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Dakar Desert Rally

Wait57%

Mixed · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Saber Porto Ltd. · Racing · Oct 4, 2022

Player review score
57%
Mixed
Price
$5.99−80%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
55
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio7 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy Dakar Desert Rally?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 112 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Gameplay: 57 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
17% of themes are praise17% are divided66% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Either way, on an RTX 3080 I'm now hitting a mostly steady 60fps at 4k with balanced DLSS and all graphics settings either maxed out or at their second-highest option.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack may be my favourite original racing game OST since the days of pre-EA Burnout.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Graphics50 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
69% still recommend
Characters
67% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
32% still recommend
Gameplay
56% still recommend
Performance
51% still recommend
Bugs
62% still recommend
Difficulty
88% still recommend
Optimization
30% still recommend
Multiplayer
71% still recommend
Interface
70% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$5.99$29.99−80%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

8 points recordedtoday · $5.99

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