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Wreckfest 2 cover art

Wreckfest 2

Bugbear · THQ Nordic · 2025-03-20

Steam

RacingEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: TBD (PlayStation 5), TBD (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ready for mayhem? Wreckfest is back, offering the best in full-contact racing with unrivaled destruction! Witness head-to-head battles as you tear apart rival vehicles bit by bit. Powered by the enhanced physics engine, developed by the creators of Wreckfest & FlatOut!

132
playing now
74%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7,361
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

132 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Wreckfest 2 is a 2025 racing video game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and published by THQ Nordic. It is a sequel to Wreckfest. The game was released through Steam's early access program on March 20, 2025, for Microsoft Windows only and works on Linux with Steam. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S dates are yet to be announced.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 132 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 344 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,779 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 833 Racing games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 114k–257k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,706 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2025-03-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20252026Week of 2025-03-20: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 467 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

369932026-08-11 22:00 — 285 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 194 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 133 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 320 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 178 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 186 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 359 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 230 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 133 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 277 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 142 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 156 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 280 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 132 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 165 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 320 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 149 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 296 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 369 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 125 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 215 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 183 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 95 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 208 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 184 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 93 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 257 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 254 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 132 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$23.992025-03-202026-08-142025-03-20 — best price $23.992025-04-03 — best price $29.992025-05-12 — best price $25.492025-05-19 — best price $29.992025-06-20 — best price $26.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-07-28 — best price $23.992025-08-04 — best price $29.992025-09-22 — best price $23.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-03 — best price $23.992025-11-10 — best price $29.992025-12-11 — best price $23.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-26 — best price $23.992026-02-09 — best price $29.992026-02-10 — best price $34.992026-03-12 — best price $27.992026-03-26 — best price $34.992026-06-18 — best price $27.992026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-08-07 — best price $26.242026-08-14 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

340892026-05-26 — 102 pageviews2026-05-29 — 110 pageviews2026-06-01 — 111 pageviews2026-06-04 — 130 pageviews2026-06-07 — 140 pageviews2026-06-10 — 109 pageviews2026-06-13 — 119 pageviews2026-06-16 — 101 pageviews2026-06-19 — 163 pageviews2026-06-22 — 138 pageviews2026-06-25 — 111 pageviews2026-06-28 — 175 pageviews2026-07-01 — 234 pageviews2026-07-04 — 138 pageviews2026-07-07 — 166 pageviews2026-07-10 — 150 pageviews2026-07-13 — 134 pageviews2026-07-16 — 119 pageviews2026-07-19 — 154 pageviews2026-07-22 — 203 pageviews2026-07-25 — 167 pageviews2026-07-28 — 132 pageviews2026-07-31 — 113 pageviews2026-08-03 — 117 pageviews2026-08-06 — 134 pageviews2026-08-09 — 296 pageviews2026-08-12 — 150 pageviews2026-08-15 — 142 pageviews2026-08-18 — 97 pageviews2026-08-21 — 101 pageviews2026-08-23 — 118 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

75402026-08-26 20:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 665 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 18 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPGamepad RecommendedDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DPvPRacingDrivingPhysicsRealisticSimulationDestructionMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

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