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Dakar 18

Dakar 18 overview

Bigmoon Entertainment | Sep 25, 2018 | game

Released

7players observed · 22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC

AdventureRacingSimulationSportsAutomobile SimSteam Store

  • Latest observed players7 · 22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak22
  • Units sold (VGI)45,285
  • Revenue (VGI)$1,100,000
  • Review score68% positive

Dakar 18 dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players7 · 22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak22
  • Units sold (VGI)45,285
  • Revenue (VGI)$1,100,000
  • Review score68% positive
  • Total reviews1,221
  • Release dateSep 25, 2018
  • DeveloperBigmoon Entertainment
  • PublisherBigmoon Entertainment, Ravenscourt

Genres: Adventure, Racing, Simulation, Sports

Company pages: Developer: Bigmoon EntertainmentPublisher: Bigmoon Entertainment, Ravenscourt

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Game overview

Overview

Dakar 18 comes from Bigmoon Entertainment and is published by Bigmoon Entertainment, Ravenscourt. It arrived on Steam on Sep 25, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Steam Trading Cards. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Dakar 18's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 7 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC, with a tracked peak near 22. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 68% positive across 1,221 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Dakar 18 is available in 6 languages including:

EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish - SpainPortuguese - Portugal languages with full audio support

7 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, csrr, and dejus

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedIntel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent Core i3-73404 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)Not listed
WindowsRecommendedWindows 10 (64-bit)Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent8 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or betterNot listed

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Dakar 18 has sold up to 45,285 units and has 828 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,100,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Dakar 18 overview details

Dakar 18 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Based on the world famous annual rally raid organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) in South America, DAKAR 18 is a realistic simulation of the biggest cross-country rally in the world and features a variety of vehicles, including motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and UTVs. Players will compete in fierce online multiplayer races as well as playing offline, to harness and grow racing skills in a huge open world. In Dakar 18 you can choose between 5 vehicle categories: Car Motorcycle Quad Truck UTV (SxS) Full Control over official vehicles and pilots: Cars: Peugeot, Mini, Toyota, Renault, Mitsubishi starring Carlos Sainz, Stéphane Peterhansel, Sebastien Loeb, Nasser Al Attiyah, Nani Roma, Orlando Terranova, Mikko Hirvonen, Bryce Menzies, Emiliano Spataro, Carlos Sousa and many others. Motorcycles: KTM, Honda, Yamaha, Husqvarna starring Mathias Walkner, Sam Sunderland, Joan Barreda, Adrien Van Beveren, Pablo Quintanilla, Laia Sanz and many others Quads: Yamaha Raptor starring Ignacio Casale, Sergey Karyakin, Alexis Hernandez, Rafal Sonik Trucks: Kamaz, Maz, Tatra, MAN starring Eduardo Nikolaev, Martin Kolomy, Aleksandr Vasilevski and many others. SxS: Polaris starring Patrice Garrouste, Claude Fournier and many others Features: Huge Cross-Country Open World: driving experience across Peru, Bolivia and Argentina with more than 12,000km2 of open world that doesn’t limit you to a track or certain roads Dakar Rally 2018 simulated 14 stages from Lima to Córdoba Realistic Graphics: through the conversion of satellite images on the game terrain Realistic Road Book Navigat…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Dakar 18 is listed as a game with $29.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Steam Trading Cards, and is associated with Adventure, Racing, Simulation, and Sports. SteamPulse's latest observation records 7 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC, a tracked peak of 22, and 68% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameDakar 18
Steam App ID767390
Typegame
Release dateSep 25, 2018
DeveloperBigmoon Entertainment
PublisherBigmoon Entertainment, Ravenscourt
Price$29.99
PlatformsWindows
GenresAdventure, Racing, Simulation, Sports
CategoriesSingle-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Stats, Remote Play on TV, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * , French * , Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * , Portuguese - Portugal * languages with full audio support
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players7 · 22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak22
Positive reviews830
Negative reviews391
Total reviews1,221
Positive percent68%
Review typeMixed
Recommendations828
Average playtime430 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateSep 25, 2018
Official Steam feed update (UTC)28 March 2019 - 17:05:00 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
Better than GarrousteNo description
Better than CasaleNo description
Better than NikolaevNo description
Better than de WalknerNo description
Better than SainzNo description
Going placesNo description
First of manyNo description
Winner in PeruNo description
Winner in BoliviaNo description
Winner in ArgentinaNo description

Support and legal notes

FieldValue
Support email[email protected]
Support URLNot available
Legal noticeCopyright © 2017 Bigmoon Entertainment Europe. All rights reserved. 2017 published by Deep Silver, a division of Koch Media GmbH, Austria. Deep Silver and its respective logos are trademarks of Koch Media GmbH. Developed by Bigmoon Entertainment, under license of Amaury Sport Organisation. All manufacturers, accessory suppliers, names, tracks, sponsors, brands and associated imagery featured in this game are trademarks and/or copyrighted materials of their respective owners. Unreal, Unreal Engine, the circle-U logo and the Powered by Unreal Engine logo are trade-marks or registered trademarks…

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

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SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/767390
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/767390/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/767390
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Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Dakar 18?

Dakar 18's latest SteamPulse observation records 7 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:17:58 UTC, with a tracked peak of 22 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 7 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Dakar 18 growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 2 players; the highest observed daily value is 8 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Dakar 18?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (23.3%), South Africa (9.3%), Australia (7%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (21.2%), South Africa (6.7%), Portugal (6.4%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (27.5%), South Africa (6.9%), Poland (6.3%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (20.4%), China (8%), Poland (5.6%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Dakar 18?

Dakar 18 currently sits at 68% positive across 1,221 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 830 positive reviews and 391 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mixed.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Dakar 18 have?

Dakar 18 currently has about 9K tracked Steam followers as of 27 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Dakar 18?

Dakar 18 is currently listed at $29.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window. Steam recommendations currently stand near 828, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mixed

68% positive, 830 positive, 391 negative

Price and discount

$29.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements

Achievements

54

Platform releases
  • Steam 25 September 2018
  • Xbox 28 September 2018
  • PlayStation 24 September 2018

DLC and packages

Dakar 18 - Ari Vatanen / Peugeot 205 Turbo 16This includes the legendary pilot of the Paris-Dakar Rally, Ari Vatanen, and his mythical Peugeot 205 T16, in which Ari won the 1987 edition. Ari Vatanen is a Finnish driver and four time winner of the classic Paris-Dakar Rally in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991.dlc #905310$1.99Dakar 18 - Desafío Ruta 40 RallyThe Desafío Ruta 40 Rally is part of the world-famous Dakar Series, a number of cross-country rallies, and is the first event of this series to be added to Dakar 18. The race took place between August 27th and 31st in Argentina.dlc #989740FreeDakar 18 - Desafío Inca RallyThe Desafío Inca Rally is part of the world-famous Dakar Series, a number of cross-country rallies, and is the second event of this series to be added to Dakar 18.dlc #989741Free
Dakar 18Buy Dakar 18 #298546$2.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) Processor: Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent Core i3-7340 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)

Recommended requirements

Recommended: OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or better

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