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WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship

WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship

WRC is the leading off-road simulation franchise. It returns with even more realistic gameplay and more content than ever: 3 new rallies, 35 new special stages, creation of your own custom championships and completely redesigned engine sounds.

Released Sep 16, 2021 Developer KT Racing Publisher Nacon Platforms Windows RacingDrivingSportsAutomobile SimPhysics
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

77.2%positive1,870 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Cloud save sync location is incorrect. The actual save file path is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\WRC9\SAVEDATA Could save path is Steam\userdata\[SteamID]\1267540\remote Steam will say it's up to date but nothing is really updated, I had to manually copy file to my other…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Good game, but definitely not for the faint of heart. Game runs well, but the gameplay is definitely difficult. Be prepared to spend hours to be barely able to play the game. Still pretty solid 8/10 game though”

— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played
Not recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Hardly playable with KB+M. It takes a little while to get used to the controls. After that, you’ll quickly realise that the controls are complete dogwater: all cars are Scandinavian Flick machines, and they drift more than my grandmother on a roundabout on a rainy day with slick…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:29 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

531playing at last check
50124-hour peak
2,686all-time peak
0 500 1k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 760 avg · Mar 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 2026-07-25.

43achievements
4.0%median completion
0.5%rarest: Race Master
68.2% of players 49.0% of players 33.6% of players 19.6% of players 16.1% of players 15.1% of players 12.7% of players 11.3% of players 11.0% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 7.0% of players 6.9% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 2.8% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 68.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.2%Newcomer — Start a new career in WRC 9
49.0%Stuntman — Perform a jump longer than 30m
33.6%Public threat — Total a car in any mode
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Race Master — Win a Stage with the difficulty set to 150%
0.7%Force of nature — Win 3 Stages with dynamic weather in Quick Play mode
0.9%Hero — Reach the podium in all rallies in Career mode

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.

$2.99−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99base price
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-21
US2.99 USD−90%
EU2.99 EUR−90%
UK2.49 GBP−90%
Australia4.29 AUD−90%
Canada3.39 CAD−90%
Japan309 JPY−90%
Brazil6.99 BRL−90%
China9.00 CNY−90%

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

China≈$1.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$3.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Sep 16, 2021
WRC 9 - Now Available!

Hey WRC drivers! We're delighted to announce that WRC 9, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship, is now available on Steam. Not only this version includes the base game with the 2

Aug 17, 2021
Rewatch the esports WRC 2020 World Finals on WRC 9!

The esports WRC 2020 World Finals, which had previously been delayed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, took place in Ypres, Belgium, on Saturday night, shortly after the second day of Renties Ypre

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRacing, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsRacing · Driving · Sports · Automobile Sim · Physics · Management · PvP · Time Management · e-sports · Competitive · First-Person · 3D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements43
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.wrcthegame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-4350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650, 1 Go | AMD Radeon HD 7770, 1 Go DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 30 GB available space