Racer 8

Racer 8

Skip · Short indie · 2014

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 0 of 8 sales

It scores 0, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Cost per hour▼
$3.56/hr
Reviews▼
45% of 1,312
Genre rank
Top 100% Short indie

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
1.4h

Price and sales

Sales
57 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$0.49 February 2015
Sale every
46d last June 2022
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.45 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
32% of its genre
Better reviewed
1% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 57 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 226 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. Marble It Up! Ultra ($29.99, scores 71) outscores it, and so does Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break ($4.49, scores 37). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 1585 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Cost per hour$3.56/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 46% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 14 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 3.2hMar 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Racer 8 is the ultimate Rally inspired puzzle game that will have players revving their engines or leave them running on fumes!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Racer 8 scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/292380/racer-8
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

Developer30.06 Studios Ltd
PublisherKPL
GenreShort indie
Released2014
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate