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Synthwave Dream '85 cover art

Synthwave Dream '85

LoneDev · 2025-07-08

Steam

IndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Neons, extreme speed, drifting, arcade scoreboard: everything an '80s stereotypes lover needs

Synthwave Dream '85 is an Indie, Racing and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 73 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 73 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-07-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992018-08-312026-08-102018-08-31 — best price $6.792019-04-17 — best price $7.992019-06-21 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $6.492019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-03-13 — best price $9.992020-06-12 — best price $4.992020-09-28 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $2.742021-03-29 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $2.742021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-03-07 — best price $4.992022-06-24 — best price $2.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-04-03 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.042024-02-19 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.592026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-08-03 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
94%
earned "Your first score"
19.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad Recommended

Player tags

3DPvPArcadeCasualRacingRunnerDrivingPhysicsCyberpunkExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.