Trackmania is finally coming to Steam.
The original Trackmania debuted in 2003 as a stunt-racing game with a built-in track editor
Trackmania Nations in 2006 gave us the game as we know it now: Open-wheel cars racing inside massive stadiumsTrackmania 2 was more akin to the original when it arrived in 2011 but the Nations-style gameplay returned a couple years later with the Stadium updateIt's all a bit complicated, but the relevant point is that Trackmania is niche but popular enough to be durable, and Ubisoft is apparently now looking to expand that popularity by unshackling the game from its Ubisoft/Epic exclusivity.
Ubisoft hasn't said if, or now, the Steam release will be changed from the version that's available from Ubisoft: The Steam page says only that it will offer singleplayer and multiplayer racing with seasonal campaigns, trophies, regional and worldwide rankings, player-made tracks in the Arcade Channel, and weekly Nations League competition.
One thing I find interesting about the Steam release of Trackmania is that it comes right around the time that it was supposed to launch on Stadia. Ubisoft announced the Stadia plan in September 2022—sadly, less than three weeks before Google pulled the plug on Stadia forever. As you can see in the image clipped from the Trackmania console and cloud announcement trailer, it was slated to arrive on pretty much every platform except Steam—but now here it is.
As for why Ubisoft would bring Trackmania to Steam just a few months after essentially stating that it was not, my guess is that the move was prompted at least in part by the company's recent
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