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Games like Mad Metal

If Mad Metal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Trackmaster, Barely Racing and RACE: Rocket Arena Car Extreme — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Mad Metal: A dark vehicle combat shooter where you manipulate time, customize your vehicle, and dismember the opposition as you survive in an AI-driven apocalypse. Fight solo or with a friend in open-world co-op, extraction, and deathmatches.

2026ActionIndieRacingWindowsby Mad Mechs Inc.
Mad Metal — Steam game cover

Players who liked Mad Metal also play

Steam players who put hours into Mad Metal 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.

  1. Trackmaster

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    Challenge your friends to a chaotic race on randomly generated levels. Never play the same track twice! Master tricky obstacles, find shortcuts and use an arsenal of different powerups. Experience a dynamic environment with moving blocks, water physics and changing weather.

    2020ActionIndieRacing11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Barely Racing

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Mad Metal.

    Race, shoot, place mines and blow your enemies out of the track in this isometric combat racing game.

    2023ActionCasualRacing8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. RACE: Rocket Arena Car Extreme

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    RACE is a fast-paced combat racing game where speed, weapons, and destruction rule the road. Tear through post-apocalyptic tracks, battle massive bosses, and challenge up to four players in local split-screen.

    ActionIndieRacingSteam ↗
  4. LIMP MODE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    A driving survival game with real drift physics and deep tuning. Your car is your life: read fault codes with an OBD scanner, clear them to limp on, cut systems for power. Run the highway where the dead are just bad weather - or hit 20-player drift servers. Built by a real mechanic.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. FUMES

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. FlatOut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Mad Metal.

    Ram through pile-ups and smash through your windshield as you push racing to the edge! FlatOut™ delivers more heart-stopping thrills than any sane driver can handle!

    2007ActionSimulationRacing7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Diesel Guns

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    "Diesel Guns"- is an Arcade Multiplayer Online Car Combat (AMOCC) game set to deliver the same thrill you remember from classic AMOCCs like „Twisted Metal“ and „Vigilante 8“.

    2016ActionIndieEarly Access7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Drive Beyond Horizons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mad Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    Rev up your engines and venture into the unknown with Drive Beyond Horizons! Conquer dynamic landscapes, customize your ride, and unearth hidden treasures. Get ready for heart-pounding challenges and endless excitement. Your adventure starts now !

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mad Metal.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. 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 Mad Metal.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mad Metal.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mad Metal.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Metal.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mad Metal

Does Mad Metal have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Mad Metal supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Mad Metal?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mad Metal are Trackmaster, Barely Racing, RACE: Rocket Arena Car Extreme.
Who developed Mad Metal?
Mad Metal was developed by Mad Mechs Inc. and published by indie.io.

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 Mad Metal.

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