Games like Pacer
If Pacer is your kind of game, the closest matches are GRIP: Combat Racing, BallisticNG and Hovercars 3077: Underground racing — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its customizable loadouts matter, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Pacer: PACER is high-octane anti-gravity racing at its most destructive. Customise your craft and weapons then engage in the campaign, a single-player race or compete against your rivals in explosive online multiplayer for the ultimate combat racing experience.
Players who liked Pacer also play
Steam players who put hours into Pacer 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
Top pick for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
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.
BallisticNG
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Pacer.
Second-strongest match for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
Hovercars 3077: Underground racing
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Pacer.
Hovercars 3077: Undeground® - flying cars, apocalyptic tracks, difficult weather conditions. Collect and buy cars with Bitcoins. Play in leagues, time trial, arcade. Play online or offline with a friend or AI.
Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Pacer.
Cosmic Race is a sci-fi Combat Racing game inspired by retro arcade racers. Race across vibrant alien worlds, defeat opponents in destruction-rich environments, and become the Cosmic Champion.
Hover REV Hispeed Burst
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Pacer.
Are you ready to defy gravity, master the art of speed, and claim victory in the most exhilarating sky-high racing league ever created? Jump on your hover jet bike and experience the thrill of Hover REV Hispeed Burst!
Hyperwheel Overdrive
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Pacer.
Groundbreaking VR car combat featuring FPS mechanics, arena battles, racing, and stunts. Start your hyperwheel car, grab your laser rifle, and take on other hyperwheelers or bots for the trophy!
Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights is a high intensity arcade combat racer set in a neon future. Compete in ranked online races, unleash tactical abilities and outdrive rivals across chaotic circuits. Choose your ride, customize your style and dominate the track.
Redout 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Pacer.
Ranked #8 for Pacer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Pacer.
The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Pacer
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XENO WIPEOUT!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Pacer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
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.
Zero-K
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Pacer.
Reviewers of Pacer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pacer.
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
BallisticNG
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Pacer.
Reviewers of Pacer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
Redout: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Pacer.
Reviewers of Pacer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Pacer.
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.
Redout 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Pacer.
Reviewers of Pacer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Sports with Pacer.
The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pacer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Pacer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pacer.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Pacer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pacer.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pacer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Pacer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Pacer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pacer.
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.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Pacer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Pacer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pacer.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Pacer.
『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.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pacer.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pacer.
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!
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Frequently asked about Pacer
- Is Pacer verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Pacer is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Pacer cost?
- Pacer is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Pacer have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Pacer supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Pacer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pacer are GRIP: Combat Racing, BallisticNG, Hovercars 3077: Underground racing.
- Who developed Pacer?
- Pacer was developed by R8 Games Ltd.
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 Pacer.
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