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Inertial Drift

An arcade racer that tears up the rule book with innovative twin-stick controls, completely re-imagined driving mechanics and a huge roster of fiercely individual cars and tracks.

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Steam User 6034STEAMNot recommended

Nah ♥♥♥♥ this. Way too hard for an arcade racer. I mean yeah, challenge is good, but it's not necassary to play a track 100 hours to finish it successfully.

Mar 28, 2026·2h·Verified

Steam User 5152STEAMRecommended

Interesting driving mechanic and cool visuals

Mar 27, 2026·13h·Verified

Steam User 4812STEAMRecommended

i've seen enough, how to unlock the Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE 86 ?

Mar 25, 2026·1h·Verified

Steam User 5024STEAMRecommended

Very simple yet rewarding and fun gameplay! I hope more games will take this approach to driving because it's great!

The "Story mode" is incredibly short (about 1h30), quite easy and the dialogues and characters are sadly forgettable. Imo there is a lack of content for the demanded price. However if you get it like me for a few bucks then yeah it's worth it. It's a great 2h of fun. Potentially more if you're really into it and want to explore more of the content.

Also I think this could be a great local multiplayer game, I'll have to try that out.

Mar 24, 2026·1h

Steam User 5745STEAMRecommended

Really interesting mechanic, nice aesthetic visuals, a LOT of inspiration from InitialD. love it.

it's a shame im bad at it

Mar 23, 2026·2h

Steam User 4003STEAMRecommended

美术优秀，音乐带感，操作简单，适合放空大脑，纯粹的漂移，纯粹的赛车

Mar 22, 2026·1h·Verified

Steam User 0139STEAMRecommended

两个操作杆分别操纵车的设定非常有意思，一开始选择了最难操作的车，打到第三关过不去了，需要一直减速和刹车，换了最简单的车以后发现超级过瘾，从难度游戏变成爽游了，两种车给了两种不同的操作体验，甚至有不同的操作技巧，给我很大新鲜感。

Mar 21, 2026·6h

Steam User 4029STEAMRecommended

Pros:
-Pretty artstyle
-Well designed tracks
-The different race types at each track are fun

Cons:
-There are only 2-3 cars that are fun to drive because the rest have the most unintuitive tank controls
-Animated 2d art (cheap looking) + the characters are ugly on top of that
-Theres no restart button + some menus blow
-Some achievements may be bugged, I've done the things required to get some and they aren't registering on steam
-Music gets boring quick, better toss some eurobeat on

If you pick one of the cars that actually feels like its got wheels under it and not tank treads you can have a good time zippin' down the mountain. (Coda Gecko, Venom Ventus, and maybe the boba are my reccomends)

Mar 21, 2026·6h·1·Verified

Steam User 0470STEAMNot recommended

+ Visuals
+ Unique controls
+ Good looking tracks

-/+ Music is not the best

-/+ Steering is basically moved from the left stick to the right stick of the controller. You'll still need them both, but it is ironic how the dual stick gameplay really doesn't change the mold.

- Character art looks awful. Like a teenager drew it. It is extremely jarring the how amazing the world looks.
- Basically everything is a time trial. 1/20 of the challenges are Style trials. Races and Duals are nearly identical, and since there is no collision, they are basically just time trials. There is also a Ghost Race, which is literally nothing different from a Time Trial, except here it shows you a ghost
- Difficulties are extremely wild. Baby Mode, Easy and Normal are just boringly easy. Hard has some [b]impossible[/b] levels. I've no idea how this got past testing. Very Hard starts early with some extremely strict times, like the last stage of Hard. Btw, if a Time Trial is 5 minutes long, it would be nice to get some checkpoints so you can estimate how you are doing during a run. Anyways, players will find themselves doing the same challenges over-and-over again to hopefully shave of 3 seconds of a 5 minute race...
- The difference between de difficulties are the cars. The problem here is that these cars don't seem to abide the same laws in the game. One car makes you drift easily when accelerating, whereas another makes you spin out immediately when attempting the same thing. Got used to the car from Hard? Well, FU, the car of Very Hard just acts completely different! I noticed I had to feather the right trigger on the controller by literally a millimeter or less, because too little, and the car wont turn, or too much and the car spins out. And even THEN I was still 0,5 seconds too slow! I'm not grinding the same track again only because the controls of the car are so wildly different from before! That is tedious.
- The Style Trials are a joke. I've beaten each one on my first try, including making mistakes, and still got a Platinum trophy. The challenge prior to this one was a Time Trial that took me over and hour to earn a Bronze for.

I've not finished Baby Mode because 1) it is extremely boring and 2) after playing Hard and Very Hard simply weird. The difference in difficulty is so extreme, it lacks all nuance, like there is no nuance between the cars. The easiest care makes you drift you with the car facing backwards, like in Ridge Racer on PSP, and still lose NO speed, whereas the harder cars punishes you for drifting as it slows you down so much.

Love the tracks and visuals, super disappointed with the gameplay.

Mar 18, 2026·7h

Steam User 7147STEAMRecommended

One of best and unique racing game that I've played of recent years. Looks great and its fun to play.

Mar 17, 2026·31h·Verified

Steam User 9480STEAMNot recommended

Incredibly awful in making you feel good about winning.
Nothing in this game gives a satisfying driving experience.
Even when getting a gold or platinum rating on a map there is no feeling of satisfaction to it since the driving is comparable to an oil tanker crossing a channel, making you relieved it’s over rather than happy you made it.

The engines all sound very muted with no noticeable shift in tone or rhythm in the rev range.
With the game paused it sounds like the recording of a vacuum cleaner.
There are not enough visual cues for a real sense of speed which results in even 200+ km/h feeling slower than going 35 in a school zone.
The game would benefit from some actual scenery jutting into the tracks, dust and sand being blown around, imperfections in the road or even some better visual filters and camera shifts to make the speed more noticeable.

The dialog is fine during the cut scenes but absolutely inappropriately placed during the races. Not only do you not have time to read it, as most tracks are very condensed requiring constant input, it is also outside the visual focus so you can’t read it while looking at the road/car.

This game was basically only made for the unique drifting mechanics and those are interesting from a novelty and exploration viewpoint.
All other aspects of driving are either badly made or not included.
It’s quite a shame that the devs failed to build a driving game around it because the drifting is simply not enough to stand on its own.

Mar 14, 2026·4h·Verified

Steam User 7692STEAMRecommended

這不是一款普通的賽車遊戲，操作模式非常的特別，每台車都不是純粹無腦加速或減速就能過彎的車

Mar 11, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 3071STEAMRecommended

fun stuffs

Mar 11, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 1389STEAMRecommended

Deja Vu el juego! Lindo estilo de arte, cada auto se maneja diferente y se siente la facilidad o dificultad al manejarlos. Bajas la música y pones playlist de Initial D y disfrutas. Buen juego de carreras en base al drift. Recomendado!

Mar 9, 2026·11h·Verified

Steam User 8639STEAMRecommended

★★★★★★★ (7)

Mar 6, 2026·5h

Steam User 7710STEAMRecommended

Я этого Лукаса на его Gecho RX рот топтал, почему этого обмудка не загнобили и не отпинали ногами в местной движухе за его излишнюю хитрожопость. В кампании он еще терпим и при должной практики легко проходится. Но в гранд-при он в край а**ел. На рандом может свернуть в свои сугробы и отправить тебя на еще 1 трай и не дай бог ты 3 раза обосрешься, придётся в 1 ивенте 5 минут тошнить самую долгую трасу в игре...
Сама игра может претендовать на звание "дарк соулса от мира аркадных гонок", заставляет тебя попотеть: изучать трассы и подстраиваться под стиль твоего бешеного тостера на колесах, каждый из которых обладает своим собственным характером. Если вам захотелось разнообразить свои виртуальные покатушки чем-то сложным и "экзотическим", то вам следует попробовать данный продукт.

Mar 4, 2026·22h·Verified

Steam User 7728STEAMRecommended

cool and fun game

Mar 1, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 6580STEAMRecommended

buenardo, luego del modo historia los desafíos y eventos especiales con autos raros se pone asquerosamente difícil y me encanta.

Feb 26, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 6766STEAMNot recommended

Nope, nope, nope. My brain absolutly refuses to click with the drift stick system, even after doing the two easy campaigns. It just feels bad, I don't undestand it at all.

Feb 24, 2026·2h·Verified

Steam User 3001STEAMNot recommended

It is impressive how awful this game is.
Awful gimmicky controls.
Awful characters that won't stfu.

Feb 22, 2026·2

Steam User 0724STEAMRecommended

It is a really great arcade racer, and the twin-stick controls are really satisfying. The story is abysmal and need more music tracks, though.

Feb 21, 2026·4h·2

Steam User 8857STEAMNot recommended

4/10

Feb 21, 2026·Verified

Steam User 9627STEAMNot recommended

- Controls are lacking (both sticks don't have enough sensitivity)
- Tracks are lacking (besides odd sharp turns one after another that don't complement the controls at all, there aren't any other stuff to keep your attention sharp, like random cars, trucks and interactable building in NFS)
- Story is dry
- You can't swap your car at all in story mode (why can I win rivals' cars after I beat them, but I can only used them outside of the story mode)
- Rival and ghost's AI don't have room for error at all (they don't falter, they don't take wrong moves and they are also faster than you even if you try to match their best)
- Lack of collision targets sucks
- Lack of variety in the types of races
- Dead multiplayer

I was excited for this game when I got it, too bad the gameplay didn't live up to the graphics.

Feb 16, 2026·1h·1

Steam User 7074STEAMNot recommended

Откуда тут 84% положительных отзывов - одному Габену известно.
Максимально унылое, скучное и посредственное поделие с невероятно скучными школьниками в сюжете, где один из персонажей смахивает на 35 летнего подростка с манией величия и завышением своих способностей - уже видно, куда разраб целился. Хотя тыкнув на разраба и осмотрев продукты под его именованием можно заметить, что анимешные игры и персонажи в них выглядят в разы лучше того, что находится в этой игре. Анимации этих самых школьников выглядят похуже тех, что может сейчас уже или годами ранее склепать нейронка за пару минут - вот настолько всё плохо. Скучные диалоги, скучный геймплей, благо за час с лишним можно пройти кампанию и забить на эту "ИГРУ" и вернуть деньги.
Из хорошего разве что можно отметить более-менее приятную музыку и графику, весьма приятный подход применять киберпанковый стиль с розово-синими фильтрами, это подошло по душе.

Взять только под 90% скидкой и то ради прикола, не более. Что-то серьезное из себя данная поделка представить не может.

Feb 9, 2026·2h·3·Verified

Steam User 2188STEAMNot recommended

I didn't think it was possible to meke a woke DEI racing game, but here it is.

Pretty awful characters and story full of woke nonsense.

The game, however, is visually stunning. Fantastic art style and very charming. Great music too.

But the gameplay is just bad. The gimmick of an analog stick for drift was just a dumb nad idea. They should have made a normal arcade racing game instead... pair this with the fact you have no collision against the opponentes means you're always only racing against the track and it ruins all the fun.

Just great art wasted in bad ideas.

Feb 9, 2026·2h·3·Verified

Steam User 8040STEAMRecommended

Feb 8, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 7511STEAMRecommended

honestly just an amazing racing game ive played for years. I really do recommend it. Its a hidden gem considering nobody plays it anymore. I love the overall design and smooth racing in this game, Its very calm and pretty and feels buttery to play

Feb 7, 2026·73h·1·Verified

Steam User 0183STEAMRecommended

Absolutely would recommend this and the dlc it's a pretty game and handles well.

Feb 7, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 2830STEAMRecommended

手感和画风都很不错的赛车游戏，和其他游戏不同的是这里面每一款车的开法都不一样，总是联想到小时候玩拳皇，有设计感的游戏就应该是这样

Feb 6, 2026·30h·1·Verified

Steam User 5710STEAMRecommended

Fantastic game, story is pretty good. Not great by any means, but it facilitates the gameplay well enough and at times provides that little extra push to finish. Each character reflects there car quite well, with the twin stick drifting controls really exposing everyone's driving style and abilities. When you get a new car you really have to put a little bit of time behind the wheel before you fully comprehend how you should be tackling each corner.

The games visuals are great. A very clean style and futuristic aesthetic blends all the cars you know and love into something new. Along side an awesome soundtrack that meshes the fast paced and tight controls into a perfect adrenaline pumping storm.

There's a large array of maps and gamemodes that really make this game a full experience, especially with the inclusion of split-screen racing (although I've rarely had the chance to play it myself). This isn't the traditonal racing game, there is no real car customization, all you really have is your car, the road and your ambition.

This game is for people who want a challange, the game really does get difficult once you've finished the storymode. It's all about mastering the car and the course with it, at times it might not seem fair but you will find a way. For those who want to keep improving that time, or like me wanted to 100% it, I promise you will not be disappointed.

Please give the game a go.

Feb 6, 2026·32h·Verified

Steam User 4189STEAMRecommended

Super fun arcade racing game. The joystick mechanic is very satisfying.

Feb 3, 2026·31h·Verified

Steam User 8041STEAMRecommended

有山脊赛车的神韵
双摇杆操控初次上手有点反逻辑但是熟悉之后相当丝滑，就是初入门的难度曲线稍微有点陡峭了

Feb 3, 2026·3h

Steam User 4722STEAMNot recommended

Can't control the car for the life of me

Feb 2, 2026·1h·Verified

Steam User 4125STEAMRecommended

Can be hard, but also super fun, ton of content (Im not nearly finished while writing this), every car drives differently, various tracks, story mode is great for showing you the ropes of every vehicle, hard not to recommend.

Feb 2, 2026·13h·Verified

Steam User 0895STEAMRecommended

It's good, you HAVE to play it with a controller, using the keyboard is a nightmare so don't even bother. Definitely worth the sale price.

Jan 31, 2026·1h

Steam User 8085STEAMNot recommended

Nice game, but way too hard & all the various cars drive WAY too differently and are HARD to master. Not recommended if you are a completionist.

Jan 29, 2026·26h·2

Steam User 6924STEAMRecommended

Its really good

Jan 20, 2026·2h·1

Steam User 4295STEAMRecommended

Whatever Dallara[TM](R)(C) Black Magic is inside these cars that allows me to slide the whip like the Project Wingman AoA Limiter makes my monkey brain feel like monkey REAL. God bless the Roton 7D Super.

For people unaware or just about to buy this game: A lot of the Class B and Class A cars (Hard and Expert Campaigns for the main story mode) require specific techniques to get them to slide rather than just being a "push stick to drift"; they're not as easy as the Class C cars to learn, but they are considerably more addicting because of how much you feel like you improve when you drive them, especially in time trials. Don't expect much actual racing, however: everything in this game feels like a time trial or time attack excluding Style events, which, like in most racing games, are usually absolute cakewalks if your brain actually functions enough to realize that hitting the walls in a racing game is a bad idea.

Jan 19, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 1657STEAMRecommended

cuando te acostumbras a los contoles Initial D 3.8.0 GG

Jan 18, 2026·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 7348STEAMRecommended

juego cortito sobre hacer drift y carreras. Esta guay :)

Jan 17, 2026·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 4730STEAMRecommended

Best arcade racing game, love when developers actually put local multiplayer. Absurdly beautiful stylized visuals and awesome eurobeat stylized sountrack as well, I almost felt like I was Takumi lol.

Jan 17, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 7631STEAMNot recommended

It's meh. Only get it when its massively discounted.

The controls are unique and fun, the cars look cool and futuristic, and trying to get a better time on the stages is the bulk of the experience. Besides that the cast are all cringe DEI checklist type characters and the story is cringe, which takes away from the experience (via having to skip all of it rather than get right into the racing).

You can only have about several or so hours of playtime before it gets stale since all the later cars handle like ♥♥♥♥ to add some semblance of difficulty/variety. I feel guilty not recommending because Turbo worked on the OSTs but you can just listen to his stuff online while playing better arcade racers.

Jan 17, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 7852STEAMRecommended

Sittin Sideways, Boyz in a Daze

Jan 16, 2026·5h

Steam User 7679STEAMNot recommended

I just don't like the way this game felt; it made me wish I was drifting in basically any other game. It honestly doesn't really FEEL fast or fun. Also designing a game around drifting but then making pretty much every event type racing is such an odd choice, time trial (racing), ghost racing, and racing (racing obviously) are all just the same thing. Its very odd to not see some sort of score based game type; maybe I just didn't reach one and it is there if so that's cool but the game at its core still feels just "okay". The aesthetic of the game is pretty decent, none of the characters seemed cool in any way shape or form however (Not that it matters much in a racer but they definitely came off as nerdy and somewhat cringy more than even remotely cool.) There didn't seem to be any actual car customization from what I saw which is pretty disappointing. The drifting mechanic of using the second stick to drift is somewhat interesting but I didn't feel like it was fun really; the lack of any real weight as a result of it takes the interesting part of drifting out of the equation almost entirely for me. I wasn't really expecting racing sim levels of weight but trivializing drifting to the point of flicking a stick and deciding to hold the gas or not is an odd way to minimize the skill that is supposed to make up the core gameplay focus and strip any sense of skill progression drifting tends to have in most other racers.

The game isn't bad its just incredibly mediocre overall which is for most honest people a crime worse than being bad; if you're interested pick it up on a steep sale but I can't imagine paying $20 for this in all honesty.

Jan 16, 2026·3

Steam User 1121STEAMNot recommended

Its plays fine on steamdeck

Its an ok game for a cartoonish drift game its not great definitely depends on what your into

The detail is good

Drives and drift ya

The control of the cars aren't great

Its not what I expected from watching the ads

I dont really recommend this game either im sorry guys

Jan 15, 2026

Steam User 4728STEAMRecommended

i like drifting at high speed :)

Jan 15, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 4933STEAMRecommended

Surprisingly good. (sorry devs) I got it on sale for dirt cheap and I gotta say, I love it. Lotta depth, plenty of modes. I like the anime-esk style of the game. Would be cool if the characters had voices but honestly the vibe is just... drive. With a skyline as my pfp, trust me, it is worth full price too. I highly recommend this underrated racing/story game. (No customizing your cars/character from what I've seen, but the gameplay is super enjoyable. Devs, keep at it)

Jan 11, 2026·2h·Verified

Steam User 8317STEAMNot recommended

An ok game. Cool graphics, novelty controls (you steet with two sticks) but it feels slow. Theres a lot of dialogs and a little racing.
Although i played it for 19 minutes, i didnt like it. Take my opinion with a grain of salt. 19 minutes might not be enough to taste a game but for me it was.

Maybe I would play it later. But not anytime soon. I still have to Play cyberpunk 2077.. and im like 1 hour per year...

Jan 10, 2026·Verified

Steam User 2339STEAMRecommended

Very fun game to sit and enjoy the challenge for a couple of hours. Controls feel very responsive like you are truly in the driver seat

Jan 9, 2026·2h·Verified

Steam User 4666STEAMRecommended

Great game to get on sales. I like the controls for controller because it makes the game feel unique. The game having steam remote play together makes it a fun game to play with friends.

Jan 6, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 9301STEAMRecommended

Short but Repeatable game. Tons of Fun give it a look on sale!

Jan 5, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 1594STEAMRecommended

why no eurobeat

Edit: OMG the DLC has it. AND IT'S FROM TURBO!

Dec 29, 2025·33h·1·Verified

Steam User 2226STEAMRecommended

Dec 29, 2025·5h·Verified

Steam User 5608STEAMRecommended

A true arcade racer. I'm regretting not trying it earlier.
A first draft after 4 hours.

Presentation is probably mid, story is a bit cringe, as usual for such games, but at least it's not as bad as any of the GRID games or NFS.
Sound design could use some work, lately it seems to be taboo to have screaming engines, this being the nth game that does somewhat electro racing sounds. Not a fan.
OST is good, with a hint of Ridge Racer Type-4.

What I am a fan of though is: proper track design as if we were in the arcades in the 90ties when Sega & Namco outdid each other with every iteration.
No boost! Finally a game that trusts me to do well without ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cheats as well as a good sense of speed. Didn't have that since Ridge Racer V. That's 25 years ago. Let that sink in.

Quite a lot of cars that represent difficulty. Like the original Ridge Racer.

Story & progression is very much like what Ridge Racer Type 4 did: In RR4 you choose the team for difficulty, in Intertial Drift you choose the driver/car. Finishing a championship on easy unlocks a championship on hard and so on. It's really well made. As said earlier, the story is a bit cringe. So before each race there is a talk between people and afterwards. Can be skipped though.

On skipping: I';m a bit annoyed that I need to choose the race again if I want to retyr instead of instantly having an option for retry when I crossed the finish line.

But overall: a gem. I love it quite a lot despite it's little quirks. The game itself is fun and engaging. The pain it leaves as it didn't sell well enough to warrant a successor. The mechanics of this game genuinely pushed arcade racers forward - something that didn't happen for more than 2 decades of racing games that brought licenses, customization, open worlds and endless content that changed every few weeks. Everything but interesting driving models & good track design. This little gem actually offers those two: interesting driving & great track design. I sincerely thank the developer to push such a product - from what I read it was in conception from 2013 onwards, meaning someone in Ireland constantly worked and refined it until it was ready for production, then got it approved, probably took quite some risk to deliver such a unique game. What a guy, what dedication. I'm very grateful that someone cared enough to bring back a good arcade racer.

Dec 28, 2025·10h·5·Verified

Steam User 6414STEAMRecommended

basically, you take EV cars and slide em

Dec 26, 2025·9h·1·Verified

Steam User 0845STEAMNot recommended

Need for speed адаптированный Нетфликсом. За приятной на первый взгляд графикой (Которая спустя некоторое время уже надоедает и мылит глаза) прячется унылый саундтрек, раздражающие своими фразочками и видом персонажи, но главное - машины. Парадокс, но именно гоночная составляющая в игре про гонки отстаёт. 15 машин, из которых пара-тройка еще хоть как-то управляются, а остальные хочется скинуть в пропасть вместе со всеми персонажами игры. Еще и ачивки душные, заставляющие проезжать по уже надоевшим трассам на богомерзких в своём управлении корытах против соперников-уродцев. Крик души

Dec 25, 2025·41h·Verified

Steam User 7132STEAMRecommended

"Im jerking it right now" - The guy next to me while i was writing this review

Dec 22, 2025·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 8816STEAMNot recommended

DFRTGHJKL.

Dec 21, 2025·1h·Verified

Steam User 2784STEAMRecommended

omg so good 10/10

really solid arcade racing/drifting game
via beautiful night/neon aesthetic

Dec 20, 2025·17h·Verified

Steam User 9719STEAMRecommended

Güldisch

Dec 20, 2025·28h·1

Steam User 3436STEAMNot recommended

игра полное разочарование, от самого начала с вонючим кофе чаем и льдом до самой игры, которая очень легкая до 2 трассы, самое удивительное в этом всем что Absolute Drift гораздо лучше во всем, интересные карты, интересный геймплей, задумка бомба. Тут что? Педики и не понятно как играть ровно со 2 трассы 1 гонка!!

Dec 19, 2025·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 5077STEAMRecommended

este juego tiene muy buena respuesta en los controles

Dec 17, 2025·11h·1·Verified

Steam User 5184STEAMRecommended

All that matters is that this may be the most fun I've had in an arcade racing game in years

Dec 17, 2025·9h

Steam User 8518STEAMRecommended

i think this game falls into a lot of the same pitfalls that other indie racing games have, which is not putting enough effort into the presentation. while i fully admit that these can be difficult for an indie dev to do (cars feeling weighty, good engine sounds, sound design in general and good sense of speed, etc), they really do make a difference and it's why i think a lot of lower-budget indie racing games fail to stick with me. this game in particular is on the weaker side of it, with really obnoxious pat-on-the-back character writing (which the DLC admittedly attempts to remedy), terrible music, and a cliche cyberpunk aesthetic.

that being said, i think this one stands above the rest because it's actually innovative and actually challenging. having to learn the car you're driving and separating the difficulties based on how complex the car is to drive is extremely unique, and i had a lot of fun struggling through learning the mechanics of each individual car. i found my sweet spot with the second-highest difficulty vehicles myself. it gives me hope that the developers can take this really cool idea and eventually expand upon it with a higher-budget sequel that looks and sounds a lot nicer.

if this game came out during the golden age of racing games i probably wouldn't care as much, but the genre is in desperate need of new ideas right now and i appreciate this game for what it offers.

Dec 17, 2025·4h·6·Verified

Steam User 9636STEAMRecommended

Pretty funky

Dec 16, 2025·26h·Verified

Steam User 2574STEAMRecommended

Top Game

Dec 15, 2025·4h

Steam User 1073STEAMNot recommended

It's okay but...
the screen is constantly shaking and thats annoying. (probably the worst part)
Each car controls completly differently. You have to use the joystick to dift you cant even turn normally.
some of the "vs races" the npc car is just way faster.
The concept is nice but the execution is bad.

Dec 15, 2025·4h·1

Steam User 2502STEAMRecommended

Quirky but fun arcade racer. One of those you need to get used to each car

Dec 12, 2025·4h·Verified

Steam User 8218STEAMRecommended

O jogo de corrida mais diferente que já joguei. A mecânica de drift é MUITO divertida. O feeling passado quando você faz uma curva, junto aos efeitos neon e o som do jogo (já fica aqui +2 elogios : gráficos estilizados lindos demais e música/som dos carros totalmente absurdos) é muito incrível. A mecânica de usar os 2 analógicos pra controlar o carro é meio complexa no início, mas com a prática você começa até a fazer umas plays, principalmente quando pega o traçado da pista e daí pra frente é só dopamina infinita kkkkk
Não vou dizer que é um jogo perfeito, fica devendo muito na campanha e no design dos personagens, mas falando de JOGO DE CORRIDA, é um jogo incrível e eu recomendo demais !!!

Fica em promoção direto.

Um jogo 9/10, bons gráficos, boa trilha sonora e jogabilidade única... JOGO FODAAAA!

Dec 11, 2025·2h·Verified

Steam User 1767STEAMRecommended

10/10 controls, feeling, and aesthetic (besides the characters....) in a 5/10 game
grab on sale if you like car go vroom and hate brand loyalty

Dec 10, 2025·30h·2·Verified

Steam User 9996STEAMRecommended

Gameplay-
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Nothing special
☐ Okay
☐ Bad

Graphics-
☐ Masterpiece
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Will do
☐ Bad
☐ Awful

Audio
☐ Amazing
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad

Audience
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☐ Adults
☑ Everyone

Story-
☐ Lovely
☐ Good
☐ Average
☑ Not great
☐ None

Difficult-
☐ Just press a bunch of buttons
☐ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Not so easy
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

Grind-
☐ Nothing
☑ Only if you care about leader boards or ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ A bit grindy sometimes
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ Insanity

Game Time-
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ Depends on you
☐ Endless

Price
☐ Just buy it
☐ Worth the price
☑ Wait for sale
☐ Maybe if you have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended

Dec 1, 2025·3h·8

Steam User 4943STEAMRecommended

very fast paced in some cars, very smooth if you get good. Fun arcade drift game.

Nov 24, 2025·35h·Verified

Steam User 6680STEAMRecommended

The character art is atrocious, the writing is boring and a slog, the music is grating.
The driving is pretty fun. Put on your own playlist, skip the story and have fun driving.

Nov 24, 2025·1h·9·Verified

Steam User 2838STEAMRecommended

好

Nov 22, 2025·13h

Steam User 5967STEAMRecommended

Arcade drifter with neon athstetics and strong variety of feel between 12 or so available cars.

Story sucks, gameplay is top-tier and addicting

Nov 21, 2025·31h·Verified

Steam User 0608STEAMRecommended

Feels very awkward but is incredible to master after the initial acclimation of how to deal with each car and track

Nov 20, 2025·330h

Steam User 9386STEAMRecommended

Inertial Drift is a racing game, where you drift with all kinds of cars on colorful and (on some) challenging tracks.

One of the highlights of the game is the graphics, as it's colorful and vibrant. It doesn't try to have realistic graphics, but it aims for its own animated style. It's also really cool to see the anime like intro cutscenes, even though there are not many of them in the game.
Another thing which really surprised me is the story mode, because you can play with 4 different characters and all of their routes are different from each other. The story mode has 5 chapters, each chapter has 3 races to do and every chapter focuses on one track, which might sound short, but each track in the line gets more complex and the races get more difficult too. Sure, the story of the game is nothing too deep, but it's pretty good to get familiar with the universe of the game and to get used to the game at all.

Now, one of the make or break elements of Inertial Drift is the controls. Basically you can steer your car very slightly, but you need to "additionally" steer for drifting, which effectively makes you corner, as the base steering is very low. Also, you need to play with the steering inputs, gas/brake inputs in order to get through some corners, and additionally all of the cars in the game have a different driving style, which can twist up this driving scheme. Not gonna lie, I was not a fan of the understeer for every car when I base steering them and I really hated this driving scheme at first. It's challenging, but after some time it can be satisfying when you start winning with this, but I really can't blame those who give negative reviews because of the controls of the game, this is something which is up to the player if they can like it or not.

Gameplay wise Inertial Drift seems to have many game modes and menus to do some racing, but sadly in reality these game modes are barely different from each other. Another thing which surprised me about the game, is that there is no contact model for the other drivers in the races, meaning you can basically drive through them, like if they are ghosts. Because of this many of the race types are quite similar and even though these are good for getting used to the game and for the track, because you can learn from their lines, but later the races gets repetitive and all about getting a faster time then the ghost, which is something I'm not a big fan of.
The additional menus for races do offer some more events to do which can unlock some cars, and there is the GP mode for doing 5 events for every car of the game, but that's about it. There is the arcade mode for posting up times to the leaderboard which you can do I guess, but for the multiplayer I was not able to find any race when I played the game.

Sadly these are not the only things where Inertial Drift lacks, because the base soundtrack is not good for a racing game. They are decent scores, but definitely not fit for the speed or for the driving in the races, they are just not interesting. Then, there is the character interactions mid race, which is a cool addition, but the problem is that there is no voice acting in the game, you can only read their lines which is not that advisable when you are driving as well.

I also want to briefly talk about the Twilight Rivals DLC, which adds 4 cars, 4 tracks and additional story mode.
The story mode is decent and short, although it was weird for me at first, because you have to beat 4 members of a rival team in 5 races, but you are doing those races with different characters from the main story and with their cars. It's cool because you can try out different cars, but you have to get used to them. However, the highlight of the DLC is the additional eurobeat soundtrack which is pretty good and you can opt for your game to be played in any of the races. This should have been the original soundtrack of the game, but better late than never.

Inertial Drift is a pretty decent racing game if you can get used to the drifting and accept the race types, however if I want to be honest I feel like this game wasted the potential to be something much better, as it relies on the easier gameplay implementations. Still, it's a decent game and I can recommend giving it a try, but make sure to try the game out first and if you like it, buy it for 6€ or less. Also, try to get the DLC at least for 4€ or less.

Nov 16, 2025·9h·3

Steam User 0965STEAMRecommended

便宜，好玩，好看

Nov 16, 2025·2h

Steam User 5706STEAMRecommended

fun racing game and unique twin stick drifting mechanics. each car has different drifting mechanics, some are harder than others. i think most negative reviews are a skill issue. the achievements are good, too

Nov 16, 2025·11h·Verified

Steam User 7103STEAMNot recommended

我是小刀拉屁股--开了眼了，第一次见点退出按钮不能退出的（大概率），这显而易见的bug不修复？本来翻译方面就想差评的，翻译比机翻强，比人翻差，能看。成就也需要翻译。

游戏质量是可以的，几元入库还是推荐的。

202309，steam，steam掉卡抵扣，它处自定义包入的本体约9元。爱人如己，目前就这，看以后追评。

Nov 16, 2025·1h

Steam User 1890STEAMRecommended

Insanely quickly repetitive, it's just (very blurry) racing and visual novel narration. Not for me. Cool OST tho.

Nov 15, 2025

Steam User 3049STEAMRecommended

A hidden gem! If you’re into classic arcade racers, Inertial Drift is an easy recommendation. The twin-stick drifting system feels fresh, and every car demands its own technique, which keeps the game engaging and varied. Some vehicles take a bit (some a lot!) of practice to master, but the learning curve is genuinely fun and rewarding. I’m honestly baffled by the negative reviews from people who barely played an hour. This game deserves far more credit. Highly recommended.

Nov 14, 2025·19h·Verified

Steam User 8045STEAMRecommended

很怪，但是习惯了还好，但是很怪，而且感觉不简单，呜呜

Nov 14, 2025·10h·Verified

Steam User 2831STEAMNot recommended

The main rule - you can't really turn without actually drifting.
Many cars with their own handling approach. Cool graphics. Dull music.

The thing is that the game is not that exciting since almost always you compete with yourself trying to beat the track record. You drive solo, vs single AI or so called "ghost".
Campaign contains only few drift races, where you try to earn the most points by drifting.
Also there are challenges where, again, you try to be some kind of record.

So probably you want to relax after work by playing a game like me,
IMHO I don't think that the game fits in such paradigm.
Or probably I got used to Need for Speed series. Who knows. Give it a try.

Nov 13, 2025·18h·1·Verified

Steam User 4289STEAMRecommended

Holy crap this is hard at the end.

Nov 12, 2025·4h

Steam User 7646STEAMRecommended

不推荐键鼠游玩这种类型的游戏，拿手柄还是蛮爽的。起初搞不懂这游戏的拐弯漂移怎么搞的老撞墙，于是乎我随便按了手柄上面的其他按钮才发现LT是刹车键，利用摇杆+RT+LT就可以过去，但是依旧撞墙（哭
教程引导不清晰，字幕有时中文变成英文，有偏向动漫的美术画风以及带感的音乐，每个地图都有训练关卡以便熟悉赛道因为没有小地图，故事模式关卡很少，大奖赛才是最难的地方。赛车之间是没有碰撞体积会虚化的，所以不要怕挨住之类的问题，这里除了小黄车其他手感都挺别扭的

Nov 12, 2025·2h·5

Steam User 3181STEAMRecommended

the negative reviewers for this game are just bad lol.

Nov 10, 2025·17h·2·Verified

Steam User 8789STEAMRecommended

Super stylé, super fluide, et franchement unique.
Le système de double-stick pour contrôler la voiture et le drift est déroutant au début, mais une fois que ça clique, c’est un pur plaisir : précis, rapide, et hyper technique.
Les circuits sont variés, les voitures ont chacune leur personnalité, et le style néon anime donne une ambiance incroyable.
Un jeu parfait si tu veux un challenge basé sur la maîtrise, pas sur le hasard.

Un des meilleurs jeux de drift arcade modernes.

Nov 9, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 5587STEAMRecommended

Игра прикольная. Напоминает проклятый дрифт из NFS Carbon. Тем не менее, игра интересная, но маленькая. Пройти можно за 4-5 часов. Игра заставляет попотеть, особенно, если ты перфекционист и хочешь пройти каждый уровень на 3 звёздочки. Графика не плохая, подходит под стиль игры. Игра затягивает на первые два часа. Дальше начинается Дарк Солус, боты как бешенные. На них физика, как будто не работает от слова совсем. Любимый Catch-up никуда не делся с времён NFS Underground🤣
Сюжет не очень, слишком простой. В принципе играть можно, но под конец игра превращается не в симулятор дрифта, а в рутину для хардкорщиков. Не хочу обижать, но игра явно не стоит 710 рублей.
Советую тем, кто любит подрифтить, погонять вечерком и поубивать время под прикольную музычку.

Nov 9, 2025·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 3944STEAMRecommended

I only have 2 hours of experience as I write this review, but writing it this early is just a sign of how great this game is. I've done PURELY story content for Ibba. In 2 hours, I have gone by 4 maps, all with beautiful and unique scenery, with differentiating styles and challenges to overcome. The story acts somewhat like a really long tutorial, but not in a "Press the LT/L2 button to brake!" kind of way. You start with a map that you can full throttle and drift to win, but then you've got to brake on the next, and then you have to find out how to quickly straighten and drift your car by tapping the brakes in the next, and THEN you have to learn how to master each turn, when to go heavy in speed, and when to take it nice and slow.

The unique style of drifting in this game, along with a bunch of interesting ways the mechanics for it work just make learning the game feel special. It's not a standard realistic drift simulation game, that you can be good on one and then good on the next in no time. It's also not a press one button and drift kind of game that any person could pick up and master in a few minutes. It's this special twist on drifting that gives something new to learn and master, which makes it fun for anyone.

If you like drifting, challenges, and overcoming the you of one minute and forty-two seconds ago, then you'll get sucked into this game. Trust me. The modes are generally all the same. I definitely think my favorites so far are races and ghost battles (which are essentially the same thing), where you just try and finish first. They do have other modes, however, which are pretty standard for drifting games. Duels which are points for whoever was in the lead the most by the end (or first to 1000 points), time trials, etc. Just stuff you can normally see in drifting race games.

My point is, this game is beautiful. It has a unique style in almost every way (at least for a drifting game), and it offers something new. Fun to master, very addictive, and super unique. Those are 3 traits this game has that describe it very well, I think.

If you're questioning whether or not to get it, I'd say it's worth it. Even at $20 (actually, especially at $20). There appears to be hours of content you can get from this and beating your previous times.

If I had ANY cons with this game, it's that turning with low handling almost requires you to drift in some way. You can't expect to make good turns without it. Good news is you barely lose speed, and this is pretty easy to master with some practice on a track and learning how to flick your car with your brakes.

Nov 8, 2025·6h·Verified

Steam User 0092STEAMRecommended

牛逼，好久没玩这么爽的赛车游戏了，适合换换脑袋，累了玩几分钟，然后继续工作，增加工作效率，这个赛车是真的爽

Nov 7, 2025·4h·2

Steam User 9520STEAMRecommended

good

Nov 4, 2025·19h

Steam User 6005STEAMNot recommended

Дрифт-гонки в которых главное не геймплей и управление, а сюжет про нетакусиков и ЛГБТ.........Ладно!

Nov 3, 2025·1

Steam User 0996STEAMNot recommended

The mechanics of driving make the game feel like a gamejam demo. The track merely exists, and overall failed to impress. Graphically looks nice, but I was expecting more depth and creativity with gameplay from indie game devs.

Nov 3, 2025·Verified

Steam User 7497STEAMNot recommended

报玩

Nov 3, 2025·2h·Verified

Steam User 0941STEAMNot recommended

drifting is awful, controls are not even arcady... they're trash.....

Nov 2, 2025·Verified

Steam User 6588STEAMRecommended

JUEGAZO!!! 9/10
Lo único que falla un poco es la música, pero se soluciona fácil al silenciarla y poner algo que te guste en youtube de fondo

Nov 1, 2025·7h·Verified

Steam User 0404STEAMNot recommended

Somehow it is not a racing game.

Oct 31, 2025·5h·Verified

Steam User 3020STEAMRecommended

I heard a lot of complaints before buying this game, a lot of people falsely reviewed this game saying that it was too difficult. This is not the case, every game has a learning curve and once you figure out how to play properly it's very entertaining. If you like Initial D this is a must-buy game

Oct 31, 2025·19h·Verified

Steam User 1572STEAMRecommended

Step 1: Go to Turbo (who did the songs for Twilight Rivals) and Vikas Music on YouTube
Step 2: Make a playlist of all their Eurobeat songs that you like
Step 3: Blast it at maximum volume while playing this game

Oct 28, 2025·12h·4·Verified

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Chinese (Simplified)	—	Y	Y
Chinese (Traditional)	—	Y	Y
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French	—	Y	Y
German	—	Y	Y
Japanese	—	Y	Y
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Russian	—	Y	Y
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