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Riptide GP2

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.

Released Mar 7, 2014 Developer Vector Unit Platforms Windows RacingSportsActionIndieSimulation
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

89.0%positive584 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-01 via SteamCharts.

120all-time peak
0 5 10 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 9 avg · Mar 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

29achievements
6.0%median completion
1.3%rarest: Predator
44.0% of players 38.4% of players 31.1% of players 16.4% of players 14.4% of players 11.6% of players 10.7% of players 9.5% of players 9.1% of players 9.1% of players 8.2% of players 7.7% of players 7.2% of players 6.4% of players 6.0% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 1.6% of players 1.3% of players 44.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
44.0%I Did It! — Place 1st in any event.
38.4%Mechanic — Upgrade a Hydrojet.
31.1%Call Me Picasso — Paint your Hydro Jet.
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Predator — Win 100 Online matches.
1.6%Big Fish — Win 50 Online matches.
2.9%By A Nose — Win an Online race event by less than a tenth of a second.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$6.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$3.49lowest since tracking began2026-08-17
US6.99 USD
EU5.69 EUR
UK5.19 GBP
Australia9.95 AUD
Canada7.99 CAD
Japan720 JPY
Brazil14.49 BRL
China28.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$2.8 China Japan Canada EU UK US Australia≈$7.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Jun 13, 2014
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

Jun 13, 2014
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

Apr 07, 2014
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

Apr 07, 2014
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

Mar 31, 2014
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.

GenresAction, Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsRacing · Sports · Action · Indie · Simulation · Local Multiplayer · Split Screen · Arcade · Multiplayer · 4 Player Local · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Official sitehttp://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