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Games like Synthwave Burnout

If Synthwave Burnout is your kind of game, the closest matches are OutWave: Retro chase, Radiant Rush and RetroZen — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its custom soundtrack support, music drives the gameplay and neon visuals immerse instantly. 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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About Synthwave Burnout: The lost highway awaits you to take you beyond the horizon. Relax and let the sounds of synthwave open the way into the realm of neon - a world of revived imagination and fantasy, more real than reality itself.

2025ActionSportsIndieRacing11.99 USDWindowsby Whale Rock Games
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Players who liked Synthwave Burnout also play

Steam players who put hours into Synthwave Burnout 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. OutWave: Retro chase

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Top pick for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Synthwave Burnout.

    Endless car chase is a fast retro style paced game in which you must collect money and avoid the cops! The game supports Windows, Mac, Linux. Use keyboard or gamepad. Buy and control a cars or motorbikes. Listen to retro music and don't get caught by the cops! The game looks like a gif!

    2023ActionSportsIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Radiant Rush

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Synthwave Burnout.

    Master a unique physics system where speed dictates your steering. Drift through shifting retro-futuristic worlds that evolve in perfect sync with the music, creating a seamless cinematic journey where gameplay, visuals, and sound fuse into one.

    2026ActionSportsRacingSteam ↗
  3. RetroZen

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Synthwave Burnout.

    Iconic rides, iconic vibes! Relive the soul of the '80s with retro supercars, synthwave tunes, and endless cruises in RetroZen!

    2024IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Cyber Badminton 2020

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Synthwave Burnout.

    A cyberpunk sports-action arcade game like you've never seen before! In this high-stakes badminton match, you'll rush across the court, make pivotal plays, collect powerups to enhance your abilities, and use your skills to execute power shots!

    2020ActionSportsIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Galaxy Rider

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    Welcome to The Galaxy Rider! Cruise the cosmos as a space taxi driver! Your mission? Get rich while carrying passengers between planets. Ready for an out-of-this-world ride?

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Coolbit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    Coolbit is a endless synthwave color match game. Beat your record by surviving through lasers while listening to cool retro music.

    2021ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Blue-G Interactive Vector Archive 77-97

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    Explore the rich vector arcade 'history' of Blue-G Interactive in this enhanced collection of 11 games. Made to run fast even on low spec hardware!

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. Synthwave Driver

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Synthwave Burnout fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    A nostalgic road trip on an endless highway, driving iconic '80s cars through a neon-filled paradise. Let the synthwave soundtrack guide you toward the horizon, leading you into a world of nostalgic vibes.

    2025ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Action with Synthwave Burnout.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Action with Synthwave Burnout.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Synthwave Burnout on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 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 Synthwave Burnout.

    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 and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Synthwave Burnout.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    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 ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Whale Rock Games

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

  1. We Are The Dwarves

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    We Are The Dwarves is a real-time tactical adventure where you take control of three Dwarven astronauts and lead them through the hordes of enemies in the depths of their Universe. Tactical Adventure Sci-Fi Space Dwarves

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. DEPLOYMENT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Action and Sports with Synthwave Burnout.

    An intense competitive top-down shooter: choose your class, capture turrets, progress, and dominate in the arena. top-down shooter, multiplayer shooter, arena shooter, class-based shooter, sci-fi shooter

    2018ActionSportsStrategy14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Divine Invasion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    Strange events occur in the cyberpunk age: a mysterious criminal steals museum pieces, historical documents in order to make certain corrections and then puts everything back. Someone is trying to prove that Good and Evil have swapped places in the past… But why?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Cybernetic Fault

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. NeverSynth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Action and Sports with Synthwave Burnout.

    NeverSynth is a 3rd person game that is a rhythm driving simulator.This game is a dynamic action game in which you have to drive a car to rhythmic music and collect beats. The more beats you collect, the more game points you earn.

    2022ActionSportsIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Inquisitor’s Heart and Soul

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Action and Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    Summon demonic invasions, punish heretical enclaves, punish traitors and renegades. Do not deny yourself anything - after all, you are the hand and anger of the highest good. Give the apostates darkness, so that they learn to appreciate the light!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Heavy Burden

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    How does Sisyphus feel as he climbs to the top of the mountain? Tired from the weight of the stone, the scorching sun, and the steep climbs, he nevertheless continues on his way up. What awaits him there?

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dofamine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Synthwave Burnout.

    Another title from Whale Rock Games, the studio behind Synthwave Burnout. Shares Indie with Synthwave Burnout.

    You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation7.77 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Synthwave Burnout

How much does Synthwave Burnout cost?
Synthwave Burnout is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Synthwave Burnout?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Synthwave Burnout are OutWave: Retro chase, Radiant Rush, RetroZen.
Who developed Synthwave Burnout?
Synthwave Burnout was developed by Whale Rock Games.

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 Synthwave Burnout.

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