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Wreckfest

Full-contact racing game built around crashes and vehicle destruction

Bugbear · Published by THQ Nordic · Released Jun 14, 2018

ActionIndieRacingSimulationSports

Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 33K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
88% of 126 in 30 days
Players
272
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Feb 2, 2025
Minimum PC
HD 7770
8 GB RAM · 32 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)

What is Wreckfest?

An automobile racing game built around full-contact circuit races and demolition derbies, with physics-based vehicle damage. You race on hazardous courses or fight in arenas, upgrading and armoring old cars through a championship career or competing in online PvP.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy chaotic races where collisions reshape the cars
  • +you like balancing performance upgrades, armor, weight, and handling
  • +you plan to race or wreck other players online

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer clean racing over deliberate contact and demolition
  • −you dislike aggressive AI and unpredictable race-ending collisions
  • −you want a varied, story-driven single-player campaign

What players say

86% of 33,197 reviews are positive · 88% of 126 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the crash physics, car deformation, and handling, especially in chaotic races and demolition derbies. Common complaints target aggressive AI and repetitive career events, while several players say hosting private multiplayer requires frustrating server or port-forwarding setup.

Players over time

▼ -37% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 578 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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How many players finish Wreckfest?

5.8% of Steam players have unlocked «World Masters Champion», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Wreckfest screenshot 1

Wreckfest system requirements

Minimum: HD 7770, 8 GB RAM, 32 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel® Core™ i3 with 2.8 GHz or AMD equivalent
Graphics
NVIDIA Geforce® GTX™ 560 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7770
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
32 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
This config will run the game with approx 30 FPS on 1080p

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5 with 3.0 GHz or AMD equivalent
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ 970 or AMD Radeon™ R9 380X
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
32 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
This config will run the game with approx 60 FPS on 1080p

Does Wreckfest have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Wreckfest run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
20
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Hungarian.

Does Wreckfest use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

14 DLC available.

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