Choose Thrillville®: Off the Rails™
Choose Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ if you want an Action and Adventure experience. Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ launched in 2009.
Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ vs Backseat Champions
Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ and Backseat Champions both land in Strategy, 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 Strategy, Simulation, Racing on Steam. Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ (2009) is 17 years older than Backseat Champions (2026). Both support cooperative play. 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 Backseat Champions
Choose Backseat Champions if you want an Early Access game with Steam Leaderboards, Online PvP, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Backseat Champions launched in 2026.
Both Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ and Backseat Champions sit in Strategy, Simulation, and Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen PvP, 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
 Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ |  Backseat Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Racing | Strategy, Simulation, Early Access, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 9.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 94.1% positive (707 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Developers | Frontier | f13rce |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Simulation, Racing on Steam.
- Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ (2009) is 17 years older than Backseat Champions (2026).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Backseat Champions has no Deck rating yet.
Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ vs Backseat Champions — FAQ
- Should I play Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ or Backseat Champions first?
- If you want chronology, Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ (2009) came out before Backseat Champions (2026). 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 Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ and Backseat Champions similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, 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.
- Do both Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ and Backseat Champions have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ ships Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op; Backseat Champions ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.