Choose Wild Animal Racing
Choose Wild Animal Racing if you want a Sports and Racing game with Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 95% positive across 1,425 reviews.
Wild Animal Racing vs Bad Rats Show
Wild Animal Racing and Bad Rats Show both land in Action, Indie, Simulation 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 Action, Indie, Simulation on Steam. Both released in 2016. Wild Animal Racing scores higher on Steam reviews (95% positive) than Bad Rats Show (81.9% positive). 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 Bad Rats Show
Choose Bad Rats Show if you want a Strategy game with Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. Bad Rats Show launched in 2016.
Both Wild Animal Racing and Bad Rats Show sit in Action, Indie, and Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Wild Animal Racing |  Bad Rats Show | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2016 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Indie, Simulation, Casual, Racing | Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 3.99 USD | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive (1,425 reviews) | 81.9% positive (448 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Single-player only |
| Developers | Paul Bird | Invent4 Entertainment |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Both released in 2016.
- Wild Animal Racing scores higher on Steam reviews (95% positive) than Bad Rats Show (81.9% positive).
- Bad Rats Show is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Wild Animal Racing (1.99 USD vs. 3.99 USD).
- Wild Animal Racing is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Bad Rats Show has no Deck rating yet.
Wild Animal Racing vs Bad Rats Show — FAQ
- Which is better, Wild Animal Racing or Bad Rats Show?
- On Steam reviews Wild Animal Racing scores higher (95% positive) than Bad Rats Show (81.9% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Wild Animal Racing is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Are Wild Animal Racing and Bad Rats Show similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Simulation 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.
- Does Bad Rats Show have multiplayer like Wild Animal Racing?
- No. Wild Animal Racing supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer), while Bad Rats Show is listed as single-player only.
- Does Wild Animal Racing run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Wild Animal Racing is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Bad Rats Show doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.