Action · February 2, 2007

FlatOut (2007)

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Drivers thrown across the track, shattered fences, mangled cars, exploding tire walls, and that's just the first corner! Use every trick, shortcut and jump as you battle 7 rivals for the championship. FlatOut delivers a thrilling combination of high-octane racing, smash-em-up demolition derby action and death defying stunts propelling the driver through the windshield! Wreak havoc, as you race on 36 tracks in fully destructible environments. Choose among 16 different upgrade-able cars that take realistic damage, affecting their appearance and drivability. FlatOut features 6 death defying minigames (High Jump, Long Jump, Darts, Bowling, Bullseye, Clown) and 6 destruction arenas and dirt tracks (Demolition Dash, Super Mud Mayhem, Demolition Sandpit, Circle of Eight, Super Roundabout, Crashalley Run). Win all of them, because if you're not the first you're the last! A sophisticated physics engine, enabling ragdoll animations and a very advanced collision model Bonus mini-games including Figure of 8 and Demolition Bowl 36 race tracks with fully destructible environments and 16 badass, customizable cars!

Action releases from 2007

30 Action titles launched in 2007 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Combat Racing · 308
  • Racing · 300
  • Automobile Sim · 266
  • Destruction · 188
  • Action · 158
  • Driving · 152
  • Multiplayer · 145
  • Arcade · 142
  • Simulation · 139
  • Singleplayer · 139
  • Funny · 136
  • Vehicular Combat · 135
  • Physics · 133
  • Offroad · 131
  • Difficult · 126

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume5.5k Steam reviewsTop 57% in Action
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 28%
Metacritic72/100Genre average 77 — top 77% of Action titles
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 86% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 5.5k reviews

5.0k positive · 438 negative

Metacritic

72/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.6/10

Curator recommendations

5.3k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • LAN PvP

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“An excellent package. Honestly, Flatout is a hairbreadth away from a 9, and legendary status.” 8/10 – EuroGamer “For those who just want to race fast, wreck hard, and look good doing it, FlatOut fits the bill.” 7.9/10 – GameSpot

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

5h

Current engagement

Achievements

18

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateFeb 2, 2007
DeveloperBugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group
PublisherStrategy First
Base price$1.49 -80%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksMetacritic page · Support · [email protected]

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Editions & Packages

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