The Game Census
Screamer cover art

Screamer

Graffiti · Interplay · 2017-08-31

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

Racing

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

Releases: 1995 (DOS), 2012 (Mac), 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Screamer is an addictive, arcade-style racer with an emphasis on the arcade action gameplay. Driving mechanics so unrealistic they’ll make you wish you could powerslide like that in real life!

73%
positive of 48 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)
Screamer is a 1995 racing video game for MS-DOS compatible operating systems. The game uses texture mapped polygon-modelled tracks and cars and shares some elements with Namco's 1993 Ridge Racer. A sequel, Screamer 2, was released in 1996.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 1,110 Racing games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$9.992026-09-082026-09-122026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-09 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

95172026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-13 — 31 pageviews2026-06-16 — 34 pageviews2026-06-19 — 34 pageviews2026-06-22 — 35 pageviews2026-06-25 — 53 pageviews2026-06-28 — 40 pageviews2026-07-01 — 53 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-10 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 31 pageviews2026-07-16 — 35 pageviews2026-07-19 — 27 pageviews2026-07-22 — 38 pageviews2026-07-25 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 41 pageviews2026-07-31 — 41 pageviews2026-08-03 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 38 pageviews2026-08-09 — 55 pageviews2026-08-12 — 71 pageviews2026-08-15 — 65 pageviews2026-08-18 — 58 pageviews2026-08-21 — 62 pageviews2026-08-24 — 37 pageviews2026-08-27 — 38 pageviews2026-08-30 — 29 pageviews2026-09-02 — 30 pageviews2026-09-05 — 34 pageviews2026-09-07 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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