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Ridge Racer™ Unbounded cover art

Ridge Racer™ Unbounded

BUGBEAR · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2012-03-29

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Racing

Franchise: Ridge Racer · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Mar 29, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Mar 27, 2012 (Xbox 360)

The latest title in the RIDGE RACER franchise, RIDGE RACER Unbounded gears up to carve its own destructive path with a new breed of arcade racing.

Ridge Racer™ Unbounded is a 2012 Racing title priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 1,927 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 to 500,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

7
playing now
62%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (390 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Ridge Racer Unbounded is a 2012 racing video game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and published by Namco Bandai Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the eighth installment of the Ridge Racer franchise following Ridge Racer 7, the first mainline title not to be developed by Namco nor released in Japan, and the first in the series overall to be released on Windows. Unbounded is also the most recent game in the series to be released on home consoles as its successors only focused on handheld devices.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 2,372 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 77k–154k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,927 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.70-83%
Fanatical$1.79-82%
Gamesplanet$1.82-82%
WinGameStore$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.44 at GameBillet (2024-08-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 72 of 98 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
332Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 22 · peak 53Dec 2012 — avg 16 · peak 45May 2013 — avg 17 · peak 48Oct 2013 — avg 10 · peak 33Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2014 — avg 18 · peak 68Jan 2015 — avg 15 · peak 52Jun 2015 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2015 — avg 9 · peak 29Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 18Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 24Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 12Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.95$1.442015-01-012026-10-012015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-03-14 — best price $9.992015-05-21 — best price $11.112015-10-08 — best price $2.502016-02-15 — best price $9.992016-08-06 — best price $2.602017-01-27 — best price $2.502017-09-20 — best price $2.492018-02-23 — best price $8.292018-08-27 — best price $9.992019-02-05 — best price $2.502019-04-27 — best price $8.392019-08-05 — best price $2.412020-01-20 — best price $9.352020-05-06 — best price $9.992020-09-28 — best price $8.992021-04-16 — best price $2.402021-09-27 — best price $8.252022-04-01 — best price $8.252022-06-30 — best price $8.722022-10-03 — best price $8.252022-12-31 — best price $9.992023-05-03 — best price $8.592023-07-31 — best price $8.992023-11-03 — best price $8.392024-01-23 — best price $1.742024-04-19 — best price $1.482024-06-27 — best price $1.672024-09-04 — best price $9.992024-11-18 — best price $9.992025-02-21 — best price $2.002025-05-12 — best price $1.612025-08-09 — best price $9.192025-11-02 — best price $9.992026-02-09 — best price $1.792026-05-07 — best price $8.272026-08-22 — best price $1.772026-10-01 — best price $1.70
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86442026-06-02 — 57 pageviews2026-06-06 — 57 pageviews2026-06-10 — 50 pageviews2026-06-14 — 66 pageviews2026-06-18 — 52 pageviews2026-06-22 — 48 pageviews2026-06-26 — 51 pageviews2026-06-30 — 65 pageviews2026-07-04 — 48 pageviews2026-07-08 — 67 pageviews2026-07-12 — 64 pageviews2026-07-16 — 63 pageviews2026-07-20 — 58 pageviews2026-07-24 — 58 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-08-01 — 56 pageviews2026-08-05 — 51 pageviews2026-08-09 — 61 pageviews2026-08-13 — 58 pageviews2026-08-17 — 71 pageviews2026-08-21 — 52 pageviews2026-08-25 — 70 pageviews2026-08-29 — 57 pageviews2026-09-02 — 51 pageviews2026-09-06 — 72 pageviews2026-09-10 — 56 pageviews2026-09-14 — 48 pageviews2026-09-18 — 47 pageviews2026-09-22 — 51 pageviews2026-09-26 — 62 pageviews2026-09-30 — 48 pageviews2026-10-04 — 67 pageviews2026-10-08 — 70 pageviews2026-10-12 — 86 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
82.3%
earned "Learning the ropes"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing4 DLC

5 supported languages: English[b][/b], German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2012-05-10, latest 2012-06-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

ActionArcadeRacingDifficultOpen WorldSimulationDestructionMultiplayerLevel EditorSingleplayer

Census log

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

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