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Wreckfest cover art

Wreckfest

Bugbear · THQ Nordic · 2018-06-14

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ActionIndieRacingSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Dec 01, 2021 (Google Stadia), Jun 21, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 15, 2022 (Android), Nov 15, 2022 (iOS), Jan 23, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 04, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.

Wreckfest is a 2018 Action, Indie, Racing and Simulation game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 41535 reviews).

209
playing now
88%
positive of 42k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8,253
twitch viewers (latest)
8253.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (137 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (1.4k downloads)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (12,644 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 78% recommend · from 83 critics
22h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 77h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

209 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Wreckfest is a racing video game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and published by THQ Nordic. Wreckfest is described as the spiritual successor to the FlatOut series, which was created by Bugbear, and takes further inspiration from the Destruction Derby series and the cult 1989 racer Street Rod. A notable feature of the game engine is the use of soft-body damage modelling, which enables location-based damage that affects the driving dynamics of vehicles in a realistic fashion.

Trailer

Wreckfest trailer thumbnail

Wreckfest - Official PC Launch Trailer

≈720,059 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 209 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,742 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~218/week).
  • · Review velocity up 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.0M–2.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 41,695 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$6.14-80%
Microsoft Store$8.99-70%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.34 at GameBillet (2026-07-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 121 of 171 observed days · $3.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
91291220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7251612026-09-14 20:00 — 585 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 189 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 216 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 643 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 344 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 201 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 542 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 292 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 212 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 626 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 405 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 172 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 398 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 399 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 274 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 566 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 438 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 161 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 255 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 725 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 333 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 226 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 597 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 209 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k0Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Mar 2014 — avg 53 · peak 145Aug 2014 — avg 41 · peak 75Jan 2015 — avg 141 · peak 444Jun 2015 — avg 92 · peak 708Nov 2015 — avg 95 · peak 475Apr 2016 — avg 47 · peak 128Sep 2016 — avg 37 · peak 98Feb 2017 — avg 49 · peak 151Jul 2017 — avg 77 · peak 231Dec 2017 — avg 136 · peak 492May 2018 — avg 189 · peak 428Oct 2018 — avg 253 · peak 639Mar 2019 — avg 464 · peak 1,646Aug 2019 — avg 441 · peak 1,438Jan 2020 — avg 759 · peak 1,995Jun 2020 — avg 792 · peak 2,188Nov 2020 — avg 808 · peak 2,008Apr 2021 — avg 807 · peak 1,944Sep 2021 — avg 771 · peak 2,380Feb 2022 — avg 592 · peak 1,560Jul 2022 — avg 606 · peak 1,434Dec 2022 — avg 598 · peak 1,490May 2023 — avg 450 · peak 1,155Oct 2023 — avg 447 · peak 1,212Mar 2024 — avg 473 · peak 1,217Aug 2024 — avg 567 · peak 1,446Jan 2025 — avg 503 · peak 1,183Jun 2025 — avg 310 · peak 738Nov 2025 — avg 374 · peak 1,025Apr 2026 — avg 272 · peak 685Aug 2026 — avg 468 · peak 1,077
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
13132026-09-232026-10-122026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 6 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 11 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 10 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $20.092017-12-21 — best price $35.992018-10-04 — best price $26.972019-01-01 — best price $44.992019-04-04 — best price $22.502019-07-19 — best price $19.992019-10-13 — best price $39.992019-12-23 — best price $16.002020-03-10 — best price $15.992020-06-18 — best price $15.992020-09-17 — best price $14.992020-12-26 — best price $26.892021-03-24 — best price $14.992021-07-18 — best price $29.992021-10-21 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-05-06 — best price $11.992022-08-19 — best price $11.992022-12-12 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-06-23 — best price $11.992023-10-16 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-04-20 — best price $8.692024-07-24 — best price $13.992024-11-22 — best price $9.952025-02-24 — best price $23.992025-06-02 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $13.472026-01-10 — best price $29.992026-04-29 — best price $29.992026-07-31 — best price $5.502026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $6.14
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

266752026-05-30 — 118 pageviews2026-06-03 — 87 pageviews2026-06-07 — 126 pageviews2026-06-11 — 87 pageviews2026-06-15 — 83 pageviews2026-06-19 — 216 pageviews2026-06-23 — 162 pageviews2026-06-27 — 266 pageviews2026-07-01 — 194 pageviews2026-07-05 — 195 pageviews2026-07-09 — 170 pageviews2026-07-13 — 112 pageviews2026-07-17 — 115 pageviews2026-07-21 — 126 pageviews2026-07-25 — 105 pageviews2026-07-29 — 92 pageviews2026-08-02 — 95 pageviews2026-08-06 — 110 pageviews2026-08-10 — 155 pageviews2026-08-14 — 105 pageviews2026-08-18 — 91 pageviews2026-08-22 — 98 pageviews2026-08-26 — 96 pageviews2026-08-30 — 101 pageviews2026-09-03 — 85 pageviews2026-09-07 — 115 pageviews2026-09-11 — 110 pageviews2026-09-15 — 89 pageviews2026-09-19 — 89 pageviews2026-09-23 — 99 pageviews2026-09-27 — 108 pageviews2026-10-01 — 82 pageviews2026-10-05 — 98 pageviews2026-10-08 — 103 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35802026-09-30 18:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-01 00:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 56 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 122 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
82.3%
earned "Highballer"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards14 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian…

Post-launch support: 14 DLC released, first 2019-09-10, latest 2021-05-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)51,6993%20
PS4 (PlayStation)35,61612%21
PS5 (PlayStation)35,08417%21
Steam (Steam)32,6573%20
Windows (Xbox)6,2695%20
Switch (Nintendo)1240%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%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

FunnyIndieActionArcadeRacingSportsDrivingPhysicsRealisticSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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