Excellent damage and crash physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The damage modeling is great especially on realistic.”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗
Wreckfest
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Bugbear2018Racing · Driving · Simulation
The verdict
Wreckfest is a FlatOut-style banger racer with excellent damage physics and chaotic fun, best with friends or on sale. Skip it if you want a faithful FlatOut sequel, hate aggressive AI, or need easy private multiplayer.
Great for
Fans of FlatOut and demolition derby who want satisfying crashes, mods and public-server chaos, ideally on sale
Main risk
Aggressive AI and racing-vs-wrecking clash frustrate career; hosting with friends needs port forwarding
What players love
Chaotic, hilarious fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Every race is complete chaos, the crashes are satisfying, and the driving feels surprisingly good.”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
Great value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“For 3 bucks, this was a steal.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Good handling, sim-arcade balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“A cross between sim and arcade in the best way.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Fun multiplayer with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Super fun especially online with friends and some alchohol if thats your thing.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
Mods and workshop add content
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Stunning graphics, lots of tracks. mods are insane”
Steam review · 31.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
AI rams and griefs the player
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Missing every single turn in the game because the brain damaged AI rams you in the a$$ in every last one is not fun”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Private multiplayer needs port forwarding
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Cant create lobbies until both parties port forward. Look, it isnt 2008... we shouldnt need to port forward just to join a friend who we have on steam.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Not a true FlatOut successor, feels slow
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Compared to FlatOut2 its sluggish, slow, lifeless.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Racing and wrecking clash
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The racing clashes with the demolition. There's no incentive to go on the attack when the game is scored off position.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Crashes, low fps and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“10 fps on a 4070 and a 5800x3d is unacceptable to me on low settings.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Repetitive career and tracks
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“I hope you like playing the exact same tracks over and over and over and over again”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified32 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3 with 2.8 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce® GTX™ 560 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7770
Storage32 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5 with 3.0 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ 970 or AMD Radeon™ R9 380X
Storage32 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3 with 2.8 GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce® GTX™ 560 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7770
Storage32 GB available space
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