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Initial Drift Online

Initial Drift Online

Drift over some of Japan's most legendary mountain passes, compete against your friends or players from around the world in epic battles, make deliveries, buy new cars and set records in the world rankings!

Released Mar 30, 2023 Developer RewindApp Platforms Windows RacingImmersive SimOpen WorldCombat RacingLife Sim
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-05)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

62.2%positive5,807 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 78 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Note: these 78 reviews lean more positive than the game overall — 78% of them recommend it, against 62.2% across all 5,807 reviews.

Counted across 78 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 62.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13

Recommended · 95 found this helpful

“drifting is better than sex >Driving Physics: You really have to do, to not bump into a guardrail. Why, you would probably ask. Well, you are sliding real far, if you have to much speed going into a corner. It handles hard and you have to fight against understeering and much…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“my wife left me because i bought a $500 dollar sparco racing wheel and bride racing chair and gas pedals for my computer, worth it.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“For a racing game, the drivin feels even worse than Mafias. The online servers r pretty much dead ghost towns, the level designs nothin special, and most tasks r just delivery runs. Gets old after goin back and forth a few times.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

3,272all-time peak
0 500 1k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 634 avg · Jan 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.

36achievements
3.2%median completion
1.4%rarest: Tatsumi's best friend
83.5% of players 50.7% of players 50.4% of players 15.9% of players 13.3% of players 13.1% of players 10.8% of players 10.2% of players 10.0% of players 8.6% of players 6.0% of players 6.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 5.0% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 83.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.5%High Speed... — Exceeds 100 kmh
50.7%Deja Vu — Exceeds 200 kmh
50.4%The Stars — Visit Haruna
Rarest badges of honor
1.4%Tatsumi's best friend — Earn 100.000¥
1.5%Phantom of Usui — Make 100 delivery on Usui
1.6%Born to drift — Drive 100h

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-05 20:23 UTC
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-14
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.99 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$6.8

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-21 08-01 08-13 08-24 09-05

Latest official news

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

Mar 10, 2026
AKINA EUROBEAT RADIO

Dear street racers, First of all, thank you for the incredible support! We've just surpassed 80,000 wishlists!If you haven't already, you can add Akina to your wishlist here.Here is a first version of

Dec 14, 2025
NEW DRIFT GAME: AKINA

Dear street racers, The worthy successor to Initial Drift Online and Drift86 will be released in early 2026. Wishlist and follow the game to stay up-to-date. Thank you for your support! ː86driftː A sm

Apr 02, 2025
MAJOR UPDATE

Dear street racers, Consider joining the discord, which brings together the community of Drift86 and Initial Drift Online. Link to the discord Rewindapp: Youtube Instagram Steam Creator Page DLC - Myo

Mar 30, 2023
MAJOR UPDATE

Dear street racers, Consider joining the discord, which brings together the community of Drift86 and Initial Drift Online. Link to the discord Rewindapp: Youtube Instagram Steam Creator Page DLC - Car

Nov 24, 2022
IDO Steam Trading Cards are available!

Dear street racers, Initial Drift Online trading cards, badges, backgrounds and emotes are now available! Rewindapp: Youtube Instagram Steam Creator Page Different levels of badges: Trading cards: Emo

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Racing, Simulation
Player tagsRacing · Immersive Sim · Open World · Combat Racing · Life Sim · Driving · Physics · Automobile Sim · PvP · MMORPG · First-Person · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Japanese
ControllerFull support
Achievements36
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 - 64bits Processor: AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHZ, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450, Nvidia GeForce GT 460 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Integrated