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Games like GRID Legends

If GRID Legends is your kind of game, the closest matches are EA SPORTS™ WRC, Need for Speed™ Unbound and F1® 25 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful graphics and lighting, diverse vehicle roster and engaging story mode. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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GRID Legends is a 2022 simcade racing game developed by Codemasters in which players progress through a career across multiple motorsport disciplines, customize vehicles, and compete in multiplayer races. Reviewers highlight a story mode campaign that runs alongside the career structure, while players describe the game as immersive and note the diverse vehicle roster alongside beautiful graphics and lighting. The game features an extensive race creator tool enabling players to design and share custom events. Players also highlight solid driving mechanics as a key hook. The game holds a 76% positive rating from over 1,250 Steam reviews and is priced at $17.99.

About GRID Legends: GRID Legends delivers thrilling wheel-to-wheel motorsport action. Create dream race events, hop into live races, experience a dramatic virtual production story, and embrace the sensation of spectacular racing.

2022ActionSportsSimulationRacing17.99 USDWindowsby Codemasters
GRID Legends — Steam game cover
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Beautiful graphics and lightingDiverse vehicle rosterEngaging story modeChallengingImmersiveCareer progressions

Players who liked GRID Legends also play

Steam players who put hours into GRID Legends also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. EA SPORTS™ WRC

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Top pick for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    Experience the thrill of the 2024 rally season with new locations, moments, stages, high-performance vehicles, new liveries, and licensed crews. Brace yourself to embark on your continued rally journey.

    2023SportsSimulationRacing34.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Need for Speed™ Unbound

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with GRID Legends.

    Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.

    2022ActionRacing9.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. F1® 25

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Third-strongest match for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    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!

    2025SportsSimulationRacing23.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. F1® 24

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Ranked #4 for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID Legends.

    Join the grid and Be One of the 20. Drive like the greatest in EA SPORTS™ F1® 24, the official video game of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship™.

    2024SportsRacingSteam ↗
  5. GRID

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Ranked #5 for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with GRID Legends.

    GRID is a racing experience like no other. Offering unrivalled wheel-to-wheel racing for everyone, where every race is unpredictable as you create rivals and nemeses on your road to conquering the world of motorsport.

    2019ActionSportsSimulationDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Need for Speed™ Payback

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with GRID Legends.

    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.

    2020ActionSportsStrategy8.09 USDSteam ↗
  7. DIRT 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Ranked #7 for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with GRID Legends.

    DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.

    2020ActionSportsAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Wreckfest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Ranked #8 for GRID Legends fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with GRID Legends.

    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.

    2018ActionSportsIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to GRID Legends

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization with GRID Legends.

    Reviewers of GRID Legends cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with GRID Legends.

    Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.

    2010RacingDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. GRID Autosport

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Reviewers of GRID Legends cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID Legends.

    It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.

    2014SportsRacingDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Forza Horizon 4

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of GRID Legends cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with GRID Legends.

    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 PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Crew Motorfest

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Reviewers of GRID Legends cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with GRID Legends.

    Welcome to Motorfest, the ultimate open-world driving experience. Explore the Hawaiian islands of O'ahu and Maui. Celebrate the best of car culture through 20+ themed campaigns (street racing, offroad, drift...) and collect hundreds of iconic vehicles. Enjoy the game free for five hours!

    2024Racing69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GRID Legends at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with GRID Legends.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under GRID Legends on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with GRID Legends.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID Legends.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with GRID Legends.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Codemasters

Other recommendable Steam games by Codemasters, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. DiRT Rally 2.0

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    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.

    2019SportsSimulationRacing13.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. F1® 2021

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    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’.

    2021SportsSimulationRacingDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. F1® 2020

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    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.

    2020SportsSimulationRacingDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. F1® 25

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    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!

    2025SportsSimulationRacing23.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. F1® 22

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID Legends.

    Enter the new era of Formula 1® in EA SPORTS™ F1® 22 the official videogame of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship™.

    2022SportsRacingDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. DiRT Rally

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID Legends.

    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.

    2015SportsSimulationRacingDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. F1® 24

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID Legends.

    Join the grid and Be One of the 20. Drive like the greatest in EA SPORTS™ F1® 24, the official video game of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship™.

    2024SportsRacingSteam ↗
  8. F1® 23

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID Legends. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID Legends.

    Be the last to brake in EA SPORTS™ F1® 23, the official video game of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship™. A new chapter in the thrilling "Braking Point" story mode delivers high-speed drama and heated rivalries.

    2023SportsRacingDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. GRID

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with GRID Legends.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with GRID Legends.

    GRID is a racing experience like no other. Offering unrivalled wheel-to-wheel racing for everyone, where every race is unpredictable as you create rivals and nemeses on your road to conquering the world of motorsport.

    2019ActionSportsSimulationDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. DIRT 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with GRID Legends.

    DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.

    2020ActionSportsAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wreckfest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with GRID Legends.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with GRID Legends.

    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.

    2018ActionSportsIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about GRID Legends

Does GRID Legends work on Steam Deck?
GRID Legends is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does GRID Legends cost?
GRID Legends is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does GRID Legends have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — GRID Legends supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to GRID Legends?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GRID Legends are EA SPORTS™ WRC, Need for Speed™ Unbound, F1® 25.
Who developed GRID Legends?
GRID Legends was developed by Codemasters and published by Electronic Arts.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on GRID Legends.

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