Grand Prix Story
Worth it · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $8.99.
- Length
- 11h 21.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.82/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 240 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
Enjoy racing at your own pace in this racing team management simulator.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 246 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 23 times in the 4 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 30 percent, about 9 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 better reviewed than 91 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Game Dev Story ($8.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Barro 2020 ($4.99, scores 42).
More about Grand Prix Story
Of the 210 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2022 to August 2026.
At 11 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
91% start to 18% 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
Developed and published by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, Grand Prix Story delivers a satisfying blend of racing excitement and business management, placing players in charge of building a motorsport team from the ground up. Instead of focusing on high-speed driving, the game emphasizes the countless decisions that happen behind the scenes, from hiring talented drivers and engineers to securing sponsors and developing...
2 more reviews
This is an excellent 'casual management sim' and the best one that I've played from Kairosoft (so far). There seem to be a few Kairosoft games where you spend a lot of time just sitting around waiting for things to happen... but that's not an issue here. This is a well-paced game where you almost always have something to do while waiting for races to start, and where upgrades are unlocked at a perfect pace where...
It's an older Kairosoft joint, sir, but it checks out. If you're not familiar, they do a line in cosy old-skool JRPG-infused games in various styles, This one's a motor-racing team management sim with, er, JRPG-styled elements. You know, use various XP and skills points to improve your team, driver and facilities to earn more XP and skills. If that sounds pretty simplistic well, it kinda is but it's also wonderfully...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Grand Prix Story scores 72/100 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/1978100/grand-prix-storyReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length 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.