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Riptide GP2
Rev up your rocket-powered hydro jet and put your racing skills to the test. Riptide GP™2 features dynamic racing on fully interactive water surfaces, a deep career mode with tons of upgrades, customizable riders and skills, online and local multiplayer, and fully integrated controller support.
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“Used to have this game on my Kindle years ago. Still very fun, even if its pretty much dead.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“For a successor to Midway's Arcade Game HydroThunder, safe to say that this does not disappoint. Fun and challenging gameplay with a remnant of childhood nostalgia makes a good mix!”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Its a pretty fun racer for 2 dollars. It's nice if you want to just jump into a game with very simple controls.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:52 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Get your Riptide on with Vector Unit!
Join the Vector Unit team for an evening of multiplayer mayhem in Riptide GP2, Sunday, June 15, starting around 6pm Pacific Time. We'll be online, joining games and occasionally bouncing out to join a
Get your Riptide on with Vector Unit!
Join the Vector Unit team for an evening of multiplayer mayhem in Riptide GP2, Sunday, June 15, starting around 6pm Pacific Time. We'll be online, joining games and occasionally bouncing out to join a
Riptide GP2 Steam - Update 1 (Apr 7, 2014)
This is our first update to the Steam version of Riptide GP2, which includes a handful of asked-for feature enhancements and a few minor fixes. All users are strongly encouraged to update to this late
Riptide GP2 Steam - Update 1 (Apr 7, 2014)
This is our first update to the Steam version of Riptide GP2, which includes a handful of asked-for feature enhancements and a few minor fixes. All users are strongly encouraged to update to this late
Join us for Multiplayer Beta Testing on Tuesday 4/1
We're just about done with our update, which improves multiplayer connectivity primarily by allowing players to join games in progress. We've been testing it in-house for the last week, but as you can
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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.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Racing · Sports · Action · Indie · Simulation · Local Multiplayer · Split Screen · Arcade · Multiplayer · 4 Player Local · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.vectorunit.com/riptide-gp2/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Pentium 2.4 GHz or Athlon 64 3200+ or greater Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 6800 / Radeon X1800 Shader Model 3 or greater DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 250 MB available space Additional Notes: Shader Model 3 or greater required