Phantom Spark
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 5h 7.2h to 100%
- Value
- $4.00/hr
- Reviews
- 97% of 239 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
The best feeling racing game out there. Precision time-trial racing against npc champions in the campaign or other players on the leaderboards.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Nvidia 970 / AMD R9 390X, 9 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 21 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Redout 2 ($5.99, scores 56) and Redout: Enhanced Edition ($3.99, scores 64).
More about Phantom Spark
Critics scored it 82. Players sit 15 points higher at 97 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 204 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2024 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 5 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
74% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
If you enjoy grinding through TrackMania solo campaigns, this is definitely the right game for you. You are given a number of increasingly complex courses and can, with very basic mechanics, just through optimization of lines and momentum, improve on your times for medals. It feels very satisfying to play with a great sense of control and speed, and the environments are very unique, pretty and atmospheric, even if...
2 more reviews
F-Zero X Trackmania Phantom Spark is a fun singleplayer game, held back slightly by its lack of customization. The gameplay is fun, the tracks are compact and genuinely fun to hunt. I just wish there were more of them or perhaps even a track editor. The game could, however, benefit a lot from some quality of life changes: [*]You spend a lot of time watching unskippable animations (like when unlocking new tracks or...
If EA's F1 series provides a simulation of being an F1 driver, this game provides the FEEL of being an F1 driver. You're not worried about brake bias or tire wear, you are focused on hitting the perfect racing line and maximizing your speed at all times. Thrilling.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Phantom Spark scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1924180/phantom-sparkReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.