Games like Distance
If Distance is your kind of game, the closest matches are GRIP: Combat Racing, BallisticNG and Rocket League® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and hypnotic. 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 →Distance is a 2018 action indie racing game where players navigate a neon cityscape using 360-degree car movement and flight mechanics. The game features thrust vectoring, music-reactive tracks, and a level editor alongside challenge modes. Reviewers highlight the music-reactive levels that sync with the drum and bass soundtrack, and players describe it as atmospheric and hypnotic. The thrust vectoring system rewards skilled play, and the level editor spawns endless creativity for the community. Steam Deck verified status ensures portability for sessions designed for sitting down play. Priced at $24.99, the game maintains a challenging difficulty curve despite an easy-to-learn foundation, and holds a 94% positive rating from over 4,100 Steam reviews.
About Distance: Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
Players who liked Distance also play
Steam players who put hours into Distance 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.
GRIP: Combat Racing
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Distance.
Top pick for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.
BallisticNG
WHY THIS
Shares workshop integration and a hypnotic mood with Distance.
Second-strongest match for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
Rocket League®
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Distance.
Third-strongest match for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...
Tri6: Infinite
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Tri6: Infinite is a fast paced endless racer in the Tri6 cyberspace. Avoid the obstacles as long as possible with your driving skills and different powerups to beat the top scores. With electrons you collect while playing you can unlock new vehicles and powerups for new challenges.
Hover REV Hispeed Burst
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Distance.
Are you ready to defy gravity, master the art of speed, and claim victory in the most exhilarating sky-high racing league ever created? Jump on your hover jet bike and experience the thrill of Hover REV Hispeed Burst!
Super Impossible Road
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Distance.
Ranked #6 for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Winning is Cheating in this futuristic racer set on rollercoaster-like tracks. Create shortcuts to cheat your way to the front. Beat a series of varied solo missions of increasing difficulty and then take your skills online in the cross-platform multiplayer, or battle your roomies in split-screen.
Virtual Battle
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Team up or duke it out in survival battles, set in the virtual world!
Airframe Ultra
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
There's only two types of racers in Megacity West: The winners and the dead. So fire up your airframe and strap on your katana. Welcome to the violent underground world of Ultra Circuit racing!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Distance
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Redout 2
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Racing with Distance.
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.
Geometry Dash
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and an intense mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Thumper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
Clustertruck
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
Rez Infinite
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.
Tetris® Effect: Connected
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Distance.
Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!
Titanfall™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Distance.
Titanfall delivers fast-paced, hyperkinetic vertical warfare that gives shooter fans the freedom to fight their way as both elite assault Pilots and fast, heavily armored Titans.
Trackmania
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Distance.
Reviewers of Distance cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Distance.
Trackmania – the unique racing game that combines precision and creativity. Play for free across five stunning environments, race on the best player-made tracks every week, and climb your regional rankings.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Distance at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Distance.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Distance on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Distance on Steam right now. Shares Action with Distance.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Distance on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Distance.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Distance on Steam right now. Shares Action with Distance.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Distance.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Distance.
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 Distance.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Distance.
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 Distance.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Distance.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Distance
- Is Distance verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Distance 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 Distance cost?
- Distance is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Distance have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Distance supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Distance?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Distance are GRIP: Combat Racing, BallisticNG, Rocket League®.
- Who developed Distance?
- Distance was developed by Refract.
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 Distance.
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