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rFactor

Image Space Incorporated · 2015-03-02

Steam

RacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Aug 31, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

rFactor is a realistic easily extendable racing simulation from Image Space Incorporated. It offers the latest in vehicle and race customization, great graphics, outstanding multiplayer, and the height of racing realism.

rFactor is a Racing, Simulation, and Sports game released in 2015, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 892 reviews).

16
playing now
92%
positive of 892 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

rFactor is a computer racing simulator designed for hardcore simulation racers. rFactor claimed to be the most accurate race simulator of its time. Released in August 2005, it competed with games like NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, Live for Speed, and GTR. The game featured many technical advances in tire modeling, complex aerodynamics and a 15 degrees of freedom physics engine. It also featured multiplayer.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 2,371 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 892 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2019-11-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3522026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 29 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6311Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 16 · peak 41Jul 2015 — avg 15 · peak 68Nov 2015 — avg 19 · peak 50Mar 2016 — avg 30 · peak 64Jul 2016 — avg 29 · peak 58Nov 2016 — avg 29 · peak 74Mar 2017 — avg 31 · peak 64Jul 2017 — avg 28 · peak 51Nov 2017 — avg 22 · peak 53Mar 2018 — avg 23 · peak 45Jul 2018 — avg 25 · peak 51Nov 2018 — avg 25 · peak 54Mar 2019 — avg 24 · peak 46Jul 2019 — avg 23 · peak 48Nov 2019 — avg 21 · peak 45Mar 2020 — avg 25 · peak 84Jul 2020 — avg 38 · peak 119Nov 2020 — avg 27 · peak 85Mar 2021 — avg 29 · peak 105Jul 2021 — avg 23 · peak 62Nov 2021 — avg 25 · peak 76Mar 2022 — avg 25 · peak 77Jul 2022 — avg 22 · peak 54Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 69Mar 2023 — avg 22 · peak 71Jul 2023 — avg 23 · peak 66Nov 2023 — avg 17 · peak 64Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 70Jul 2024 — avg 18 · peak 72Nov 2024 — avg 16 · peak 71Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 80Jul 2025 — avg 23 · peak 69Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 60Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 75Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.992015-03-022026-07-092015-03-02 — best price $21.242015-07-27 — best price $24.992016-02-19 — best price $24.992016-11-23 — best price $7.492017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-10-26 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $24.992018-02-15 — best price $6.242018-07-05 — best price $24.992018-11-21 — best price $6.242019-01-03 — best price $24.992019-06-25 — best price $6.242019-12-03 — best price $24.992020-02-18 — best price $22.492020-03-17 — best price $24.992020-04-14 — best price $22.492020-05-25 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $7.492021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-06-24 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $24.992021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3592026-06-01 — 24 pageviews2026-06-05 — 26 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-17 — 23 pageviews2026-06-21 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 26 pageviews2026-08-24 — 20 pageviews2026-08-28 — 19 pageviews2026-09-01 — 14 pageviews2026-09-05 — 22 pageviews2026-09-09 — 18 pageviews2026-09-13 — 15 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 18 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 13 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 22 pageviews2026-10-11 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
89.6%
earned "behind the wheel"
19.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsStatsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8886%24

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

Player tags

VRRacingSportsDrivingModdableRealisticSimulationMultiplayerAutomobile Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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