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Death Rally
Developer Remedy Entertainment, Mountain Sheep, Cornfox & Brothers
Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever. From the Steam store page
243 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 8, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
116 positive · 65 negative
95% range 57–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 116 | 65 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 16 | 2 | 42 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
338 of 501 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
64% recommend · 120 yes, 67 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 187 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (646 of 913 positive).
Some find it a fun, addictive arcade racer with simple gameplay and good progression. [1][2][3][4] Several reviewers note excessive grind for achievements and fame. [1][5][6]
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- [13]
This was incredibly disappointing. The original Death Rally has specific vibe and game loop and this game completely rips that to shreds and creates something far more boring and less engaging. The graphics maybe nice, the voice acting maybe nice, some effort was put into creating new game modes and a story and all but honestly no one asked for any of that. Just literally the same game from 20 years ago with …
- [17]
This comes no way near the original MSDOS Deathrally game. If you are looking for that piece of jewel you are in the wrong place. This game is dumbed down, has less then half of the features, and is a mindless grind and rng fest
- [1]
Death Rally is one of the most enjoyable top-down (a la Micro Machines) racers with weapons. Single-player is great and you can play vs or co-op online--there aren't any active players so you'll need to bring someone. If you're an achievement hunter keep in mind there are some extra grindy achievements that require playing daily for awhile. Plan on about 25hrs to get 80% of the achievements and then another 20+hrs …
- [4]
DEATH NIGHT SPRINGS It was pretty surprising to see a racing game from Remedy, especially back when Alan Wake came out. That said, they pulled off a pretty fun and addictive arcade racer. The story, while a bit weak, has you taking part in battles on circuit tracks, and you can win in two ways: either take all your opponents out of the game by destroying their cars with various weapons, or simply cross the finish …
- [2]
If you're looking for an arcade style racing game that isn't too serious or difficult, you'll love this game. Its taken from a 90's classic Death rally that I am not really aware of and its a remastered and re-imagined concept of the same game. This game has a race mode and a story mode. It has 8 cars which you can tune by earning points racing on one of the 8 tracks. Aspects of the vehicles which can be tuned are …
Summarised from 34 of the 250 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Death Rally sits at 64% positive across 181 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 243 · most liked firstbeen working on some character designs for an adaptation of Death Rally (Remedy's first game) as a movie Zane and Darling made on the Dark Place, with Darling as the main antagonist, The Adversary. Trying to make them fit together was a challenge and a half #AlanWake
neutral · AI labelView post →Controls and game play in general is horrendous. Play the original Death Rally (Classic). It´s 10 x better
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was incredibly disappointing. The original Death Rally has specific vibe and game loop and this game completely rips that to shreds and creates something far more boring and less engaging. The graphics maybe nice, the voice acting maybe nice, some effort was put into creating new game modes and a story and all but honestly no one asked for any of that. Just literally the same game from 20 years ago with slightly nicer graphics and people would've been happy. I have played for 5.6 hours…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game of my childhood
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Want to play some Death-Rally inspired time-attack racing shoot-em-up? Here is our entry for the GMTK2025 game jam: itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... #indiedev #retrogaming #gamejam #gamedev #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →The blueprint for the game was right there in the original, yet despite all modern games seemingly having progression systems, this remake somehow has less/worse progression than the original. It's kindof an uncanny valley situation, where it's so much like the original but just kind of off. It's not outright bad, but it just feels a bit flat. Looks fine if pretty generic, controls ok though I used keyboard controls remapped to a controller. Probably the worst downside is the RNG involved in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This comes no way near the original MSDOS Deathrally game. If you are looking for that piece of jewel you are in the wrong place. This game is dumbed down, has less then half of the features, and is a mindless grind and rng fest
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's been almost 14 years since I got this game. after playing it today, I got my ass kicked by Barry Wheeler from Alan Wake.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thinking about this game again and how shockingly decent it was. Basically just a Micro Machines/Death Rally clone but with really crunchy graphics, it played well enough and I enjoyed it. Shame about the box art though...or maybe bless?
positive · AI labelView post →Play the original instead, it's way better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #1 - Death Rally (by @remedygames.com) #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know why I never really liked top-down racing games. Except for the legendary Death Rally! (1996, MS-DOS). It looked amazing and still does today, the gameplay was everything you wish. Just a brillant game. #retrogaming #retrogames
positive · AI labelView post →I bought this game because I loved the original and expected this to be at least as good. Unfortunately everything from driving and weapons to interface and car design is just plain worse. Buy the original rather than this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels positively milquetoast to me: I tried to keep going, but race after race it was just pure blandness. The developers have made enough changes, that in my opinion this is no longer a recognizable Death Rally game. Beyond the title, there are only nods to the original. What's left is a fairly generic and uninspired homage to the swan song of classic 2D top-down racers. The game's also plagued by technical issues. For instance, it wouldn't run in full screen, leaving me stuck in windowed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Death Rally is one of the most enjoyable top-down (a la Micro Machines) racers with weapons. Single-player is great and you can play vs or co-op online--there aren't any active players so you'll need to bring someone. If you're an achievement hunter keep in mind there are some extra grindy achievements that require playing daily for awhile. Plan on about 25hrs to get 80% of the achievements and then another 20+hrs to get the remaining 20% achievements that are dependent on doing the races over…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Death Rally was one of the first games from Remedy that I fell in love with, back when Shareware gaming was a thing. 50, 100+ games on a CD was a thing, and the original Death Rally was one that stuck out. So much so that it was one of the games I begged my old man to pick up for me back when I had to wait for it via snail mail, which I installed on floppy disks. Finding out that there was a modern-day Death Rally had me excited, but it wasn't the same experience. There are cameos, much in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! I really wish they re-released this game but with multiplayer. It would be a riot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For some reason they thought it would be a great idea to have the keyboard use normal controls (up to accelerate, left/right to turn) and have the controller use idiotic controls (up goes north, left goes west, right goes east) which makes it feel like you're walking around the path instead of driving. There's no changing this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was expecting a more glorious version of the original. Instead it's more like a different game with some really iffy physics and an unsatisfying progression. You already had the perfect game to build on to - how could you screw this up? Nice graphics though, but that's all there is to it...it doesn't feel like Death Rally :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a nice mobile port. + Tons of cars + A story to follow + Challenging races + Neat (slightly outdated) graphics It's a bad pc game. - Tons of grinding - Slow leveling up for each car and each weapon individually - Achievements that require lots of playtime - The xp-system ("fame") that decreases with the time you didn't play it - The static gameplay that gets boring in the long run
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Completely misses the point why the original was great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Death Rally 2013 is a peculiar game. It shares some similarities with the original, but it lacks the same X factor that made the 1996 game so good. The driving is very similar - you can literally play it one handed on the keyboard, each race is short and there are un-lockable cars, but that is where the similarities end. It can be a fun game in small plays, but quickly gets boring as it goes on and even more so as the goal posts move further away. You can choose to play story mode missions or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's similar to the old deathrally, but definitely plays differently. Regardless, it is still fun, but the linear play system gets boring. As much as I like this game, it feels too unrefined to get recommended. The original deathrally would get recommended given the same critique. The game doesn't have proper widescreen support. Yes it runs in widescreen, but drop icons aren't at their actual locations because the screen simply gets stretched, so picking up part drops is tough! There's a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Death Rally was the first Remedy game I've played... put a lot of hours into that thing
neutral · AI labelView post →Not comparable to original. I bought it on a discount had few hours of fun, but thats all. It is not competitive as original, there is no strategic approach as in original, no financial moment like in original.... simply, it is great pity that oportunity for remake was not better used.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for an arcade style racing game that isn't too serious or difficult, you'll love this game. Its taken from a 90's classic Death rally that I am not really aware of and its a remastered and re-imagined concept of the same game. This game has a race mode and a story mode. It has 8 cars which you can tune by earning points racing on one of the 8 tracks. Aspects of the vehicles which can be tuned are handling, speed and armor. You can also earn new weapons and level them up. If…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →30 years ago today (6 Sep 1996), the first game from @remedygames.com and @apogeeent.com was released - Death Rally. Was a fun as hell top down racing game, which even managed to work Duke Nukem into it as one of the racers. The OG game is still available free on Steam today. Happy Birthday DR!
neutral · AI labelView post →NOT RECOMMENDED, NOT EVEN FOR FREE - everything is worse than in the free Death Rally Classic and the controls are so horrendous as the mobile port turning the car is like that of a SHIP and it is utterly uncontrollable. Your turning will never be accurate and there is no getting used to uncontrollable controls like that. Besides the enjoyment-destroying turning controls, the game is super-padded with dull grinding for weapon and car parts that makes no sense in the Death Rally context. This…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just play the old one its allot better, but this one isn't terrible if you can get if for $1
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a fun game... untill you notice that the bots cheat so much more than the original version (classic). If this were not so obvious when they catch up to you excessively fast without supercharge it turn ridiculous.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not exactly a bad game. It can be kinda fun, but there is not enough content. For the last achievement, you need to put in approximately 60-70 hours, which is insane considering that there is zero progression after about 10 hours of playtime, by which point you already have everything unlocked. Like, what is the point of playing for those tens of hours? Just to get the f*cking achievement? Honestly, I would rate this game positively if it weren't for this kick in the balls from the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The campagin is completely broken in 2026, due to a bug you can't progress past the prologue. After doing the first mission: 'escaping from the cops,' you return to the main menu and have to do the same mission again. Tested on both my Windows 11 PC and and with a friend who also runs Windows 11. There are other bugs with DPI, high resolutions, very wide resolutions, but if you press ALT+ENTER and play in Windowed mode it is OK-ish. The multiplayer does still work, if you and a friend are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just simple fast matches. Big fun, low requirements
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is fun to play, but it has a downside in comparision to the old game: 1) Especially the lack of tactical decisions are a big minus to me. You dont have to consider: Do I buy mines or spikes? Do I upgrade my car or do I save money for the next car? Do I even buy the next car or do I wait to have enough money for the next car after the next? It overall has an autopilot feeling... 2) There is no ranking in which you could climb up. The old game had a great replayability - you always…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having played both the old classic Death Rally, the remake did feel kind of a letdown... here is list of good and bad... Remake vs classic. +Graphics +Story +Variety of weapons +Deliverator is still the best car ever (did beat the last boss with it, who needs any other cars) +The Last boss is actually a challenge (in classic the last race is too easy...) -Power Up Boxes -auto shooting (manual shooting would be better so to crack open those boxes as game does not seem to want to shoot…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Death Rally is a fun top down battle racer but only once you have upgraded cars & gear, sadly that's gated behind poor reward structures, awful balancing with difficulties, tedious post-race interfaces, inconsistent damage, disingenuous health bars, repeated tracks, major grind & unclear story progression; not to mention the aged mobile user interface. I don't recommend the title at $14.50 or at its on sale $2.90 Price due to the aforementioned and the absurd time investment needed to make the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really don’t care what anyone says about this game. I genuinely enjoy it and I have the weirdest nostalgia for it. I did play the mobile app 12 years ago.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a Death Rally continuation? Never. Please don't. No ladder whatsoever, no feeling of competition, next to no character portraits, guns changed for worse, difficulty of the race doesn't matter and doesn't change almost anything, dumb story, no immersion at all, cartoonish vibe, hud is almost completely gone, there is no black market or a loanshark (only limited pop-up missions). One would expect 2D Carmageddon. This game could be named "Rally" and still be bad. As a standalone game?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice take on the classic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's see: No awesome musical soundtrack., no sense of RPG continuity, no strategic destruction of enemies. Limited levels and poor controls. Boring, repetitive races. I only had to play this game for about 5 minutes to be disappointed. I try to take a game on it's face value and not compare them to earlier games - but an improvement this was not. Heck, they could have just taken the original and made some new boards and weapons and you would have had a real winner. But this? No sir.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a poor remake of the original 1996 Death Rally, but on itself it's a nice arcade game for about 10-15 hours of gameplay. Replayed it twice, had fun both times.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heya folks, here's the intro to Death Rally by Remedy Entertainment and Apogee Software. This'll be the final feature for this game, since I've featured everything else already. #deathrally #videogames #retrogames #racinggames #intro
neutral · AI labelView post →DEATH NIGHT SPRINGS It was pretty surprising to see a racing game from Remedy, especially back when Alan Wake came out. That said, they pulled off a pretty fun and addictive arcade racer. The story, while a bit weak, has you taking part in battles on circuit tracks, and you can win in two ways: either take all your opponents out of the game by destroying their cars with various weapons, or simply cross the finish line first. What really grabs you in the game is its addictive, high-energy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controlls are sloppy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been replaying the port of Death Rally, a game I was obsessed with on iOS when it came out in 2011. Not only a fascinating snapshot of the time (Brian Crecente, GTTV Geoff Keighley, and John Gore from Minigore are guests), has a really addictive upgrade loop and design from an era pre-Candy Crush.
positive · AI labelView post →25 GREAT 1990s SHAREWARE #VIDEOGAMES 23. Death Rally Remedy was formed by a bunch of Finnish modscene creators to create games, and their debut, Death Rally, offered a top-down racing shooter experience (and even guest-starred Duke Nukem!). It's often compared to GTA, but Death Rally came first!
neutral · AI labelView post →9. Control. I have been Remedy fan since Death Rally and Max Payne and have played everything they've made, but i gotta say it: Control is Remedy at it's most experimental, weirdest and coolest. This game is must play, and yeah obviously play Alan Wake 2 as well!
neutral · AI labelView post →I wanted to like this game but there are to many flaws for me to enjoy it. First off is how slow and clunky the cars feel compared to the original game and how progression is extremely slow and the maps just repeat non stop. Secondly parts for guns or cars can only and I mean only be obtained during races which really takes away the fun of trying to win. I can't really recommend this game unless you can handle the repetitive boring gameplay loop this game has.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It brings back the old classic, with better graphics, similar atmosphere.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awful because the controls don't work properly. You won't be able to use a game controller.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The controls in this are clunky at best. Stick with the original.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked Death Rally back in the day, but this remake just didn’t feel the same. It’s not horrible, and if you want a little cheap nostalgia you might have some fun with it, but it didn’t really feel the original did.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you can die in thjis game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Demanding that DEATH RALLY (which, as it turns out, is the first Remedy game I ever played) also be in the same universe
neutral · AI labelView post →Freaking Awesome Remake! I loved the original and played it for HOURS when I first got it, but the remake really kicks butt. Bloody Addictive!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And it was an absolute majestic trip down and through memory lane and childhood avenue! Games like Death Rally, Commander Keen, Trivia games and more! Mmh, good times! Especially Death Rally & RISE OF THE TRIAD: Dark War! #RetroGaming #Retro #VideoGameClassics #ApogeeSoftware
positive · AI labelView post →So they're rerunning the Romney Death Rally on the same channel as a ball game?
neutral · AI labelView post →People are giving this positive reviews? We are doomed as a human species. We don't deserve to live. They say this game does not support controllers. I got it to work somewhat. But even with keyboard controls, this is the worst I have ever witnessed. Worse than pretty much all the other thumbs down I gave? Up to Drive? I would understand if it were a commodore 64 game with 1 button. But this is 2012. Not 1982. What low IQ people decided this? It feels horrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, Death Rally, why did your OST came into my mind suddenly? Such a good game...
positive · AI labelView post →I played the Death Rally game that was made in the 90s from Steam that I got for free and finished it. I wanted more and decided to wait for a steam sale to come to get this game. Got it for less than 3 euro. So you start off as a guy in the road trying to escape from the police then gets captured and is forced to do this death rally racing game. You start off with a slow car making your way to faster cars. You get a gun that fires until it locks on to an enemy. Shame it doesn't just shoot when…
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