Dakar 18

Wait68%

Mixed · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Bigmoon Entertainment · Racing · Sep 25, 2018

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Price
$2.99−90%
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
54
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio3 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy Dakar 18?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k 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
25% of themes are praise25% are divided50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Another "funny" thing is when you crash and lose half an hour worth of progress, very engaging game mechanic.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
the graphics are actually really nice and the detail is nice ... running at 4K this game gives me about 45 fps
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is a satisfying learning curve to understanding the navigation system, especially when a seemingly confusing series of instructions eventually leads to the correct waypoint.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay54 reviews
Graphics52 reviews
Difficulty33 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
75% still recommend
Characters
83% still recommend
Co-op
75% still recommend
Players complain
Controls
65% still recommend
Bugs
64% still recommend
Crashes
38% still recommend
Interface
75% still recommend
Multiplayer
50% still recommend
Optimization
40% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$2.99$29.99−90%

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

7 points recordedtoday · $2.99