Best Racing games on Steam
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Browse 50+ Racing games on Steam ranked daily by review consensus (2026). Sim racers, arcade racers, and karters on Steam. Ranked by review consensus. Every pick has cleared a quality bar of Mostly Positive or better, based on Steam's public review counts with a minimum of 100 verdicts to rule out statistical noise — enough data to trust the signal, not so much that only blockbusters qualify. Ranking is by review score first, total review volume second, so an acclaimed 300-review title sits above a franchise entry at mediocre scores. Unlike Steam's storefront Racing tab, which weights new releases, sponsored placements, and sales rank, imho.run ranks purely by review consensus — older beloved titles compete alongside this year's launches on equal footing. The list refreshes daily as new releases land and review counts settle; newly qualifying titles appear the morning after they cross the threshold.
Top picks
01BeamNG.drive
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
2015SimulationEarly Access24.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
02CarX Drift Racing Online
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!
2017ActionSports16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
03Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.
2014ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
04Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
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.
2021SimulationRacing24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
05Descenders
Descenders is extreme downhill freeriding for the modern era, with procedurally generated worlds, and where mistakes have real consequences. Will you lead your team to glory and become the next legendary Descender?
2019ActionSports24.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
06Mon Bazou
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?
2025IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →- Try the recommender →
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07Tokyo Xtreme Racer
The title of “fastest” never fades. Race through the sealed future Tokyo night highways in your customized car. Defeat rivals in “SP Battle,” where drivers clash by draining Spirit Points. A unique racing game where only the rules for victory matter.
2025RPGRacing39.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
08Superflight
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
2017ActionSports2.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
09Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing
Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!
2018SportsIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
10Easy Delivery Co.
Easy Delivery Co. is a relaxing driving game with strange secrets. Chill out, make deliveries and get to know the mysterious residents of this scenic mountain town, all while earning well below minimum wage.
2025IndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
11BallisticNG
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
12Trackmania United Forever
TrackMania is the most entertaining car racing game ever. Millions of players play it in single or multiplayer modes. TrackMania United Forever is the ultimate TrackMania edition thanks to the numerous additions and innovations it has to offer.
2008Racing14.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
13FUMES
Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!
2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
14Wild Animal Racing
Wild Animal Racing is an exciting go-kart simulation game with a twist. Play as an elephant, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, a rhino or a hippo! Play against the other animals or against a friend on the same PC with the split-screen mode! Or invite Steam friends in the multiplayer mode!
2016ActionSports3.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
15Zeepkist
Welcome to Zeepkist! You race soapboxes down hills!
2021ActionSports19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
16Parking Garage Rally Circuit
Retro Arcade Rally Racing... in Parking Garages?!? Precision driving with tight simple controls and arcade physics, all in a Sega Saturn style presentation
2024ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
17SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.
2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
18JellyCar Worlds
It's a Car, made of Jelly! Squishy Physics, Tactile, Silly & Imaginative Driving/Platforming
2022ActionSimulation7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
19Super Woden: Rally Edge
The spin-off of the acclaimed Super Woden saga, blending classic arcade essence with great depth and a genuine love for car culture. With a unique personality, Rally Edge takes you back to an era where fun goes beyond realism.
2026SportsIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
20Aero GPX
Aero GPX is an anti-gravity racer focused on high velocity, flight, machine-to-machine combat, and responsive controls that are easy to pick up but difficult to master. Fight for the best position possible with high speeds, risky maneuvers, and visceral attacks!
2024ActionEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
21Turbo Dismount® 2
Turbo Dismount 2 is a comedy physics racing sandbox with Mr. Dismount and his friends. It is the officially ambitious sequel to the wildly popular, immensely successful, world-renowned entertainment juggernaut - Turbo Dismount.
2026ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
22Rocket League®
Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...
2015ActionSportsDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
23Forza Horizon 5
Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
2021ActionSports59.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
24Crab Game
Crab Game is a First-Person Multiplayer game where you play through several different minigames based on children's games, until only one player stands victorious.
2021ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSimilar games →
25Forza Horizon 6
Discover the breathtaking landscapes of Japan in over 550 real-world cars and become a racing Legend in Forza Horizon's biggest open world driving adventure yet.
2026SportsSimulation69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
26Assetto Corsa
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!
2014SportsIndie19.99 USDSimilar games →
27Forza Horizon 4
Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world.
2021RacingDeck PlayableSimilar games →
28Need for Speed™ Heat
Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.
2020ActionSports6.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
29My Summer Car
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.
2025IndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
30Stumble Guys
Ready for the chaos? Stumble Guys is a 32-player, fast-paced multiplayer party royale where players dash, jump, and fall across hilarious obstacle courses in a fun race to be the last one standing.
2021ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSimilar games →
31MX Bikes
MX Bikes is a realistic motocross simulator, based on a scratch built physics engine that accurately simulates motorcycle dynamics and setup options.
2019SportsSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
32Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
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.
2017SimulationRacing19.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
33Trailmakers
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.
2019ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
34DiRT Rally 2.0
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.
2019SportsSimulation13.99 USDSimilar games →
35Wreckfest
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.
2018ActionSports29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
36Assetto Corsa Competizione
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.
2019SportsSimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
37Pacific Drive
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
2024ActionIndie9.89 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
38F1® 2021
Every story has a beginning in F1® 2021, the official videogame of the 2021 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™. Enjoy the stunning new features of F1® 2021, including the thrilling story experience ‘Braking Point’, two-player Career, and get even closer to the grid with ‘Real-Season Start’.
2021SportsSimulationDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
39Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
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?
2015StrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
40TrackMania Nations Forever
A free game in the truest sense of the word, TrackMania Nations Forever lets you drive at mind-blowing speeds on fun and spectacular tracks in solo and multiplayer modes.TrackMania Nations Forever offers a new "Forever" version of the Stadium environment, a solid solo mode and 65 brand new, progressively challenging tracks.
2008RacingFreeDeck PlayableSimilar games →
41Tower Unite
PLAY, CREATE, PARTY! Tower Unite is a community-based virtual world party game with online games, entertainment, activities, and absolutely NO microtransactions.
2025ActionIndie19.99 USDSimilar games →
42DiRT Rally
DiRT Rally is the most authentic and thrilling rally game ever made, road-tested over 80 million miles by the DiRT community. It perfectly captures that white knuckle feeling of racing on the edge as you hurtle along dangerous roads, knowing that one crash could irreparably harm your stage time.
2015SportsSimulationDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
43F1® 2020
F1® 2020 allows you to create your F1® team for the very first time and race alongside the official teams and drivers. Alternatively, challenge your friends in new split-screen with casual race options for more relaxed racing. Compete on 22 circuits, with current and classic content.
2020SportsSimulationDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
44SpeedRunners
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
2016ActionSports2.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
45F1® 25
Leave your mark on the world of racing in F1® 25, the official video game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship™, featuring a revamped My Team mode, the thrilling third chapter of Braking Point, and more!
2025SportsSimulation23.99 USDSimilar games →
46Garfield Kart
Join Garfield and his friends in the funniest fast and fur-ious game! What character do you want to play with? Garfield, Odie, Jon, Nermal... you choose! Take part in no-holds-barred crazy races.
2015Racing4.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
47Haste
Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!
2025ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
48Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Race across land, sea, air, space, and time in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds! Warp through Travel Rings into new dimensions where something new awaits around every twist and turn.
2025ActionAdventure41.99 USDDeck VerifiedSimilar games →
49Garfield Kart - Furious Racing
Garfield, the famous lasagna-loving cat is back to take on Jon, Odie and company in a no-holds-barred racing game!
2019Racing14.99 USDDeck PlayableSimilar games →
50Need for Speed™ Payback
Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.
2020ActionSports8.09 USDSimilar games →
Frequently asked
- What's the best Racing game on Steam right now?
- The top of this list is whichever Racing title has the strongest review score on Steam among games with enough reviews to trust the signal — at least 100 reviews at Mostly Positive or better. The order refreshes daily as new releases land and review counts settle, so the #1 slot moves with the catalogue rather than staying frozen on a franchise heavyweight.
- Do these Racing games run on Steam Deck?
- Each tile shows the Steam Deck status when Valve has rated the game — Deck Verified means it runs out of the box with full controller support, Deck Playable means it works with some manual setup. To browse only Deck-friendly picks across every genre, the Steam Deck and Steam Deck Playable hubs filter to those titles.
- How is this list different from Steam's "Racing" tab?
- Steam's storefront sorts Racing by a mix of new releases, top sellers, and sponsored slots. This list ignores all of that — only review consensus and audience size decide ranking, so older quiet hits sit alongside this month's launches without paid placement pushing anything up the order.
- How often is the Racing list updated?
- Once per day. New Racing releases enter the candidate pool the day after they cross the review threshold; titles whose score drops below it fall off the same way. The catalogue imho.run reads from is refreshed daily by a scraper running over the public Steam Web and Store APIs.
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