Games like Wild Animal Racing
If Wild Animal Racing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wild Animal Sports Day, Bad Rats Show and Caracoles — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its rally maps add variety, challenging and comedic. 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 →Wild Animal Racing is a 2016 indie racing simulation developed by Paul Bird and published by Marjupi Games. Players choose from six animal characters—including an elephant, rhino, and giraffe—to compete across rally-style tracks, with power-ups and trading cards that unlock lore as players progress. Reviewers and players describe the experience as comedic and whimsical, with intentionally challenging controls that demand mastery. The game supports local co-op split-screen play and is rated as playable on Steam Deck. With a medium-length campaign and a 95% positive review score from over 1,400 Steam reviews, it offers a deliberately difficult kart-racing parody experience for $3.99.
About Wild Animal Racing: Wild Animal Racing is an exciting go-kart simulation game with a twist. Play as an elephant, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, a rhino or a hippo! Play against the other animals or against a friend on the same PC with the split-screen mode! Or invite Steam friends in the multiplayer mode!
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Wild Animal Sports Day
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Wild Animal Racing.
Top pick for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Wild Animal Racing.
All your favourite Wild Animals are competing for the title of Wild Animal Champion of Champions! Tennis, Hurdles, Darts, Diving, Skiing, Pole-Vault, Trampolining and for the first time in a game Rhythmic Gymnastics! But watch out for King Croc! Wild Animal Sports Day (WASD) is out now!
Bad Rats Show
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Wild Animal Racing.
Second-strongest match for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
Bad Rats Show is a physics puzzle game where the rats exact their bloody revenge against their main enemies: the Cats. Solve puzzles in 2D and 3D maps using physics, objects and specially trained Rats. All new Rats and Cats, but with the same classic and questionable Bad Rats humor.
Caracoles
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Wild Animal Racing.
Hilarious like a fart... but longer! In Caracoles you compete in the fastest outrageously slow racing multiplayer battles ever!
Iron Madness
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Wild Animal Racing.
Iron Madness is a fast-paced multiplayer/splitscreen car combat game with up to four players, blow your friends away with a wide variety of weapons including rockets, saw-blades, mines, and more.
F1® 22
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Racing with Wild Animal Racing.
Enter the new era of Formula 1® in EA SPORTS™ F1® 22 the official videogame of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship™.
Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Wild Animal Racing.
Ranked #6 for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Wild Animal Racing.
Nickelodeon Kart Racers is back and we’re kicking it into overdrive! In Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix, you can select from 30 playable racers and 70 team members to assemble your ultimate pit crew.
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Wild Animal Racing.
Ranked #7 for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
The greatest rock-racing, tower defense, art history game is back! Like the title says, Bigger & Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay with chaotic 4P multiplayer, new time periods, and improved graphics, physics, and destructibility powered by UE4 to be, well… BIGGER AND BOULDER.
Aiball
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Wild Animal Racing.
Ranked #8 for Wild Animal Racing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Wild Animal Racing.
Please welcome Aiball. Actually, a lot of them. They're from a parallel universe. They are like us. They like to play football, run obstacle courses, compete in wrestling, or even make a mortal battle with the help of different weapons.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Wild Animal Racing
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Garfield Kart
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Wild Animal Racing.
Reviewers of Wild Animal Racing cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Wild Animal Racing.
Join Garfield and his friends in the funniest fast and fur-ious game! What character do you want to play with? Garfield, Odie, Jon, Nermal... you choose! Take part in no-holds-barred crazy races.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wild Animal Racing cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wild Animal Racing cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Wild Animal Racing.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wild Animal Racing at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Animal Racing.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Wild Animal Racing.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Wild Animal Racing.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Wild Animal Racing.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Animal Racing.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wild Animal Racing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Animal Racing.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wild Animal Racing.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Wild Animal Racing.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Animal Racing.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Animal Racing.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Wild Animal Racing.
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.
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More from Paul Bird
Other recommendable Steam games by Paul Bird, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wild Animal Sports Day
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Wild Animal Racing.
Another title from Paul Bird, the studio behind Wild Animal Racing. Shares Action and Sports with Wild Animal Racing.
All your favourite Wild Animals are competing for the title of Wild Animal Champion of Champions! Tennis, Hurdles, Darts, Diving, Skiing, Pole-Vault, Trampolining and for the first time in a game Rhythmic Gymnastics! But watch out for King Croc! Wild Animal Sports Day (WASD) is out now!
The Amazing Shrinking Giraffe
WHY THIS
Another title from Paul Bird, the studio behind Wild Animal Racing. Shares Simulation with Wild Animal Racing.
You are Ginger, an everyday talking giraffe has been chosen to save the Universe. You have been given powers are to change size from the size of the Universe to the size of an atom. You are now "The Amazing Shrinking Giraffe".
Alien Insanity
WHY THIS
Another title from Paul Bird, the studio behind Wild Animal Racing. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
Aliens have invaded Earth and these thing are weird. Mechanical steam-powered shells... bipedal robots... flying eyeballs drones... Can this all be real? The aim of each level is simple: Kill all the aliens - then find the exit. 24 mind-bending levels! Create and share mods with the inbuilt level editor.
The Haunted House of Doom
WHY THIS
Another title from Paul Bird, the studio behind Wild Animal Racing. Shares Action and Indie with Wild Animal Racing.
You wake up in a strange house. Where are you? Can you solve the mystery of..... the Haunted House of Doom? This is a short retro-style adventure game with a horror theme where you have to collect items to solve problems and find out the mystery. Not for the easily scared!!!
Puzzling Wild IQ Test
WHY THIS
Another title from Paul Bird, the studio behind Wild Animal Racing. Shares Casual with Wild Animal Racing.
Puzzling Wild introduces this IQ Test of logic and visual reasoning. These IQ Tests were developed by a Professor to try to test the intelligence of AI robots. Can you solve all 400 by your self? The puzzles are introduced by our good friends Ginger the Giraffe, and Hugo Hippo.
Frequently asked about Wild Animal Racing
- Does Wild Animal Racing run on Steam Deck?
- Wild Animal Racing is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Wild Animal Racing cost?
- Wild Animal Racing is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Wild Animal Racing have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Wild Animal Racing supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Wild Animal Racing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wild Animal Racing are Wild Animal Sports Day, Bad Rats Show, Caracoles.
- Who developed Wild Animal Racing?
- Wild Animal Racing was developed by Paul Bird and published by Marjupi Games.
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