Games like Split/Second
If Split/Second is your kind of game, the closest matches are GRIP: Combat Racing, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and Redout: Enhanced Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its memorable soundtrack enhances immersion, cinematic and dark. 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 Split/Second: Split/Second is an intense action racing game set within a reality TV show. Competitors vie to be the first to the finish line in a set rigged to blow. Players don’t just collide with other vehicles to knock them from the track, but can also trigger devastating events that alter the race dynamics.
Players who liked Split/Second also play
Steam players who put hours into Split/Second 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 Split/Second.
Top pick for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.
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.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Split/Second.
Second-strongest match for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
Download Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box today. Paradise City is the largest and most dangerous setting yet for the best-selling Burnout series. The massive setting gives players an open-ended world to explore, as they race their vehicles through hundreds of miles of roads and underground passages with more than 70 different cars.
Redout: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
Redout is a tribute to the old racing monsters such as F-Zero, WipeOut, Rollcage, and POD. It is designed to be an uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying driving experience, soaked in that vertigo that stands at the core of the arcade racing genre.
Distance
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Split/Second.
Ranked #4 for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
GRID Autosport
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.
Horizon Chase Turbo
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Split/Second.
Ranked #6 for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
Star Drift Evolution
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
Speed up and powerslide through twisty corners in this minimalistic arcade racer. No braking required. Stay on the throttle and feel the adrenaline of highspeed drifting. Race against AI, leaderboard ghosts or friends online or in split screen. Easy to learn, hard to master!
GRID 2
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Split/Second.
Ranked #8 for Split/Second fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
Be fast, be first and be famous as the race returns in GRID 2, the sequel to the BAFTA-award winning, multi-million selling Race Driver: GRID.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Split/Second
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Split/Second.
Reviewers of Split/Second cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.
Need for Speed™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Split/Second cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.
Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.
XENO WIPEOUT!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Split/Second cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Split/Second.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Split/Second at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Split/Second on Steam right now. Shares Action with Split/Second.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Split/Second on Steam right now. Shares Action with Split/Second.
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 ~50% under Split/Second on Steam right now. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Split/Second on Steam right now. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Split/Second on Steam right now. Shares Action with Split/Second.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Split/Second on Steam right now. Shares Action with Split/Second.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Split/Second.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Split/Second.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Split/Second.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Split/Second.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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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.
Redout: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
Redout is a tribute to the old racing monsters such as F-Zero, WipeOut, Rollcage, and POD. It is designed to be an uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying driving experience, soaked in that vertigo that stands at the core of the arcade racing genre.
Distance
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Split/Second.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
GRID Autosport
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.
Horizon Chase Turbo
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Split/Second.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
Frequently asked about Split/Second
- Does Split/Second work on Steam Deck?
- Split/Second is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Split/Second cost?
- Split/Second is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Split/Second have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Split/Second supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Split/Second?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Split/Second are GRIP: Combat Racing, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Redout: Enhanced Edition.
- Who developed Split/Second?
- Split/Second was developed by Black Rock Studio and published by Disney.
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 Split/Second.
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