Games like California Games II
If California Games II is your kind of game, the closest matches are F2D - Steer To Persevere, Classic Racers Elite and Hot Lap League: Deluxe Edition — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About California Games II: Originally launched in 1990 on the boundary-pushing 16-bit computers and consoles of the day, this bodacious sequel to the immensely popular California Games sees you competing in five awesome events: hang-gliding, jet-skiing, snowboarding, body-boarding and skateboarding!
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F2D - Steer To Persevere
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Top pick for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with California Games II.
F2D - Steer To Persevere 🏎️ is a top of the line Formula Racing game where similarities with real racing are entirely coincidental. Create and customize your team, upgrade your facilities to upgrade the car 🏗️ and become the world champion in campaign mode or compete with players worldwide ... 🏁
Classic Racers Elite
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Second-strongest match for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with California Games II.
There was a time when pilots were TRUE pilots. It was the 60's. The time of Rock'n'Roll, movie stars and iconic cars. Drive furiously fast on gorgeous landscapes and fight against your monstrous car. A pure Time Attack game where you're driving cars from the "Gentlemen Drivers" era.
Hot Lap League: Deluxe Edition
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Third-strongest match for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Take complete control of your vehicle, perfect your driving, and prove your place in the Hot Lap League. Drift and race your car around 150+ mind blowing tracks, each requiring unique techniques and strategies. Improving your time by racing your best is the only way to the top.
Z-Race
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Ranked #4 for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Z-Race is a fun arcade hand-racing VR game. Control futuristic ships designed in the style of your favourite VR creators with their voice acting. Fly at super-fast speeds on chic sci-fi tracks, collecting nitro boosts and coins, avoiding energy traps and obstacles to become the first!
Phantom Spark
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Ranked #5 for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with California Games II.
The best feeling racing game out there. Precision time-trial racing against npc champions in the campaign or other players on the leaderboards.
Hydrofoil Generation
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Ranked #6 for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Hydrofoil Generation is a realistic sailing and foiling simulator. An exciting and accurate first-person simulation of multiplayer "in-shore" regattas, now featuring official Global Racing League SailGP content. Put your skills and heart to the test!
Redout 2
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Ranked #7 for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with California Games II.
The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer.
Torque Drift
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Ranked #8 for California Games II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Build your car, earn sponsors, and compete in online multiplayer drift battles!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below California Games II at current Steam store prices.
Golf With Your Friends
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Priced ~52% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Why have friends if not to play Golf... With Your Friends! Nothing is out of bounds as you take on courses filled with fast paced, exciting, simultaneous mini golf for up to 12 players!
Russian Life Simulator
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Priced ~80% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.
House of Detention
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Priced ~80% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Unique horror with a Deep plot, a lot of characters, great sound effects and a creepy atmosphere of Real Dungeon. Locker Room, Gym, Various Monsters, Atmospheric Music, Meme Scrolls, The Lash of the Spain King and much more! Right Version Included.
Soccer Online: Ball 3D
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Priced ~80% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Multiplayer soccer simulator. Control one player. Play online or with bots.
Achievements printer
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Priced ~80% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Achievement printer is simple basketball game. You need swipe the ball towards the hoop to score
Turbo Golf Racing
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Priced ~60% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
An action-packed fusion of racing and golf. Traverse across a diverse range of courses, using your car to skilfully putt your ball in the hole. Face off against 7 opponents in Race mode, make every shot count in golf mode, or test your skills against the clock in Time Trials.
Golf Gang
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Priced ~60% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Golf Gang is a racing game. It’s a party game. It’s the fastest game of minigolf you'll ever play! Blend precision with speed to dominate in 8-player online mayhem or your solo speed runs.
The Cat Games
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Priced ~60% under California Games II on Steam right now. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Do you like cats? Then this is the purrfect game for you!
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Meteor 60 Seconds!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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More from Epyx, Inc.
Other recommendable Steam games by Epyx, Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Rogue
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II.
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
Impossible Mission II
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II.
Sequel to the equally-popular Impossible Mission, this classic 1980s action platformer sees you tasked with infiltrating a futuristic fortress, built to keep safe malicious mastermind Elvin Atombender. Now available on Steam for the first time, responsibility for saving the world rests with YOU!
Temple of Apshai Trilogy
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II.
In this classic dungeon crawler, hack and slash your way through over 500 rooms with dozens of terrifying monsters. A true 1980s fantasy game, experience the frustrations and triumphs of the tabletop gaming inspired combat. Temple of Apshai is waiting. Silently lurking. Patiently waiting. For you.
The Games: Winter Edition
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Compete in seven Winter Games events in this DOS classic from 1988, created by masters of sports simulation Epyx. Hurtle down the slopes, over jumps, or across the ice, all in search of that elusive Gold medal.
Battle Bugs
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II.
In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature, pun-filled warzone! 56 battles with 22 types of Battle Bug await you!
Jumpman (C64/MSDOS)
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II.
Run, climb and jump from platform to platform to collect and disarm deadly bombs, but watch out! One single misstep will send you tumbling to the ground! With 30 different challenging levels to beat, experience the thrills and spills of one of the earliest platformers.
Snow Strike
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Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind California Games II.
Fly your F14-LBC "Rapier" on a series of air bound missions. Your task – to destroy the labs, bomb refineries, and stop the enemy convoys. But watch out for those enemies who are armed with heat and radar guided missiles!
Frequently asked about California Games II
- How much does California Games II cost?
- California Games II is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does California Games II have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — California Games II supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to California Games II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside California Games II are F2D - Steer To Persevere, Classic Racers Elite, Hot Lap League: Deluxe Edition.
- Who developed California Games II?
- California Games II was developed by Epyx, Inc. and published by Pixel Games UK.
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