JDM: Japanese Drift Master

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 6k player reviews · High confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Gaming Factory · Racing · May 21, 2025

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$13.24−72%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
26
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
15
Full audio1 of 15
Subtitles15 of 15

Should I buy JDM: Japanese Drift Master?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 98 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 6k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews58% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
98 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The overall feeling is great, you can choose the difficulty in order to have a chill/fun drive with the Arcade difficulty, on the opposite you can disable all helps to truly have a sense of 'easy to learn, hard to master' gameplay with the Simulation difficulty or just in-between with the SimCade one.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
92 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story grows on you as you play, and the radio stations are quite good.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game runs smoothly after tweaking your graphics settings, with minor stutters when there are a lot of particles and smoke from other racers, or sometimes around bright lights during night driving.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
So much drifting, and very satisfying when using gamepad with analogue triggers .
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I think the choice of no voice acting actually makes this game stronger and helps it stand out when compared to other modern games, JDM has it’s own unique style.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay98 reviews
Story92 reviews
Graphics58 reviews
Controls40 reviews
Audio21 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Performance
48% still recommend
Bugs
61% still recommend
Crashes
43% still recommend
Difficulty
73% still recommend
Optimization
50% still recommend
Multiplayer
78% still recommend
Interface
71% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support
  • Gamepad Recommended

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$13.24$46.73−72%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

12 months agotoday · $13.24

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