Pacer
Skip · Multiplayer · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Length
- 8.5h
- Value
- $4.70/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 803 positive
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Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1719 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
PACER is high-octane anti-gravity racing at its most destructive. Customise your craft and weapons then engage in the campaign, a single-player race or compete against your rivals in explosive online multiplayer for the ultimate combat racing experience.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia Geforce 740 / R7 260, 17 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 10 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 25 percent, about 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 246 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 47 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, GRIP: Combat Racing ($29.99, scores 54) beats it on value, while it beats Disney Speedstorm (free, scores 16).
More about Pacer
Of the 270 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 202 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 35 percent of everything written about it.
At 8.5 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
48% start to 1% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Great game. If you like AG racers like Wipeout, Redout, and BNG, then you will love this.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Another Wipeout xl clone. On sale price it gets the job done and I give you my consent to get it... if you like Wipeout clones that is. A lot of content if you enjoy the gameplay loop of the genre.
Intro This game was a many year journey to witness, it ultimately has left 0 mark on the niche it set its sights on revolutionising, and the management behind it continually and repeatedly torpedoed their own project with marketing buzzwords and huge promises. The final product is a palatable racer that is quickly forgotten amongst its peers. Formula Fusion I followed Pacer during its development as Formula Fusion ...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Pacer scores 29/100 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/389670/pacerReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.