Games like Initial Drift Online
If Initial Drift Online is your kind of game, the closest matches are Track Day: From Street to Circuit, Kanjozoku Game レーサー Online Street Racing & Drift and Drift Horizon Online — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its community driven content updates, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 Initial Drift Online: Drift over some of Japan's most legendary mountain passes, compete against your friends or players from around the world in epic battles, make deliveries, buy new cars and set records in the world rankings!
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Steam players who put hours into Initial Drift Online 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.
Track Day: From Street to Circuit
WHY THIS
Top pick for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
Inspired by beloved classic games, Track Day has an innovative career mode and authenticity in heart. Buy a used car and modify it for racing part by part. Compete with amateurs, then get the pro license and try to make a name for yourself in your home country before you raise the stakes.
Kanjozoku Game レーサー Online Street Racing & Drift
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Second-strongest match for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Massively Multiplayer with Initial Drift Online.
90s Osaka Kanjo Night Street Racing and Drift Online with True JDM Cars, Online PvP, Engine, Body and Suspension Tuning!
Drift Horizon Online
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Initial Drift Online.
Third-strongest match for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
Drift Horizon Online - immersive drifting simulator featuring smooth optimized visuals, realistic physics, and authentic car sounds including blow-off, exhaust, backfires and tire skids.
Assetto Corsa
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Initial Drift Online.
Ranked #4 for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
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!
CrashMetal - Cyberpunk
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
CrashMetal - Cyberpunk The Hokuta City streets await your engine rev. Can you beat everyone in this race for first place? Upgrade your car, take care of its appearance and defeat everyone on the streets of the Hokuta City.
Need for Speed™
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Ranked #6 for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.
Vector 36
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
Race across the terraformed surface of Mars in your Skimmer, a completely customizable hover racing vehicle. Piloting skill and engineering make the difference between winning and losing in Vector 36, a Physics-Based Racer. Available with and without VR or HOTAS.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Ranked #8 for Initial Drift Online fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Initial Drift Online.
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.
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Reviewers of Initial Drift Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Initial Drift Online.
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.
The Walking Dead
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Initial Drift Online cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Touge Shakai
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Initial Drift Online.
Reviewers of Initial Drift Online cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
Touge Shakai (Mountain Pass Society) is an online Touge Racing Game based on Japanese car culture in the 90s. With an emphasis on balance between realism and fun gameplay, the physics are tailored for competitive drift racing, while giving a challenge to all players.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Initial Drift Online at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Initial Drift Online.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Action with Initial Drift Online.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Action with Initial Drift Online.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Initial Drift Online on Steam right now. Shares Action with Initial Drift Online.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Initial Drift Online.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Initial Drift Online.
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.).
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
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.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Retrowave
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Another title from RewindApp, the studio behind Initial Drift Online. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
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WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Another title from RewindApp, the studio behind Initial Drift Online. Shares Indie and Racing with Initial Drift Online.
Get in your favorite car and set records alone or with friends in this unique arcade game!
Drift Of The Hill
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Another title from RewindApp, the studio behind Initial Drift Online. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
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Karting
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Another title from RewindApp, the studio behind Initial Drift Online. Shares Indie and Simulation with Initial Drift Online.
Climb aboard your kart and beat records alone or with friends in a unique arcade game!
Hentai Temple
WHY THIS
Another title from RewindApp, the studio behind Initial Drift Online. Shares Indie with Initial Drift Online.
Hentai Temple is a classic Sliding puzzle game but with a slight Japanese touch ...
Retrowave World
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Another title from RewindApp, the studio behind Initial Drift Online. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, chrome robot women, speeding 80s supercars... Welcome to Retrowave World!
Retrowave 2
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Initial Drift Online.
Another title from RewindApp, the studio behind Initial Drift Online. Shares Action and Indie with Initial Drift Online.
Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!
Frequently asked about Initial Drift Online
- Does Initial Drift Online run on Steam Deck?
- Initial Drift Online is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Initial Drift Online cost?
- Initial Drift Online is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Initial Drift Online have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Initial Drift Online supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Initial Drift Online?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Initial Drift Online are Track Day: From Street to Circuit, Kanjozoku Game レーサー Online Street Racing & Drift, Drift Horizon Online.
- Who developed Initial Drift Online?
- Initial Drift Online was developed by RewindApp.
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