Should I play 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing or Touring Karts first?

If you want chronology, Touring Karts (2019) came out before 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing (2022). 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 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing and Touring Karts similar?

They overlap on Sports, Simulation, 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.

22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing vs Touring Karts

22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing and Touring Karts both land in Sports, Simulation, 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 Sports, Simulation, Racing on Steam. Touring Karts (2019) is 3 years older than 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing (2022). Touring Karts scores higher on Steam reviews (74.6% positive) than 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing (73.3% 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 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing

Choose 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing if you want a Strategy and Early Access game with Shared/Split Screen, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op. On Steam, it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing launched in 2022.

Choose Touring Karts

Choose Touring Karts if you want the Steam Leaderboards and Online PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 20% cheaper on the Steam Store. Touring Karts launched in 2019.

Both 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing and Touring Karts sit in Sports, Simulation, and Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, PvP, and Tracked Controller Support, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (73.3% vs 74.6% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.

22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing vs Touring Karts — Steam metadata comparison
	22 Racing Series \| RTS-Racing	Touring Karts
Released	2022	2019
Genres	Sports, Strategy, Simulation, Early Access, Racing	Sports, Simulation, Racing
Platforms	Windows	Windows
Steam Deck	Unrated	Deck Verified
Price	24.99 USD	19.99 USD
Steam reviews	73.3% positive (15 reviews)	74.6% positive (71 reviews)
Multiplayer	Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op	Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Developers	GOATi Entertainment	Ivanovich Games

Side by side

Both share Sports, Simulation, Racing on Steam.
Touring Karts (2019) is 3 years older than 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing (2022).
Touring Karts scores higher on Steam reviews (74.6% positive) than 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing (73.3% positive).
Touring Karts is currently ~20% cheaper on Steam than 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing (19.99 USD vs. 24.99 USD).
22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing has co-op; Touring Karts does not.
Touring Karts is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing has no Deck rating yet.