-20 — 40 pageviews2026-06-24 — 39 pageviews2026-06-28 — 49 pageviews2026-07-02 — 59 pageviews2026-07-06 — 46 pageviews2026-07-10 — 37 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-18 — 36 pageviews2026-07-22 — 59 pageviews2026-07-26 — 44 pageviews2026-07-30 — 43 pageviews2026-08-03 — 44 pageviews2026-08-07 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 27 pageviews2026-08-15 — 47 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-27 — 28 pageviews2026-08-31 — 41 pageviews2026-09-04 — 32 pageviews2026-09-08 — 41 pageviews2026-09-12 — 30 pageviews2026-09-16 — 40 pageviews2026-09-20 — 37 pageviews2026-09-24 — 36 pageviews2026-09-28 — 44 pageviews2026-10-02 — 39 pageviews2026-10-06 — 36 pageviews2026-10-09 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

902026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "behind the wheel"
22.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsVR Supported

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9473%25

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRRacingSportsDrivingPhysicsModdablee-sportsRealisticControllerSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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