Games like Star Racer
If Star Racer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Airframe Ultra, Warp Drive and G-Vora — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, 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 →About Star Racer: Soar through concrete and cosmos in Star Racer, a retro-infused combat racer. Defy gravity, conquer wild Event Races, master the course editor, and crush the competition by any means necessary!
Players who liked Star Racer also play
Steam players who put hours into Star Racer 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.
Airframe Ultra
WHY THIS
Top pick for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Star Racer.
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!
Warp Drive
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Star Racer.
High-Speed Teleportation Racing!
G-Vora
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Star Racer.
High-speed anti-grav racing with hand-built physics for a direct, responsive feel. Slide along chargeable strips, knock rivals off the track with melee attacks, and race a friend in local splitscreen. A separate Battle Mode adds weapons.
Mythic Kart Maker
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization, achievement hunting, retro and a competitive mood with Star Racer.
Ranked #4 for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Star Racer.
Mythic Kart Maker is part level maker, part fantasy kart racer. Vehicular combat, whimsical characters, & a vibrant 64-bit pre-rendered art style come together to create a chaotic, creative playground where you build the race - and then survive it.
Super Woden: Rally Edge
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization, skill progression, arcade style and an atmospheric mood with Star Racer.
Ranked #5 for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Star Racer.
The spin-off of the acclaimed Super Woden saga, blending classic arcade essence with great depth and a genuine love for car culture. With a unique personality, Rally Edge takes you back to an era where fun goes beyond realism.
Speedboat League
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Race fast and shoot 'em all up with powerful speedboats. Intense, action-packed boat racer with lots of weapons, tons of unlockables, crazy stages, different game modes and local multiplayer. Speedboat League has it all.
BallisticNG
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and a retro mood with Star Racer.
Ranked #7 for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Star Racer.
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.
Bloody Rally Show
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Star Racer.
Ranked #8 for Star Racer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Welcome to Bloody Rally Show - a head-on smash between frenetic top-down arcade racing and hyperviolent reality TV. You must drift, boost, and blast to keep the viewers entertained and your paymasters happy. Go full throttle and drive to survive! Includes local multiplayer mayhem for up to 4 players
Reviewers mention these as similar to Star Racer
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Slopecrashers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Star Racer.
Reviewers of Star Racer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Slopecrashers is an arcade snowboard racer starring a wild crew of animals on a globe-trotting quest to become champions - but someone’s out to ruin their plans! Race solo or with friends, pull off stylish tricks, and use wild power-ups to take down rivals in chaotic, fast-paced action.
XENO WIPEOUT!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Star Racer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Star Racer.
After centuries of invincibility, it became popular for humans to watch live alien hunting shows, participate in alien hunts, save up money, equipment, and use all the loot you find to move on to new maps and defeat more powerful enemies.
Zero-K
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Star Racer.
Reviewers of Star Racer cross-mention this title as a similar play.
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Star Racer at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Star Racer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Star Racer.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Samorost 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Star Racer.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Coloring Game 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Coloring Game 2 is a sequel of the existing color-by-number game which so many users have liked. The sequel features new options and images.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Warp Drive
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Racing with Star Racer.
High-Speed Teleportation Racing!
Mythic Kart Maker
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization, achievement hunting, retro and a competitive mood with Star Racer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Racing with Star Racer.
Mythic Kart Maker is part level maker, part fantasy kart racer. Vehicular combat, whimsical characters, & a vibrant 64-bit pre-rendered art style come together to create a chaotic, creative playground where you build the race - and then survive it.
Super Woden: Rally Edge
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization, skill progression, arcade style and an atmospheric mood with Star Racer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Racing with Star Racer.
The spin-off of the acclaimed Super Woden saga, blending classic arcade essence with great depth and a genuine love for car culture. With a unique personality, Rally Edge takes you back to an era where fun goes beyond realism.
BallisticNG
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and a retro mood with Star Racer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Racing with Star Racer.
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.
Frequently asked about Star Racer
- Is Star Racer verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Star Racer 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 Star Racer cost?
- Star Racer is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Star Racer have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Star Racer supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Star Racer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Racer are Airframe Ultra, Warp Drive, G-Vora.
- Who developed Star Racer?
- Star Racer was developed by Whatnot 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 Star Racer.
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