Games Like Hydroplane: Riptide Racers

A 3D physics-driven action racing game where players take on the role of a struggling necromancer forced into a delivery job in a chaotic city. Deliver packages, collect money and souls as tips, and use chaotic spells.

Why similar: Racing 37.9%, Combat Racing 25.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 8.8%, Arcade 8.4%, PvE 6.2%

An action-packed futuristic hovercar racing game in the spirit of legendary Hi-Octane.

Why similar: Racing 36.2%, Combat Racing 29.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 20.5%, Futuristic 4.1%, Arcade 3.9%

High octane racing game with no speed limit. Defy the laws of physics in this thrilling game that takes competition to its limits.

Why similar: Racing 47.6%, Combat Racing 34.7% ★, Arcade 8.7%, PvE 5.3%, 3D 2.5%

Classic arcade racer. Chase, ram and destroy enemies with your police car.

Why similar: Racing 42.6%, Combat Racing 31% ★, Vehicular Combat 11.4%, Arcade 8%, Action 2.2%

Avoid all the cars and try not to crash in this fast paced endless highway game!

Why similar: Combat Racing 42.6% ★, Racing 40.8%, Arcade 7.1%, PvE 6.4%, 3D 2.1%

Race through spellbinding worlds on magic brooms and craft crazy hexes to leave your opponents in the dust in this action-packed, magical arcade racer!

Why similar: Combat Racing 34.4% ★, Racing 26.2%, Vehicular Combat 16.6%, Character Customization 7.3%, Arcade 7%

Tri6: Infinite 2 is futuristic arcade racing without brakes: race across procedurally generated cyber tracks, dodge traps, use power-ups, and experience thrilling high-speed action. Every run is unique — how long can you last?

Why similar: Racing 34.4%, Combat Racing 28.8% ★, Vehicular Combat 14.7%, Arcade 6.8%, Cyberpunk 4.6%

With the city evacuated after a meltdown at the local nuclear plant, the opportunity of a lifetime came up. Take control as one of three characters, in a solo attempt to loot the entire city, while fighting the deadly force of police and military.

Why similar: Racing 31.3%, Combat Racing 29.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 29.3%, Third Person 3.5%, Action 2.4%

Ghost Carver is a futuristic combat racing game that rewards precision driving with near unlimited speed. Seek your own path, fend off opponents with close-range combat, and unleash your maximum potential in every track!

Why similar: Racing 41.6%, Combat Racing 31.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 11.2%, Arcade 8%, Futuristic 5%

GRIP XR is a blazingly fast futuristic combat racing game with rocket-powered, flippable vehicles. Use unique movement tech and powerful weapons and abilities to beat your opponents. Sequel to GRIP, a spiritual successor of the Rollcage games.

Why similar: Racing 38.1%, Combat Racing 36.4% ★, Vehicular Combat 15.9%, Futuristic 2.9%, Action 2.4%

Have you ever dreamt of participating in a deathrace where everbody blows up??! Me neither! But thanks to the sick minds of our Game Design students now you can do it! In this frenetic game you have to avoid beeing last in each lap or you will die and look bad doing it!

Why similar: Racing 50.7%, Combat Racing 28.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 15.6%, Casual 2.8%, Indie 2.2%

A soapbox racing game, with no brakes!

Why similar: Racing 49.9%, Combat Racing 37.5% ★, Arcade 9%, 3D 2.6%, Singleplayer 1%

EXPLOSIVE AND HIGH-SPEED ARCADE RACINGGet on the circuit and show you’re the best driver of all time! Pick your favorite car and make your way to the first spot in all seasons to become champion. Drive recklessly to take down the competition and let them all bite your dust!

Why similar: Combat Racing 36% ★, Racing 31.2%, Vehicular Combat 15.2%, Arcade 8.3%, Third Person 4.5%

Straight from the 90s, 90FX recreates the feel and experience of once revolutionary racing games of the early 90s. 90s Kids will remember this.

Why similar: Racing 39.5%, Combat Racing 35.2% ★, Vehicular Combat 8.4%, Arcade 7.2%, Third Person 3.5%

Race and battle using weapons and karts themed after Vtubers and content creators! All characters in game can be found livestreaming on Twitch. Race through different Vtuber themed levels like TomaKey's Liminal Spaces or Meat's Silly Safari and slow each other down with weapons!

Why similar: Racing 47.7%, Combat Racing 37.3% ★, Vehicular Combat 13.6%, 3D 1.4%

An explosive racing fantasy.

Why similar: Combat Racing 44% ★, Racing 40.2%, Arcade 7.2%, Third Person 3.3%, 3D 2.2%

Make your way through over 20 tracks as you attempt to become the new champion of the Plenty Karts league. Mixing together the concept of classic kart racing games with side-scrollers, Plenty Karts is a nonstop action kart racer with 16 difficulty levels and a full story mode.

Why similar: Combat Racing 40.7% ★, Racing 37.6%, Vehicular Combat 18.2%, Action 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Travelling Spacer is a high-octane, top-down, 2D arcade racer, inspired by 16-bit classics of the early 90s. Unlock scores of ships to build your custom fleet, drift through dozens of hazard-filled tracks, and optimize the path your robot companion takes for interstellar deliveries and trade.

Why similar: Combat Racing 45.5% ★, Racing 43.8%, Arcade 7.8%, Action 2.1%, Indie 0.7%

Be prepared for high-speed races against challenging AI pilots on huge, futuristic race tracks. Destroy your opponents with mounted cannons and special pick-up weapons, upgrade and fly different racers in a vast and spectacular environment on earth and in space.

Why similar: Combat Racing 51.1% ★, Racing 29.1%, Vehicular Combat 15.3%, Futuristic 1.9%, Action 1.1%

Chihuahua Racing is the biggest sporting event on the planet, where the 20 best athletes in the world race and compete. Be the fastest and use the weapons at your disposal to win. Race on winding tracks full of ramps and obstacles. Make good use of defense and attack, use drifting and nitro to win.

Why similar: Racing 38.7%, Combat Racing 33.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.1%, Arcade 6.9%, Action 1.6%

Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage is a fast-paced addictive combat racing game for the PC. The game features many different vehicles, weapons, upgrades, on-track bonuses as well as distinctive and astonishing environments.

Why similar: Combat Racing 42.5% ★, Racing 29.6%, Vehicular Combat 23.4%, Arcade 2.9%, Action 1.5%

Wacky driving in 4 game modes: Getaway driver, Racing, Survival and Zones!

Why similar: Combat Racing 37.9% ★, Racing 33.6%, Vehicular Combat 12.9%, Arcade 9.2%, Action 2.9%

The driving and shooting game. Gunman Drift is an incredible and satisfying drifting TPS where you drive, shoot, get shot at and get rewarded for it all in the meantime. Keep climbing the ranks until you become the Ultimate Gunman!

Why similar: Combat Racing 31.8% ★, Vehicular Combat 26.6%, Racing 21.1%, Arcade 8%, Third Person 4.4%

You are Ethan! a former felony convicted who needs to deliver the cargo in time for christmas eve. Drive through the city with no morale but beware, The cops are hunting you! Good Luck!

Why similar: Combat Racing 42.7% ★, Racing 42.2%, Arcade 10.9%, 3D 3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Race at the speed of sound and beyond in the great XF Extreme Formula championship! Taking place in the year 3000, you will tour trough the solar system proving you’re worthy of the title of champion.

Why similar: Combat Racing 30.4% ★, Racing 22.5%, Vehicular Combat 16.6%, Cyberpunk 6.5%, Arcade 6.4%

WREKD is a chaotic multiplayer bumper car party game where you smash, boost, and launch your friends across wild modes like Deathmatch, Racing, and Car Football. Easy to play, hard to survive.

Why similar: Combat Racing 38.4% ★, Racing 33%, Vehicular Combat 11.7%, Arcade 6.1%, Character Customization 5.6%

Get ready to tear up the streets and smash your way to the finish line! Bump & Run Racing is an ode to classic arcade racers where crashing opponents is not only allowed, but encouraged.

Why similar: Racing 44.3%, Combat Racing 31.3% ★, Vehicular Combat 9.8%, Arcade 7.2%, Third Person 3.2%

Rushline is a high-speed combat racer currently in active development. Combine arcade drifting with explosive power-ups in a fight for the finish line. Wishlist today to support the project, join the community, and help shape the future of the game!

Why similar: Combat Racing 39.8% ★, Racing 36.4%, Vehicular Combat 12%, Arcade 4.8%, Third Person 3%

Arcade racing action mixed with kart racing combat! 4 player splitscreen! 8 player top-down! Lots of different vehicles, drivers and tracks to try out and more yet to unlock! Go for gold in the Grand Prix! Hone your skills in Time Trial! Run wild in Custom Tournaments! - It's Super Gosu Cars time!

Why similar: Combat Racing 36.9% ★, Racing 27.5%, Vehicular Combat 18.4%, Arcade 7.5%, Third Person 4.7%

DeathCrank is a fast-paced, local and online multiplayer vehicle combat game that combines the best of games like Twisted Metal and Burnout, with a top-down retro feel and insane weaponry.

Why similar: Combat Racing 58.8% ★, Racing 37.3%, Action 2.3%, Indie 1.6%

Start your engines, then fix them! Grease Monkey Grand Prix is a retro-styled party racer with style, edge and most of all, blazing speed! In a world where companies are too cheap to hire mechanics, fixing your car as you try and reach the end of the track is up to you!

Why similar: Combat Racing 44.5% ★, Racing 35.9%, Arcade 11.2%, PvE 4.3%, 3D 3.1%

1320 Overdrive is an arcade-style drag racing game where you build, tune, and customize your race car. Easy to pick up. Use your drone to trigger special in-race actions, nail your shifts, and time your reactions perfectly to enter Overdrive Mode — pushing your speed beyond its limits.

Why similar: Combat Racing 43.9% ★, Racing 41.1%, Arcade 7.8%, 3D 2.4%, Action 1.8%

Yes, it's the game literally... SOME of you asked for! And so, in the spirit of "well, alright then, if you insist..." we present the third game in the Carmageddon series, in the knowledge that some of you Carma fans out there would like to have a complete Carmageddon collection in your Steam library. Nothing wrong with that.

Why similar: Combat Racing 57.2% ★, Racing 39.7%, Action 2.1%, Indie 1%

Take The Wheels! is a fresh, brand new take on the arcade racing genre! Using asymmetric thrust to pilot your hovercar (think rowing a boat, but with rockets!) race across a variety of worlds, from luscious forests to searing deserts. Play online or with your friends in this exciting take on racing!

Why similar: Racing 45.7%, Combat Racing 36.9% ★, Arcade 8.7%, Third Person 4.6%, 3D 2.6%

Toybox Havoc is a toy-scale arcade combat racer where every lap turns into a living-room battlefield. Race, or climb across oversized household tracks, collect rockets, mines and boosts, blast rival toy cars off the table, and survive chaotic races against AI or friends.

Why similar: Combat Racing 36.8% ★, Racing 28.5%, Vehicular Combat 21.3%, Arcade 6.5%, PvE 2.7%

Explosive arcade combat racing. Boost with rockets, fire weapons and outmaneuver rivals on dangerous tracks packed with jumps and hazards. Upgrade your car between races, compete solo or battle friends in chaotic 4-player splitscreen.

Why similar: Combat Racing 37.1% ★, Racing 31.6%, Vehicular Combat 21.4%, Arcade 5.2%, Action 1.8%

Re-Volt lets you guide one of 28 remote control cars through insane race tracks set in unusual environments. Curbs become huge walls, toys are obstacles, and everything is fair game to drive on, through, or over.

Why similar: Combat Racing 45.9% ★, Racing 37.4%, Arcade 8.5%, Third Person 4.8%, 3D 2.3%

Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a fast, furious, armed-to-the-teeth, trigger-happy shooter, shifted into top gear! Take a white knuckle ride in this crazily addictive combat racing game.

Why similar: Combat Racing 45.6% ★, Racing 27.1%, Vehicular Combat 25.5%, Action 0.8%, Arcade 0.7%

Auto Crusher: Bumper Cars is a car destruction racing game inspired by the bumper car rides from amusement arcades and carnivals. In this game players will feel the excitement of crashing into other vehicles, coupled with the use of several power ups and upgrades , making this game a race for glory!

Why similar: Racing 43.7%, Combat Racing 34.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 11%, Arcade 8.3%, Action 0.8%

Enjoy a semi-realistic arcade racer solo or online with friends. With a selection of serious and wacky vehicles to choose from, take on your friends in some skill based drift racing. Drift mechanics are rewarding, though difficult to master.

Why similar: Racing 51.2%, Combat Racing 38.5% ★, Arcade 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%

🏁 Racing, cycling and horse riding have never been so much fun! 🤠 Buckle up, Riding Extreme 3D is about to begin!

Why similar: Racing 43.7%, Combat Racing 34.2% ★, Vehicular Combat 14.9%, PvE 4%, 3D 2.4%

Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever.

Why similar: Racing 62.9%, Combat Racing 22.1% ★, Vehicular Combat 7.4%, Arcade 4.9%, Action 2.7%

Neo Kinetic is a fast-paced anti-gravity racer inspired by classics like Wipeout and F-Zero. Race across the world on over-the-top tracks, tearing through futuristic cities and megastructures at supersonic speeds.

Why similar: Racing 43.1%, Combat Racing 34.1% ★, Arcade 8%, Vehicular Combat 7.3%, Futuristic 2.7%

Drive / Shoot / Defend: Master tight corners, boosting at the perfect moment and blitz through blazing straights in the Grand Prix mode, blast the other racers away with a variety of on-board weapons and defend yourself. Face ever increasing challenging racers and prove your dominance.

Why similar: Racing 46.1%, Combat Racing 35.5% ★, Arcade 8.5%, Action 3.2%, Casual 2.7%

Mini Madness is an arcade racing game inspired by such titles as Re-Volt or Micro Machines. Players are racing on crazy, expanded vertically tracks placed in a single-family house and in its large garden, by taking control over miniature remote cars.

Why similar: Racing 40.8%, Combat Racing 36.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 11.5%, Third Person 4.8%, 3D 2.6%

The rules are simple. Mouse cars are small, light, and slow. Cat cars are big, heavy, and fast. The team whose mouse car finishes the race first is the winner. Each team has one mouse and at least one cat. Cats do everything they can to keep competitors' mouse cars from getting a lead.

Why similar: Combat Racing 43.6% ★, Racing 41.4%, Vehicular Combat 14.4%, Indie 0.6%

Welcome to Disney Speedstorm! Drift into the ultimate hero-based combat racing game, set on high-speed circuits inspired by Disney and Pixar worlds. Master each character’s unique skills and claim victory in this thrilling arcade racing experience from the creators of the Asphalt series!

Why similar: Combat Racing 31.6% ★, Racing 29.5%, Vehicular Combat 13.4%, Arcade 6.7%, Character Customization 6.1%

Hop into a multiplayer racing experience like never before! Try it out today and hop into a journey that will stand the test of time!

Why similar: Racing 41%, Combat Racing 35.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 13.2%, Arcade 6.9%, 3D 2.6%

Aster League: 2179 is a kart racing spinoff to the small vehicles content of BallisticNG. Boost is king, and piloting in a straight line is a sure-fire way to lose the race.

Why similar: Racing 46.4%, Combat Racing 37.1% ★, Arcade 8.8%, Futuristic 3.8%, 3D 2.6%

Ready for the aggressive, adrenaline-filled ride that leaves you breathless? FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition is all about destructive action. With carnage modes like the Deathmatch derby, Carnage Race and Head-on races are pure wreck-filled, adrenaline-pumping rides of maximum mayhem.

Why similar: Combat Racing 53.3% ★, Racing 36.8%, Vehicular Combat 5.7%, Arcade 3.4%, Action 0.5%

Costume Clash is a Halloween themed kart based action-adventure game set in a expansive world environment and played from a third-person perspective. The player takes on the role of a Hallowmon.

Why similar: Racing 46.9%, Combat Racing 33.9% ★, Arcade 8.2%, Character Customization 5.8%, Action 3.1%

A racing game with a FULLY. DESTRUCTIBLE. TRACK. Blast through any wall to forge new paths to 1st. Obliterate the very ground of the track to make it more difficult for your opponents, and yourself if you can handle it.

Why similar: Combat Racing 34% ★, Racing 25%, Vehicular Combat 21.4%, Arcade 7.1%, Cyberpunk 5.3%

Jump on and get ready to play the 90’s hit classic re-release Extreme-G 2 on Steam! Take control of the evolution bikes in XG2 with sharper handling, quicker acceleration, new top speeds, and tracks that will leave you gasping. Play this classic title repackaged for Steam today!

Why similar: Racing 60.1%, Combat Racing 18.2% ★, Vehicular Combat 11.7%, Arcade 4.8%, Futuristic 4.3%

CRASH TEST IDIOTS 2 (MULTIPLAYER) - You and Your Steam Friends must Destroy every car in the city.

Why similar: Racing 44.3%, Combat Racing 34.1% ★, Vehicular Combat 18.4%, 3D 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A fun kart(chair) racing game where you can drift in a chair, race through office hallways, and even use random power-ups.

Why similar: Racing 44.2%, Combat Racing 26% ★, Vehicular Combat 15.6%, Arcade 4.9%, Third Person 2.3%

Leptus is dying, and the tournament is on to succeed him as the Emperor of Entymion. Enter the hi-resolution huve of insane insect racing and fly the unfriendly skies!

Why similar: Combat Racing 39.5% ★, Racing 36.1%, Vehicular Combat 13%, Arcade 7.1%, 3D 2.3%

Deliver or Die! is an arcade game based on many classic ideas put together. With a bomb strapped to your car, time is of the essence. Collect deliveries, collect powerups, drop off the deliveries, and make sure they are on time... or you DIE!

Why similar: Racing 46.4%, Combat Racing 35.1% ★, Arcade 11.5%, Action 2.8%, Casual 2.5%

You’re a pill-dependent driver with paranoid schizophrenia, forced to escort a skeletal mafia boss across hostile territory. Your real enemy isn’t the gang chasing you — it’s the fear slowly consuming your mind. Drive, Shoot, Take Pill after Pill after Pill after Pill after Pill after Pill after...

Why similar: Combat Racing 38.3% ★, Racing 33.5%, Vehicular Combat 23.5%, Action 2.3%, 3D 1.7%

An action game where a couple races against time to recover stolen music, combining intense shootouts and rhythm-filled chases.

Why similar: Combat Racing 34.3% ★, Racing 25.2%, Vehicular Combat 24%, Arcade 8%, Third Person 3.3%

BOOSTDRIVE is a free-to-play arcade racing game set in stylized cyber-city environments inspired by Central Asia, featuring fast driving, neon tracks, and multiplayer competition.

Why similar: Racing 35.6%, Combat Racing 33.7% ★, Voxel 8.2% ★, Arcade 6.6%, Cyberpunk 5.5%