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Gearshifters

Gearshifters

An arcade-action vehicle combat game with rogue-lite progression. Drift, blast, and outdrive your enemies across a war-torn Europe. Upgrade your car with powerful weapons and mods, survive deadly delivery missions, and challenge insane mega-machine bosses.

Released Oct 1, 2021 Developer Red Phantom Games Publisher Numskull Games Platforms Windows Combat RacingShoot 'Em UpBullet HellRogue-liteSide Scroller
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

82.2%positive157 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Top-notch.”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

38achievements
16.2%median completion
4.2%rarest: Driven
93.6% of players 83.3% of players 81.0% of players 77.6% of players 75.5% of players 51.5% of players 47.5% of players 45.0% of players 42.6% of players 36.0% of players 30.5% of players 29.7% of players 29.3% of players 25.0% of players 24.6% of players 21.2% of players 21.0% of players 19.8% of players 17.1% of players 16.2% of players 16.1% of players 15.7% of players 13.6% of players 13.5% of players 13.1% of players 12.9% of players 12.8% of players 11.4% of players 11.0% of players 10.8% of players 10.8% of players 9.4% of players 8.4% of players 8.3% of players 7.9% of players 7.4% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 93.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.6%Downtown — Hidden achievement
83.3%First Tune — Equip your car with an upgrade.
81.0%Rocketed — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
4.2%Driven — All other achievements unlocked.
4.5%The Professional — Destroy all Elite vehicles.
7.4%Boosted — Use 15 different boosts.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 29, 2026
Tiny Cars Festival

Hi all! GEARSHIFTERS is taking part in the Tiny Cars Festival on Steam this week! It's on sale at the usual 75% discount. Please check out the rest of the fesitval. More discounted games, demos, and u

Apr 30, 2024
GAME UPDATE 1.0.3.1

Hi all, I've added an option to prevent the story dialogues appearing. So, you can now avoid the need to button mash through these, whether that's because you've already played through, or if you just

Jul 19, 2023
MAJOR GAME UPDATE - Version 1.0.2.7 - NEW GAME MODE

Hi folks, One more update for you!! This will be the last major update for the foreseeable future because I'm working on a new game, and "Gearshifters" has been out for nearly 2 years now. However, I'

May 16, 2023
GAME UPDATE 1.0.2.6

Hi all, Just a few bugfixes for this one: Fixed: Profile deletion not working correctly. Fixed: "Art Shop" (Unlock 5 liveries) achievement not triggering in Extended game mode. Fixed: Starting a new g

Apr 28, 2023
GAME UPDATE 1.0.2.5 - CONTROLLER MAPPING

Hi all, At long last, I've added controller mapping support to the game!! Apologies it's taken so long. Mapping is a relatively straightforward system to implement but requires a chunk of focused and

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Racing
Player tagsCombat Racing · Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Side Scroller · Dystopian · Driving · Arcade · Shooter · Perma Death · Top-Down · 3D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements38
Official sitehttps://numskullgames.com/game/gearshifters/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Dual Core 2.2+ GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB VRAM / Approx. Nvidia 1050 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Expect to set lower graphics settings with this level of hardware.