Choose Riff Racer - Race Your Music!
Choose Riff Racer - Race Your Music! if it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. 1,017 Steam reviews back the pick.
Riff Racer - Race Your Music! vs Music Racer
Riff Racer - Race Your Music! and Music Racer both land in Indie, Casual, 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 share Indie, Casual, Racing on Steam. Riff Racer - Race Your Music! (2016) is 2 years older than Music Racer (2018). Both sit near 80% positive on Steam (Riff Racer - Race Your Music!: 1,017 reviews, Music Racer: 872). 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 Music Racer
Choose Music Racer if you want an Action game with Shared/Split Screen, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and PvP. Music Racer launched in 2018.
Both Riff Racer - Race Your Music! and Music Racer sit in Indie, Casual, and Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (80.4% vs 79.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Riff Racer - Race Your Music! |  Music Racer | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2018 |
| Genres | Indie, Casual, Racing | Action, Indie, Casual, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 80.4% positive (1,017 reviews) | 79.9% positive (872 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | FOAM Entertainment | AbstractArt |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual, Racing on Steam.
- Riff Racer - Race Your Music! (2016) is 2 years older than Music Racer (2018).
- Both sit near 80% positive on Steam (Riff Racer - Race Your Music!: 1,017 reviews, Music Racer: 872).
- Steam Deck: Riff Racer - Race Your Music! is Deck Verified, Music Racer is Deck Unsupported.
Riff Racer - Race Your Music! vs Music Racer — FAQ
- Which is better, Riff Racer - Race Your Music! or Music Racer?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Riff Racer - Race Your Music! sits at 80.4% positive (1,017 reviews), Music Racer at 79.9% (872). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Riff Racer - Race Your Music! or Music Racer first?
- If you want chronology, Riff Racer - Race Your Music! (2016) came out before Music Racer (2018). 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 Riff Racer - Race Your Music! and Music Racer similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Casual, 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.