Xpand Rally Xtreme
Skip · Multiplayer · 2008
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 42, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 4.6h 35h to 100%
- Value
- $1.08/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 436 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
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About the game
Xpand Rally Xtreme shows the true climate and conditions of rally racing. Dangerous, technical tracks, based on the world's hardest special stages full of moguls,jumps,grooves and tight hairpins. By winning races amass funds for faster cars and repairs.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, Graphics card with 128MB, DX 9.0 compatible (GeForce FX 5700 or ATI Radeon 9600), 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
103 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 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 26 percent on value. It is cheaper than 64 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, MX Bikes ($34.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship ($19.99, scores 39).
More about Xpand Rally Xtreme
None of the 287 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 195 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 52 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 4.6 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 35, 7.6 times as much.
What players say
Old-school rally game, somewhat better than the first, but that's mostly visual. Play only if bored with Dirt Rally 2 or newer, and need something simple. If you don't, just skip it, it not worth much time as it has no controller support, and the keyboard is not precise enough.
2 more reviews
I picked up this game and its predecessor (xpand rally) when they both went on sale for 54 cents. and originally I preferred the the first one compared to xpand rally xtreme. But as I played xpand rally xtreme I realized I preferred this one compared to xpand rally. Both games have somewhat good damage models, of course you're not gonna soft body physics with either title but cars to deteriorate where they get hit...
I remember trying this back in the days and thinking its hardcore and unforgiving... And now I've just blasted through the career mode without breaking a sweat XD I guess I can pat myself on the back for making such progress as a gamer ;p Imo, it still looks good, and it's just very easy on the eyes with its colorful but not oversaturated color palette, sharp and detailed car models, long drawing distance, different...
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Cite this score
Xpand Rally Xtreme scores 42/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3050/xpand-rally-xtremeReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.