Downtown Drift

Downtown Drift

Released May 2019

Put your driving skills on the test in this urban arena! Drift to rack up as many points as possible while police is chasing you. To show it off, break the global highscores and claim your position on the leaderboard.

84% positive · 273 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Downtown Drift launched as a free-to-play game on May 23, 2019 and has received a series of updates over its lifetime. The developer shipped six major content updates across roughly four years: multiple feature patches through 2019–2020, a large Update 2.0 on June 20, 2022, and most recently Update 2.1 on December 31, 2023. That last update — which also coincided with the release of the OG Pack DLC — was the most substantial in some time, redesigning the map generation system, overhauling police AI, adding a police helicopter, and reworking achievements. Notably, the Update 2.1 post closes with the developer wishing everyone a happy new year and expressing hope for "yet another update in the year to come" — a casual, optimistic sentiment rather than a firm commitment. No specific future content, roadmap, or named DLC has been announced since. The single DLC on the store (the OG Pack) was released on December 31, 2023 and is the only DLC listed, with no unreleased entries. Looking at the release history: updates arrived in 2019, with a long ~2-year gap before Update 2.0 in June 2022, then another ~18-month gap before Update 2.1 in December 2023. As of June 26, 2026, it has been approximately 30 months since the last developer communication of any kind. This silence far exceeds even the longest gap previously observed between updates (~22 months between Update 1.5 in June 2020 and Update 2.0 in June 2022). There are no announced but unshipped content commitments, no unreleased DLC entries, and no roadmap. The developer has not posted anything since December 31, 2023. Given all of this, the game appears to have reached its natural conclusion with the 2.1 update.
Evidence
Update 2.1 shipped with major map redesign, reworked police AI, new police helicopter, and achievement overhaul. Developer closed the post with a hopeful but non-committal wish for 'yet another update in the year to come' — the last official communication from the developer.
news post · Dec 31, 2023 source ambiguous
high
Update 2.0 shipped after a nearly 2-year hiatus, introducing a new map generation system, dynamic music, and improved input. Developer expressed strong motivation to continue working on the game.
news post · Jun 20, 2022 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Dec 2023

Media

Details

Publisher
SiliKöln Valley Games
Achievements
5
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Think of Downtown Drift as pac-man, but as a first-person racing game. You need to try and score as many points as possible by drifting while police is chasing you down. Each drift gives you a certain amount of points and also increases your multiplier. The higher the multiplier, the more points you get for each drift. However there is a catch: you only have limited health and you take damage everytime you crash, so watch how you move!

Features


  • Fast pace racing with thrilling police chases
  • Realistic car destruction
  • Global Highscore Ranking to compete with friends and players around the world

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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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