Dakar Desert Rally — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$890Kest

grossAtFullPrice $296K · promo blend

Net to developer

$573Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

49,480▼ 100.0%

544 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$70K8% of LTD

16K units · $4.31 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 1,428 reviews collected over 3.6 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

16K

16,32033.0%

Tail · units

33K

33,16067.0%

Launch · gross

$70K

$70K7.9%

Tail · gross

$820K

$820K92.1%

Net to dev

$573K

$573K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier D · ▲ 5 7d

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

57%

→ 27

Score history · 30d retention

15 (14d ago)27 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Dakar Desert Rally · 29 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 27

NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE22K reviews · 95% pos · PLANET JEM · 2024

+4.1

TrackDayR1.9K reviews · 86% pos · MadCow S.r.l. · 2021

+2.8

Capsa249 reviews · 59% pos · db.works · 2022

+1.4

Tractor Cargo Driving Simulator38 reviews · 86% pos · Boogygames Studios · 2019

+1.4

Motocross Evolution 202534 reviews · 79% pos · Petr Šimůnek · 2025

+1.2

Shred! Remastered99 reviews · 58% pos · ASBO Interactive · 2015

+1.2

Downhill Pro Racer20 reviews · 85% pos · Germán de la Fuente · 2023

+1.1

Karting4Fun16 reviews · 87% pos · LukasH · 2025

+1.1

Highway of death35 reviews · 68% pos · Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich · 2018

+1.1

Offroad Horizons: Arcade Rock Crawling30 reviews · 63% pos · Grenoble Interactive, LLC · 2022

+0.9

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+5.8

03 Dakar Desert Rally’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

0%0

#5Car Mechanic Simulator 2026

0%0

#6Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

Review score

5/ 9

Mixed

% positive

56.9%cohort 71%

854 pos · 646 neg

Total reviews

1.5Ktracked

1,500 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

11 this month

Steam-purchase rate

92.5%flat

7.5% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

27 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

39.7%59651%

ESSpanish

11.4%17158%

FRFrench

10.9%16454%

RURussian

8.2%12363%

DEGerman

5.6%8458%

ZHSimplified Chinese

5.1%7762%

CZCzech

4.2%6383%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

2.8%4257%

ITItalian

1.7%2572%

PTPortuguese

1.5%2383%

PLPolish

1.5%2361%

DUDutch

1.4%2167%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 275

24%positive

18.3% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 737

61%positive

49.1% of reviews

10-100h 451

69%positive

30.1% of reviews

100h+ 37

70%positive

2.5% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 854Negative 646

4633472321160

22·1023·0423·1024·0424·1025·0425·1026·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

1,500 reviews

Free product

29/ 1,500

1.9% of total79% positive

Early access

0/ 1,500

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

83/ 1,500

5.5% of total63% positive

Steam Deck

14/ 1,500

0.9% of total86% positive

Steam purchase

1,388/ 1,500

92.5% of total57% positive

Recommended

854/ 1,500

56.9% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

646/ 1,500

43.1% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

1,500/ 1,500

100.0% of total57% positive

1,428 reviews · 56% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.