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rFactor 2 cover art

rFactor 2

Studio 397 · 2015-11-12

Steam

RacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

174
playing now
79%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

174 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 174 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 9% of 833 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 230k–553k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,209 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.38-87%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $31.99 · on sale 49 of 71 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

3581122026-08-06 22:00 — 205 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 114 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 242 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 217 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 157 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 303 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 224 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 138 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 267 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 192 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 113 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 250 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 189 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 131 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 248 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 200 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 288 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 230 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 118 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 184 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 275 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 137 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 200 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 309 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 168 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 165 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 297 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 174 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$31.99$3.352015-11-122026-08-242015-11-12 — 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 $3.382026-08-24 — best price $3.38
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59242026-05-31 — 36 pageviews2026-06-03 — 36 pageviews2026-06-06 — 32 pageviews2026-06-09 — 42 pageviews2026-06-12 — 41 pageviews2026-06-15 — 50 pageviews2026-06-18 — 44 pageviews2026-06-21 — 43 pageviews2026-06-24 — 39 pageviews2026-06-27 — 41 pageviews2026-06-30 — 41 pageviews2026-07-03 — 39 pageviews2026-07-06 — 46 pageviews2026-07-09 — 40 pageviews2026-07-12 — 35 pageviews2026-07-15 — 33 pageviews2026-07-18 — 36 pageviews2026-07-21 — 26 pageviews2026-07-24 — 37 pageviews2026-07-27 — 38 pageviews2026-07-30 — 43 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 25 pageviews2026-08-08 — 25 pageviews2026-08-11 — 27 pageviews2026-08-14 — 50 pageviews2026-08-17 — 35 pageviews2026-08-20 — 35 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-26 — 36 pageviews2026-08-28 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-29 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 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.

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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