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2016 · Racing

Thumb Drift

A mobile racer where players drift around an endless number of corners with the slide of their thumb.

Released: 2016
Platforms: Android iOS
Genres: Racing
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action
Country: Australia
Languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)

About

Thumb Drift is a 2016 action game developed and published by the Australian indie studio SMG Studio. In the game, the player has to control a car to avoid hitting obstacles or the edge of the track using their thumb. It was released for iOS on February 18, 2016, followed by a port for Android in March 2016 and tvOS in September 2016.

Keywords

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Gameplay

The gameplay consists of the player drifting a car along different tracks. This is done by the player dragging their finger left or right causing the back of the car to move in that direction. There are coins on the track which the player can collect. These coins can be spent on buying new cars for the player to play the game with. If the player collides with the edge of the track or an obstacle the game is over.

Development

Thumb Drift was developed by the Australian indie studio SMG Studio, who previously produced games such as One More Line and One More Bounce.

A game demo of Thumb Drift was shown at PAX Prime 2015, and the game was released for iOS on February 18, 2016. A port for Android was released on March 2, 2016, followed by tvOS on September 19, 2016, under the name Thumb Drift GT-V.