Riptide GP: Renegade
Fair · Other · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7.5h 12.7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.33/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 436 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.70 or less.
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
Experience a future of illicit hydrojet racing, where armored riders kick out death-defying stunts over massive waterfalls, dodge cops, and boost across surging waves. Unlock new vehicles, characters, and customization features as you take down bosses and build your crew in Career mode.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 512MB VRAM, 399 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
68 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 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 5 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 93 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Distance ($24.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection ($19.99, scores 54).
More about Riptide GP: Renegade
This site sampled 208 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
At 7.5 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
66% 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
certainly one of my favorite games ever created. its effortlessly light yet console quality, gameplay & optimization are top notch. theres absolutely nothing like it, nobody else has made a water jetski racing game of any good or similar caliber whatsoever. what i wouldnt give for riptide gp 4 but its a dead title and now the studio only cares about beach buggy racing.
2 more reviews
I love this game... yeah, I love this game. XD I've played through this so many times I have pretty much every cutscene/dialogue memorized lol. If you love racing games (which I'm a sucker for haha) then this is for you! Got 10 bucks to spare? Get this game!!
A really fun game, the only downside is that the goals for the freestyle missions (where you have to do stunts) are so high that even on easy difficulty they're really hard. But the races are fantastic, the vehicles and upgrade system is great, I love the look and atmosphere of the maps and there is more than enough content. Easy thumbs up overall.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Riptide GP: Renegade scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/443860/riptide-gp-renegadeReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.