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Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.

Why similar: Destruction 23.9%, Automobile Sim 21.9%, Racing 17.1%, Driving 14.8%, Physics 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its weighty vehicle handling and spectacular deformation make it the closest pure crash-and-drive alternative to BeamNG’s accident sandbox.

City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.

Why similar: Driving 29.7%, Automobile Sim 25%, Simulation 7.9%, Realistic 7.4%, Open World 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: If you love BeamNG’s everyday driving scenarios, this focuses on realistic road rules, traffic, and practical vehicle control in urban environments.

Assetto Corsa v1.16 introduces the new "Laguna Seca" laser-scanned track, 7 new cars among which the eagerly awaited Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio! Check the changelog for further info!

Why similar: Racing 28.9%, Automobile Sim 26.6%, Driving 16%, Moddable 5.5% ★, Realistic 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It trades soft-body damage for ultra-realistic car handling, huge mod support, and a sim-first approach BeamNG players usually appreciate.

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.4%, Driving 23.8%, Open World 10%, Realistic 8.6%, Racing 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs janky-realistic driving with deep car ownership, maintenance, and open-ended sandbox chaos.

MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.3%, Driving 23.5%, Realistic 7.7%, Physics 7.7%, Moddable 7.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same 'vehicle as a physical object' feel through slow, technical terrain driving, winching, and mud physics.

Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 23.9%, Driving 20.4%, Realistic 8.4%, Sandbox 8%, Open World 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A larger off-road sandbox where momentum, weight transfer, and terrain interaction matter as much as they do in BeamNG.

Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!

Why similar: Destruction 27.3%, Driving 18%, Sandbox 13.1%, Physics 10.9%, Open World 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the other big vehicle destruction sandbox on Steam, emphasizing buildable machines, crashes, and emergent experimentation.

Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Why similar: Driving 26%, Automobile Sim 25.1%, Racing 11.6%, Open World 10.7%, Realistic 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-road survival structure and unpredictable first-person driving create a similar 'take a car and see what happens' sandbox vibe.

Ready for mayhem? Wreckfest is back, offering the best in full-contact racing with unrivaled destruction! Witness head-to-head battles as you tear apart rival vehicles bit by bit. Powered by the enhanced physics engine, developed by the creators of Wreckfest & FlatOut!

Why similar: Destruction 20.2%, Automobile Sim 19.6%, Racing 18%, Driving 13.6%, Realistic 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It doubles down on contact-heavy racing and deformation for players who mainly use BeamNG to stage crashes and vehicular carnage.

Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.2%, Moddable 16.3% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 11.2%, Realistic 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Designing your own engines and cars from the ground up scratches the same automotive sandbox itch for BeamNG tinkerers.

Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!

Why similar: Driving 27.8%, Automobile Sim 26.4%, Open World 11.5%, Racing 10.4%, Realistic 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes freeform open-world driving with jobs, traffic, and vehicle variety in a way that fits BeamNG’s casual cruising side.

Assetto Corsa EVO redefines the realism and features of one of the most popular multiplatform driving simulations ever developed. Featuring cars and tracks from different classes spanning across years of motoring history.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.6%, Driving 22%, Racing 15.5%, Realistic 9.3%, Physics 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Another sim-focused driving option with a serious automotive feel and modernized handling for players who want BeamNG-level car fidelity without the sandbox focus.

CarX Drift Racing Online is your chance to immerse yourself in the real world of drifting. Get together with friends, tune your car and burn some tires!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 17.2%, Driving 15%, Moddable 14.8% ★, Racing 11.9%, Physics 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The handling is more specialized, but it is great if your BeamNG fun comes from controllable oversteer, tuning, and modded car culture.

Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.9%, Driving 24.4%, Racing 12.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Physics 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A scrappy first-person car-life sim where building, maintaining, and driving your project car is the entire appeal.

Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure game. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.

Why similar: Moddable 21% ★, Driving 17.9%, Automobile Sim 17.4%, Racing 9.4%, Physics 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like BeamNG’s crawling and challenge maps, it centers on technical low-speed driving and terrain problem-solving rather than pure racing.

rFactor 2 is a realistic, easily extendable racing simulation that offers race customization, great graphics, outstanding multiplayer and the height of racing realism. It features mixed class road racing with ultra realistic dynamics, an immersive sound environment and stunning graphics.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.6%, Racing 19.5%, Driving 14.1%, Realistic 8.4%, Simulation 8%

Why You'll Like It: For BeamNG fans who mostly care about believable tire model and chassis behavior, this is one of Steam’s most serious driving sims.

MY GARAGE is a car simulation game with main focus being simulating real car repair, maintenance and physics.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.8%, Driving 15.6%, Racing 10.6%, Realistic 9.2%, Sandbox 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person project-car sim focuses on assembling, repairing, and then taking your car out into an open environment.

The most popular vehicle mechanic simulator in the world got a second life in the new Steam version! Build cars, tune them, crash, repair and race against other racers!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.5%, Driving 20.2%, Racing 16.9%, Moddable 8.8% ★, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its garage-to-street structure, tuning depth, and hands-on car building echo BeamNG’s mechanical experimentation.

Apex Point is an open world game that aims to immerge you into the Japanese car culture by providing a huge variety of customizations and race types so you can choose your own path

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.5%, Racing 19%, Driving 12.1%, Open World 10.9%, Realistic 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tunable open-world driving sim with touge flavor that overlaps with BeamNG’s interest in car feel and free driving.

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.9%, Driving 16%, Moddable 14.7% ★, Sandbox 8.8%, Realistic 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: BeamNG players who enjoy the garage side of cars will appreciate its detailed teardown, repair, and tuning systems.

Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.

Why similar: Driving 24.9%, Automobile Sim 20.8%, Racing 18.9%, Open World 11.1%, Realistic 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is much more arcade-leaning, but the huge open world and broad car playground suit BeamNG players who love free driving and stunts.

Assetto Corsa Competizione, the official GT World Challenge videogame. Thanks to the extraordinary quality of simulation, you will experience the atmosphere of the GT3 championship. Compete against official drivers, teams, cars and official circuits reproduced to the highest quality ever seen.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.4%, Driving 19.5%, Racing 18.3%, Realistic 6.6%, Simulation 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you mainly want serious, weighty racing physics rather than sandbox crashes, this is one of the best circuit-focused options.

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Destruction 32.8%, Driving 18.2%, Physics 13.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Realistic 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: While not a driving sim, its destructible sandbox and vehicle-assisted experimentation scratch a similar crash-lab itch.

Revhead is a car racing simulation game, where you have to build your own race car. You start your journey somewhere in a small village in Australia. You have to think as a real Revhead! You can buy or sell cars and components, fix and tweak your car to make it the fastest around.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.5%, Driving 23%, Racing 12.9%, Physics 11.6%, Realistic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends wrenching, tuning, and driving in an open environment for the same kind of automotive sandbox roleplay.

Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.1%, Driving 31.2%, Open World 9.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Realistic 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The appeal here is less raw physics and more the ritual of maintaining a barely-running car on a road-trip sandbox.

Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.

Why similar: Destruction 28%, Driving 21.4%, Automobile Sim 20%, Physics 12.9%, Racing 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong pick if the joy of BeamNG for you is smashing physics objects apart with heavy machinery.

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Physics 20.1%, Sandbox 19.8%, Open World 17%, Moddable 13% ★, Multiplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its custom vehicle building and physics-driven improvisation appeal to players who enjoy BeamNG as a creative machine sandbox.

Turbo Dismount is a kinetic tragedy about Mr. Dismount and the cars who love him. It is the official sequel to the wildly popular and immensely successful personal impact simulator - Stair Dismount.

Why similar: Destruction 22.6%, Automobile Sim 21.4%, Driving 15.1%, Physics 12.2%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is far sillier than BeamNG, but few games turn staged vehicle wrecks into such a dedicated physics playground.

Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.

Why similar: Racing 22.2%, Physics 21%, Sandbox 19.3%, Open World 16.8%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Building vehicles and immediately stress-testing them in a physics sandbox captures BeamNG’s toy-box experimentation from a more construction-heavy angle.

Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.4%, Driving 23.6%, Moddable 19.5% ★, Realistic 10.3%, Open World 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its draw is slower, more deliberate vehicle control and long-form cruising through an open road network.

Conquer mountain roads, highways, and city streets. Build your dream car with detailed tuning that unleashes the potential of “CarX Technology”© physics. Take part in thrilling races, enjoying realistic gameplay and dynamic driving.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 22.3%, Driving 21%, Racing 14.1%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 8.8%

Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.8%, Driving 19.2%, Simulation 9%, Racing 8.4%, Realistic 7.8%

Design your car from scratch: from the frame to the suspension and race it!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.6%, Destruction 18%, Driving 16.1%, Racing 12.6%, Sandbox 11.8%

Crazy physics and high-speed races! Craft vehicles cleverly by combining building blocks and mechanical parts to create powerful drivetrains. Unlock new parts, race for the gold, and challenge your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 22.3%, Destruction 19.4%, Driving 19%, Racing 11.7%, Physics 10.9%

New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 49.6%, Driving 18.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Racing 8.6%, Realistic 4%

Car racing game with soft-body damage, race track builder, track database and multiplayer

Why similar: Automobile Sim 16.3%, Destruction 15.6%, Driving 14.6%, Racing 9.5%, Moddable 8.3% ★

My Winter Car is the ultimate challenge for project car owning, building, fixing, tuning and maintenance simulator. Sequel to My Summer Car, but with added challenge for those who can master the original game!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 27.6%, Driving 24.4%, Racing 16.1%, Realistic 10.3%, Open World 7.9%

DiRT Rally 2.0 dares you to carve your way through a selection of iconic rally locations from across the globe, in the most powerful off-road vehicles ever made, knowing that the smallest mistake could end your stage.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 29%, Racing 22.2%, Driving 19.8%, Realistic 7.4%, Simulation 6.8%

Rev up your engines and venture into the unknown with Drive Beyond Horizons! Conquer dynamic landscapes, customize your ride, and unearth hidden treasures. Get ready for heart-pounding challenges and endless excitement. Your adventure starts now !

Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.1%, Driving 26.1%, Racing 8.8%, Open World 8%, Multiplayer 7.6%

CAR TUNE: Project is a detailed car tuning simulator where every bolt, screw, and gear matters. Build your dream machine, fine-tune every parameter, and test it on the track.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 17.7%, Driving 17.5%, Moddable 14.5% ★, Destruction 12%, Racing 8.2%

Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

Why similar: Destruction 17.6%, Automobile Sim 16.3%, Driving 15.2%, Moddable 15.1% ★, Physics 10.3%

Rise as a drift master and missile car mechanic! DRIFT ISLAND is an open-world drift build-and-drive game. Create unique 'missile cars,' tune them, shred sideways, and test your skills! Earn cash, upgrade parts, and become a true drifting legend!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.2%, Driving 19%, Racing 12.5%, Physics 9%, Open World 8.3%

Physics based, off road truck and bus simulation.

Why similar: Driving 29.8%, Automobile Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 15.1%, Physics 12.9%, Simulation 8.4%

Tune your dream drift car, change parts, boost performance and challenge other players on Japan's legendary EBISU circuits!

Why similar: Racing 29%, Automobile Sim 23.4%, Driving 16.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Realistic 6.5%

Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 36.9%, Driving 31.6%, Open World 14.6%, Simulation 10%, First-Person 3.1%

Automobilista 2 is all the racing simulators you ever wanted - in just one. An incredibly diverse collection of cars and tracks cohesively simulated, featuring incredible graphics and audio quality, dynamic weather and track conditions and the best VR support for a racing experience like no other.

Why similar: Racing 25.7%, Automobile Sim 22%, Driving 17.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Realistic 6.8%

drift,jump,crash,shortcut,park, map editor

Why similar: Automobile Sim 26%, Racing 22.1%, Driving 21.5%, Physics 16.4%, Simulation 7.9%

Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.3%, Driving 24.2%, Moddable 19.9% ★, Realistic 10.5%, Open World 9.8%

Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 20.9%, Driving 18.2%, Moddable 14.2% ★, Realistic 8.6%, Open World 8.1%

Voxel Project offers an immersive sandbox experience set in a fully destructible voxel environment. Explore a dynamic world teeming with vehicles, dynamic fire mechanics, enemy NPCs, voxel gore, weapon customization, and a bunch of additional features to discover.

Why similar: Destruction 21%, Driving 17.4%, Moddable 16.2% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Physics 8.6%

Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 23.1%, Driving 22.4%, Racing 12.6%, Physics 9.2%, Open World 8.5%

RaceRoom is free to download and built on true-to-life physics and Force Feedback. Drive DTM, FIA WTCC, WTCR and a huge library of cars and tracks—including the most up-to-date Nordschleife. Jump in, race instantly, and expand your garage with a massive selection of content.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.5%, Racing 21%, Realistic 14.5%, Driving 12.6%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Build your car, earn sponsors, and compete in online multiplayer drift battles!

Why similar: Driving 25.2%, Automobile Sim 21.5%, Racing 19.7%, Open World 9.3%, Realistic 9%

The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 38.5%, Driving 25.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Open World 8.1%, Realistic 5.8%

Pure Rock Crawling is a physics based off-road simulator. Featuring soft body tires, suspension customization that affects your handling, true to life drivetrain simulation and visual addons. Explore a variety of trails in free roam with multiple challenges.

Why similar: Driving 22.8%, Automobile Sim 22.3%, Physics 11.2%, Realistic 8.9%, Sandbox 8%

Driving realistically in a real city for the first time - driving fun & training with CityDriver! ViewApp's newest simulation offers you the opportunity to explore the streets of Munich with various cars.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.8%, Driving 22.9%, Moddable 12.8% ★, Realistic 10.5%, Open World 7.3%