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Choose Wreckfest if you want an Action, Sports, and Indie game with Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 87.4% positive across 18,276 reviews.
Wreckfest and Wreckfest 2 both land in Racing on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Racing games on Steam. Wreckfest (2018) is 7 years older than Wreckfest 2 (2025). Wreckfest scores higher on Steam reviews (87.4% positive) than Wreckfest 2 (72.1% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Choose Wreckfest if you want an Action, Sports, and Indie game with Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 87.4% positive across 18,276 reviews.
Choose Wreckfest 2 if you want an Early Access experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 3,171 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Wreckfest and Wreckfest 2 sit in Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Wreckfest | Wreckfest 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Indie, Simulation, Racing | Early Access, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | 29.99 USD | 34.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 87.4% positive (18,276 reviews) | 72.1% positive (3,171 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Bugbear | Bugbear |
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