Choose Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Choose Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 4,091 Steam reviews back the pick.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box vs CARTOONITE
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and CARTOONITE 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. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (2009) is 14 years older than CARTOONITE (2023). CARTOONITE scores higher on Steam reviews (85.7% positive) than Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (84.3% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose CARTOONITE
Choose CARTOONITE if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. CARTOONITE launched in 2023.
Both Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and CARTOONITE sit in Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (84.3% vs 85.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box |  CARTOONITE | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2023 |
| Genres | Racing | Free To Play, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 84.3% positive (4,091 reviews) | 85.7% positive (21 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Criterion Games | Tuning Mania |
Side by side
- Both are Racing games on Steam.
- Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (2009) is 14 years older than CARTOONITE (2023).
- CARTOONITE scores higher on Steam reviews (85.7% positive) than Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (84.3% positive).
- CARTOONITE is free; Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is paid (Price unknown).
- Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; CARTOONITE has no Deck rating yet.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box vs CARTOONITE — FAQ
- Should I play Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box or CARTOONITE first?
- If you want chronology, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (2009) came out before CARTOONITE (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and CARTOONITE similar?
- They overlap on Racing on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Is CARTOONITE free?
- Yes — CARTOONITE is a free-to-play Steam title. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is paid (Price unknown).