Legendary Japanese racing game dev goes under the radar for 18 years, quietly emerges to drop the best-rated Steam racer of 2025, and gives fans 20 days to grab it at a hefty discount before the price jumps to $50

A blue car in Tokyo Xtreme Racer.

Japanese developer Genki spent decades developing a legendary reputation for racing games for everything from the SNES and Game Boy to the PS2 and Xbox 360, and genre fans would be forgiven for thinking the studio dropped off the face of the Earth in the '00s. The sudden launch of a Tokyo Xtreme Racer revival in Steam early access back in January made quite a splash, however, and the devs are finally ready for a 1.0 release.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer goes 1.0 on September 25, as the devs announced today on Twitter. The game was originally due to spend four months in early access – which would've meant a May launch – but the devs pushed the launch back both to respond to fan feedback and "conclude our discussions with our licensing partners," according to a Steam post.