Deep tuning and engine swaps
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You can tune the car's offset, camber, ride height, wheel size, drivetrain, and steerlock, which you really don't find in any other drifting games.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Drift Streets Japan
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 65%Mixed · 65%JDM4iK Games2015Racing · Driving · Simulation
$4.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $0.49
The verdict
A very cheap, janky drift sandbox with lots of JDM cars and tuning, but weak physics, no controller remapping and dead multiplayer. Skip it if you want polish or online play.
Great for
Budget buyers who love JDM cars and tuning and want a casual keyboard drift sandbox
Main risk
Physics and controls feel broken, with no controller remapping and no active multiplayer
What players love
Very cheap for what you get
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“For 5euros its absolutely amazing. On a sale, its a steal!”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Good selection of iconic JDM cars
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“All globally known JDM vehicles, from Honda Civic to Nissan Skyline R34 GTR, are included.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Fun, chill drifting with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Amazing fun relaxing game, just music and drift”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Mods and track editor
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Loads of mods like maps and cars”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Nostalgic, atmospheric night-Japan vibe
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Classic, spent many hours on this on other steam accounts. It is now a slice of nostalgia.”
Steam review · 24.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bad, floaty drift physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Car physics - It drives like a brick covered in soap”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Broken controller and wheel support, no remapping
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Controller support is a lie.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Empty, unpolished asset-flip feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The game is more than likely a Unity asset flip with little effort put in to make it a worthwhile product.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Abandoned by developer
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“This game has been abandoned by the developers, it's been terribly developed since the start and is a total waste of money.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Multiplayer is dead or broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Unfortunately, as I have just realized, the devs abandoned the game so the servers are no longer up.”
Steam review · 188.6 h played ↗
Updates ruined the physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“With the updated physics cars flip like crazy, and you lose your points even if you don't flip/crash your car.”
Steam review · 32.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Celeron, Pentium 4
Memory1024 MB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX275
Storage1 GB available space
Recommended
ProcessorIntel Pentium i3+
Memory2048 MB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX750
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Celeron, Pentium 4
Memory1024 MB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX275
Storage1 GB available space
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