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Wacky Wheels cover art

Wacky Wheels

Beavis Soft · Apogee Entertainment · 2014-05-05

SteamGOG

ActionRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 17, 1994 (DOS), May 05, 2014 (Mac), May 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nothing beats the excitement of playing against friends. In Wacky Wheels, you can do just that. Play with a friend in split-screen mode, play head-to-head using a modem connection or play via serial (null-modem) cable. Race against challenging computer opponents with adjustable difficulty settings.

Wacky Wheels is an Action and Racing game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 172 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 172 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Wacky Wheels is a kart racing video game released by Apogee Software for MS-DOS in 1994. The game strongly resembles Super Mario Kart from the Super NES, but the karts are described as lawn mowers and the eight playable characters are animals from a zoo.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 172 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Fanatical (2023-11-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 74 of 85 observed days · $2.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10May 2015May 2024May 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-07-31 — best price $4.992016-06-22 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-05-27 — best price $2.992020-07-17 — best price $4.492020-08-11 — best price $4.492020-09-12 — best price $4.492020-10-13 — best price $4.492020-11-14 — best price $4.492020-12-08 — best price $4.492021-01-18 — best price $4.492021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-03-15 — best price $4.492021-04-20 — best price $4.492021-05-20 — best price $4.492021-06-24 — best price $1.242021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-04-25 — best price $5.992022-07-25 — best price $1.192022-11-16 — best price $4.492023-02-02 — best price $4.492023-06-11 — best price $1.192023-10-17 — best price $1.192023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-06-19 — best price $1.192024-09-25 — best price $1.192024-12-12 — best price $1.192025-02-21 — best price $1.192025-05-17 — best price $4.492025-09-16 — best price $4.992026-03-17 — best price $3.002026-06-14 — best price $5.992026-09-02 — best price $2.992026-09-18 — best price $2.992026-10-04 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

44142026-05-30 — 25 pageviews2026-06-03 — 35 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 22 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 26 pageviews2026-07-01 — 30 pageviews2026-07-05 — 17 pageviews2026-07-09 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 28 pageviews2026-07-17 — 24 pageviews2026-07-21 — 35 pageviews2026-07-25 — 26 pageviews2026-07-29 — 34 pageviews2026-08-02 — 28 pageviews2026-08-06 — 35 pageviews2026-08-10 — 29 pageviews2026-08-14 — 22 pageviews2026-08-18 — 25 pageviews2026-08-22 — 34 pageviews2026-08-26 — 20 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 pageviews2026-09-03 — 28 pageviews2026-09-07 — 21 pageviews2026-09-11 — 24 pageviews2026-09-15 — 32 pageviews2026-09-19 — 26 pageviews2026-09-23 — 32 pageviews2026-09-27 — 24 pageviews2026-10-01 — 17 pageviews2026-10-05 — 35 pageviews2026-10-09 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

Retro1990'sActionRacingClassicSingleplayer

Census log

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

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