Cult classic street racing series Tokyo Xtreme Racer has just made a comeback after nearly two decades of dormancy, and this new entry is already a major hit among racing fans. Days after its Early Access release, it’s racked up a pile of glowing responses from Steam players.
This new Tokyo Xtreme Racer is a single-player affair whose basic pitch you can probably guess from the title: it’s an arcade racer set in the streets of Tokyo. Since its Early Access launch on January 23, Steam user reviewers have been impressed with the driving action, the volume of content, and the lack of microtransactions.
In just a handful of days, Tokyo Xtreme Racer has garnered 4,814 user reviews on Steam, 95% of which are positive. According to the Steam 250 ranking algorithm, that makes it the fourth-best game of 2025 so far, just behind underground hits like My Summer Car and Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist.
And hopefully, the Early Access launch means the game’s just going to get better. Right now, the game’s only playable up to the halfway point of the story, and the devs plan to incorporate player feedback that comes through in the roughly four months leading up to the 1.0 release.
Cult classic racing series returns 18 years after its once-final entry on Xbox 360 to 95% overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews
