Dakar Desert Rally

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 1,593 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 7.2h for positive, 2.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (69.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (55)

• First Car Get your first Car. 100%
• Going Places Finish your first stage and get qualified. 98%
• First of Many Finish a stage in first place. 77%
• Desert Autobahn Reach 200km/h in any vehicle while driving on sand. 63%
• Careful Finish a stage in 1st place without crashing. 63%
• First Truck Get your first Truck. 62%
• First Bike Get your first Bike. 57%
• Clean Driving Complete an event without taking damage. 51%
• First SxS Get your first SxS. 50%
• Hat Trick Win three consecutive stages. 50%
• Dakar Competitor Finish an event in Professional Game Mode. 47%
• First Quad Get your first Quad. 43%
• RED SEA Winner Finish 1st in every stage in RED SEA RALLY. 21%
• XTREME Winner Finish 1st in every stage in XTREME RALLY. 19%
• DESERT WINGS Winner Finish 1st in every stage in DESERT WINGS RALLY. 16%
• Deja Vu Drift for more than 5 seconds with any vehicle. 15%
• TRAIN ODYSSEY Winner Finish 1st in every stage in TRAIN ODYSSEY RALLY 13%
• Hard Driver Drive for 10.000Km. 9.1%
• AL WAJH Winner Finish 1st in every stage in DAKAR AL WAJH 2020. 7.8%
• YANBU Winner Finish 1st in every stage in DAKAR YANBU 2021. 7.3%
• Highway Star Drive for 6000Km with a Car. 7.2%
• TABUK Winner Finish 1st in every stage in DAKAR TABUK 2021. 6.8%
• How Legends are born Finish a stage in Simulation Game Mode. 6.3%
• AL ULA Winner Finish 1st in every stage in DAKAR AL ULA 2020. 5.7%
• NEOM 2021 Winner Finish 1st in every stage in DAKAR NEOM 2021. 5.6%
• NEOM Winner Finish 1st in every stage in DAKAR NEOM 2020. 5.5%
• Legendary Finish a stage in first place in Simulation Game Mode. 4.3%
• Stuntman Jump for more than 3 seconds in any bike. 4.3%
• Dakar Legend Finish an event in Simulation Game Mode. 3.9%
• The Navigator Complete an entire simulation event without ever missing a waypoint. 3.9%
• Space Truckin' Drive for 6000Km with a Truck. 3.3%
• Born to be wild Drive for 6000Km with a Bike. 2.7%
• We all stand together Drive for 6000Km with a SxS. 1.4%
• Sheikhen Not Stirred Spending more than 100,000 DP buying vehicles. 1.1%
• Full of Energy Finish Xtreme, Desert Wings and Train Odyssey Events in First Place (Sport and Professional) 1.0%
• Desert Plains Drive for 6000Km with a Quad. 0.9%
• Made in France Get all PH-Sport Zephyr SxSs in the game. 0.9%
• Bremens House Get all Bogward cars in the game. 0.7%
• Marseillaise Get all Sherco Bikes in the game. 0.7%
• Zero to Hero Get all Hero Bikes in the game. 0.7%
• Austrian Endurance Get all KTM Bikes in the game. 0.6%
• Connoisseur Get all Peugeot 3008 DKR cars in the game. 0.6%
• Cutting Edge Get all Husqvarna Bikes in the game. 0.6%
• Dune Buggy Aficionado Get all MD Optimus Evo 3s in the game. 0.6%
• For the Motherland Get all Kamaz in the game. 0.6%
• French Collector Get all Sodicars BV2 vehicles in the game. 0.6%
• Professional Winner Finish all stages in 1st place in Professional Game Mode. 0.6%
• Shinning Star Get all Polaris vehicles in the game. 0.6%
• V-TEC’ed Get all Honda Bikes in the game. 0.6%
• Desert Wings Get all vehicles sponsored by Red Bull. 0.4%
• Invincible Get all Toyota Hilux in the game. 0.4%
• Monster Claw Get all vehicles sponsored by Monster Energy. 0.4%
• Simulation Winner Finish all stages in 1st place in Simulation Game Mode. 0.4%
• South Bound Get all Can-Am vehicles in the game. 0.4%
• Forever Speedy Finish first in all 2020 events playing as Paulo Gonçalves (Sport, Professional, and Simulation). 0.3%