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WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship cover art

WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship

KT Racing · Nacon · 2020-09-08

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RacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 13, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 15, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 15, 2019 (Xbox One)

The most complete and authentic official WRC simulation yet. New physics for all surfaces, a completely redesigned career mode, dynamic weather conditions, 50 teams, 14 countries, 100 tracks, weekly challenges and an eSports mode…

WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship is a Racing, Simulation, and Sports game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 2458 reviews).

87
playing now
74%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (711 downloads)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (1,844 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

87 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

WRC 8, also known as WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship, is the official game of the 2019 World Rally Championship. The game was developed by French developer Kylotonn and published on 10 September 2019 by Bigben Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The game carries an official World Rally Championship esports licence.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 87 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 231 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 2,371 Racing games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,484 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.37-92%
IndieGala$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
WinGameStore$2.99-90%
GameBillet$3.00-90%
GamersGate$3.00-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.01 at GameBillet (2024-02-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 199 of 203 observed days · $0.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620202026Week of 2020-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

205142026-09-14 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 55 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 30 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 68 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 57 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 45 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 127 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 109 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 69 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 161 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 169 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 75 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 115 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 115 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 30 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 76 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 118 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 57 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 133 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 87 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
19317Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 48 · peak 120Nov 2020 — avg 55 · peak 169Jan 2021 — avg 82 · peak 494Mar 2021 — avg 64 · peak 175May 2021 — avg 37 · peak 82Jul 2021 — avg 48 · peak 99Sep 2021 — avg 27 · peak 70Nov 2021 — avg 24 · peak 71Jan 2022 — avg 30 · peak 82Mar 2022 — avg 27 · peak 114May 2022 — avg 24 · peak 66Jul 2022 — avg 32 · peak 83Sep 2022 — avg 19 · peak 49Nov 2022 — avg 56 · peak 232Jan 2023 — avg 33 · peak 76Mar 2023 — avg 28 · peak 73May 2023 — avg 22 · peak 60Jul 2023 — avg 22 · peak 52Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 41Nov 2023 — avg 46 · peak 284Jan 2024 — avg 82 · peak 273Mar 2024 — avg 193 · peak 678May 2024 — avg 69 · peak 328Jul 2024 — avg 53 · peak 148Sep 2024 — avg 44 · peak 162Nov 2024 — avg 32 · peak 100Jan 2025 — avg 38 · peak 90Mar 2025 — avg 35 · peak 87May 2025 — avg 23 · peak 55Jul 2025 — avg 26 · peak 58Sep 2025 — avg 27 · peak 70Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 61Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 69Mar 2026 — avg 83 · peak 296May 2026 — avg 109 · peak 405Jul 2026 — avg 45 · peak 122Aug 2026 — avg 49 · peak 165
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$2.162019-09-052026-10-142019-09-05 — best price $49.992020-03-09 — best price $34.992020-07-28 — best price $49.992020-09-22 — best price $35.892020-10-31 — best price $23.992020-12-16 — best price $16.002021-02-05 — best price $17.592021-03-31 — best price $39.992021-05-31 — best price $39.992021-07-26 — best price $12.002021-09-27 — best price $29.392021-12-09 — best price $9.992022-02-10 — best price $7.492022-04-11 — best price $4.792022-06-06 — best price $25.192022-08-05 — best price $5.992022-09-28 — best price $26.962022-12-01 — best price $4.742023-02-02 — best price $5.992023-04-20 — best price $29.992023-06-20 — best price $22.042023-08-16 — best price $4.742023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-01-22 — best price $24.872024-03-28 — best price $3.002024-05-28 — best price $23.892024-08-02 — best price $2.162024-10-03 — best price $29.992025-01-05 — best price $22.042025-04-08 — best price $2.272025-07-14 — best price $2.992025-10-07 — best price $2.852025-12-15 — best price $2.992026-02-24 — best price $29.992026-05-11 — best price $2.392026-07-06 — best price $3.992026-08-18 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $2.392026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3352026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 17 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-22 — 16 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 11 pageviews2026-07-20 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 20 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 17 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 10 pageviews2026-09-26 — 22 pageviews2026-09-30 — 21 pageviews2026-10-04 — 19 pageviews2026-10-08 — 22 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "Stuntman"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play Together4 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2020-09-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)10,0912%43
Steam (Steam)1,6294%43
Switch (Nintendo)630%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DPvPRacingSportsDrivingPhysicse-sportsManagementOpen WorldCompetitive

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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