Old School Rally

Old School Rally

Steam Deck Verified

Frozen Lake Games · Racing · Dec 3, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $12.99. It has been as low as $10.39.

89%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

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
75% of themes are praise17% are divided8% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Impressive considering it's unity :P The graphics are perfect as well and don't give off the usual obvious unity visual style.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is nice but some are odd entries and don't fit with the game, but not gonna think too hard into it, and I got this as a gift so, hey, pretty fun game!
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
As already stated, the game's limited map pool really limits the replayability.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
I do have some minor nitpicks to mention, the first being the lack of true difficulty as Old School Rally allows as many retries as one needs to successfully complete a race, which helps for accessibility but results in less of a challenge when you consider the higher-tier rallies don't have lower times on tracks to successfully pass them.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It also runs amazingly well on the steam deck and I've been mainly playing there this whole time, so if you're looking for a simple rally game to play on the deck it's quite good for that, you can even underclock your gpu to 800-1000 and lower the TDP to around 8-10, keeping al graphic options as high as possible in 1080p (for using on an external monitor) and it'll still run like a champ.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
(Note that you'll likely need multiple controllers plugged in for this as this game highly encourages the use of a PS4/5 or a Xbox controller as opposed to using the traditional keyboard)
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+3 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love9 themes
Graphics61 reviews
Audio36 reviews
Gameplay33 reviews
Difficulty28 reviews
Steam Deck23 reviews
Controls18 reviews
Multiplayer14 reviews
Story and characters8 reviews
Co-op8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Crashes13 reviews
77%
Interface11 reviews
73%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs8 reviews
13%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $12.99. The lowest we've tracked is $10.39.

5 points recordedtoday · $12.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
29
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.