Games like Wreckfest
If Wreckfest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Assetto Corsa, Monster Truck Championship and Project CARS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its crossplay enables global competition, challenging and competitive. 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 →Wreckfest is a demolition racing game developed by Bugbear and published by THQ Nordic that released in 2018 for $29.99. The title combines demolition derby events with traditional track races, featuring soft-body damage modeling and physics-based destruction where vehicle damage directly affects performance. Players can upgrade their garage through an in-depth progression system while competing in a rival structure. The game supports online multiplayer and cooperative modes, with crossplay enabling global competition. Reviewers note that cars have distinct identities and uses within the classless vehicle balancing system, and that destruction matters as much as racing. The physics simulation creates what players describe as realistic and satisfying crashes, with the overall experience running verified on Steam Deck. With 87% positive reviews from over 18,000 Steam users, Wreckfest offers a long, challenging campaign suited for a sit-down session.
About Wreckfest: 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.
Players who liked Wreckfest also play
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Assetto Corsa
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wreckfest.
Top pick for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Wreckfest.
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!
Monster Truck Championship
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wreckfest.
Second-strongest match for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Wreckfest.
A true Monster Truck simulation! A unique and challenging motor racing experience where local or online victory depends solely on your driving skills. 16 customizable trucks, 25 arenas and 3 leagues to win to become champion!
Project CARS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wreckfest.
Third-strongest match for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Wreckfest.
THE ULTIMATE DRIVER JOURNEY delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game.
Wreckfest 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Wreckfest.
Ranked #4 for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Wreckfest.
Ready for mayhem? Wreckfest is back, offering the best in full-contact racing with unrivaled destruction! Witness head-to-head battles as you tear apart rival vehicles bit by bit. Powered by the enhanced physics engine, developed by the creators of Wreckfest & FlatOut!
TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Wreckfest.
Ranked #5 for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Wreckfest.
For bikers, there are two types of speed races: the Isle of Man TT and the rest. No race is more difficult. Take up the challenge of the legendary Snaefell Mountain course: all 37.73 miles faithfully reproduced with the champions and their bikes.
DiRT 4
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Wreckfest.
Ranked #6 for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Wreckfest.
DiRT 4 is all about embracing fear. It’s about the thrill, exhilaration and adrenaline that is absolutely vital to off-road racing. It’s about loving the feeling of pushing flat out next to a sheer cliff drop, going for the gap that’s too small and seeing how much air you can get. Be Fearless.
DiRT Rally 2.0
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Wreckfest.
Ranked #7 for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Wreckfest.
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.
Project CARS 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wreckfest.
Ranked #8 for Wreckfest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Wreckfest.
THE ULTIMATE DRIVER JOURNEY! Project CARS 2 delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Wreckfest
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FlatOut 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Wreckfest.
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Wreckfest.
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars.
FlatOut
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with Wreckfest.
Ram through pile-ups and smash through your windshield as you push racing to the edge! FlatOut™ delivers more heart-stopping thrills than any sane driver can handle!
TRAIL OUT
WHY THIS
Shares destruction physics with Wreckfest.
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wreckfest.
Welcome to the festival of explosive races, TRAIL OUT! Reckless racing around the world! Crashes, explosions, destruction, and screaming drivers!
Forza Motorsport
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Wreckfest.
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Wreckfest.
Compete in over 500 cars on 30 world-famous tracks – now featuring the legendary Fujimi Kaido! Play the new 20th Anniversary Tour and obtain special rewards.
BeamNG.drive
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Wreckfest.
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation and Racing with Wreckfest.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Crash Time 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with Wreckfest.
Crash Time 2 is an open-world arcade racing game where you play as an Autobahn police officer, engaging in high-speed chases, escort missions, and criminal investigations across a large free-roaming map.
Farmageddon
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wreckfest.
In this Action Roguelike, defend your farm from waves of enemies attacking with live vegetables. Dodge, catch, and use their own projectiles against them to survive. Uncover the conspiracy driving their revenge—a secret they don't even know themselves.
Redneck Rampage
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wreckfest cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Wreckfest.
Well, we crash-landed that UFO in the desert and Bubba says he wants to go home. Heck, I don't blame him 'cause there ain't no place like Hickston. But according to my map, we're gonna have to blast our way through jack o' lope farms and a riverboat as well as a brothel 'fore we get home again.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wreckfest at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Wreckfest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckfest.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wreckfest on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckfest.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wreckfest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wreckfest.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wreckfest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wreckfest.
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.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wreckfest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wreckfest.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wreckfest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wreckfest.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Wreckfest.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wreckfest.
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 Wreckfest.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckfest.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Wreckfest.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wreckfest.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wreckfest.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Bugbear
Other recommendable Steam games by Bugbear, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wreckfest 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Wreckfest.
Another title from Bugbear, the studio behind Wreckfest. Shares Racing with Wreckfest.
Ready for mayhem? Wreckfest is back, offering the best in full-contact racing with unrivaled destruction! Witness head-to-head battles as you tear apart rival vehicles bit by bit. Powered by the enhanced physics engine, developed by the creators of Wreckfest & FlatOut!
Ridge Racer™ Unbounded
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Wreckfest.
Another title from Bugbear, the studio behind Wreckfest. Shares Racing with Wreckfest.
The latest title in the RIDGE RACER franchise, RIDGE RACER Unbounded gears up to carve its own destructive path with a new breed of arcade racing.
Wreckfest Sneak Peek 2.0
WHY THIS
Shares destruction physics with Wreckfest.
Another title from Bugbear, the studio behind Wreckfest. Shares Action and Sports with Wreckfest.
EXCLUSIVE NEXT CAR GAME BONUSThis Next Car Game Technology Sneak Peek features a playground that we use internally to test various features various like car damage and environment destruction. Version 2.0 contains a lot of cool content like physics cannon with explosive missiles, new destructive machinery, more spectacular stunts and a...
Frequently asked about Wreckfest
- Is Wreckfest verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Wreckfest is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Wreckfest cost?
- Wreckfest is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Wreckfest have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Wreckfest supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Wreckfest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wreckfest are Assetto Corsa, Monster Truck Championship, Project CARS.
- Who developed Wreckfest?
- Wreckfest was developed by Bugbear and published by THQ Nordic.
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