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Sunset Drive 1986 cover art

Sunset Drive 1986

Mehmet Uluç Şahin · 2021-01-20

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRacingEarly Access

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

Releases: Jan 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sunset Drive 1986 is a solo developer game with 80s retro style arcade driving game and an endless highway. You can either have a relaxing experience and enjoy the chill music, or you can upgrade your cars to break speed records while completing missions.

0
playing now
85%
positive of 247 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Drive 1986 is an arcade driving game inspired by 80s nostalgic themes. Drive on an endless highway, complete missions to gain money and upgrade your car with multiple game modes, including; Free Ride, drive the way you like without a rush. Timed Mode, try to get away on the highway as far as possible without falling below the increasing speed limit, and Distance Rush, drive longest possible distance without letting timer run out. Experience a relaxing driving experience with neon lights and chilling retro music. Or upgrade your car and experience extremely high speeds with high tempo "ou(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920212026Week of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002021-01-202021-09-032021-01-20 — best price $4.492021-01-27 — best price $4.992021-04-12 — best price $3.742021-04-19 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-09-03 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
74.1%
earned "Start of a Journey"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2915%19

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

Player tags

3D1980sArcadeCasualRacingRhythmRunnerDrivingBuildingRelaxing

Census log

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

Recent updates

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