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Synthwave Burnout

Whale Rock Games · 2025-09-19

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRacingSports

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 19, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Synthwave Burnout is an atmospheric arcade racing experience set on neon-soaked tracks. Take control of a futuristic supercar, build up speed, generate energy, and battle physics-driven rivals—all to the pulse of a powerful synthwave soundtrack.

Synthwave Burnout is a 2025 Action, Indie, Racing, and Sports game priced at $12.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and Mostly Positive (73% of 1082 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 773 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~97/week).
  • · Review velocity up 665% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,082 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at GamesPlanet US (2025-04-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 86 of 90 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16016020212026Week of 2021-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.482021-09-042026-08-302021-09-04 — best price $4.242022-01-06 — best price $2.992022-05-09 — best price $4.992022-07-26 — best price $4.992022-11-04 — best price $1.992022-12-01 — best price $9.992023-01-17 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-04-21 — best price $9.992023-05-14 — best price $9.992023-07-20 — best price $8.992023-08-21 — best price $1.492023-10-09 — best price $1.192023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-18 — best price $9.992024-02-17 — best price $0.892024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $0.722024-06-15 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $0.892024-09-10 — best price $9.992024-10-17 — best price $9.992024-12-18 — best price $0.602025-02-22 — best price $11.992025-04-03 — best price $11.992025-05-26 — best price $0.492025-06-29 — best price $9.992025-08-08 — best price $9.992025-09-26 — best price $0.902025-10-28 — best price $0.492025-12-20 — best price $1.492026-01-23 — best price $0.492026-03-16 — best price $11.992026-04-22 — best price $0.992026-06-02 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $0.992026-08-27 — best price $0.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
23.3%
earned "Level 1"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8154%5

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

Player tags

3DNoir1980sRetro1990'sActionRacingRhythmSci-fiSports

Census log

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

Recent updates

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