Games like GRID
If GRID is your kind of game, the closest matches are DiRT 4, DiRT Rally 2.0 and DIRT 5 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its diverse car roster, challenging and immersive. 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 →GRID is a 2019 racing game developed by Codemasters that blends arcade accessibility with simulation depth. The game offers multiple racing disciplines through a career mode, featuring car customization and a diverse roster of vehicles spanning different eras and manufacturers. Players take to over 80 different racing circuits with realistic handling that rewards tactical positioning. Reviewers highlight the beautiful graphics and sound design that create an immersive racing atmosphere, while players describe the experience as both challenging and rewarding. The game supports single-player racing and is verified to run on Steam Deck. It holds a 71% positive rating from over 1,600 Steam reviews.
About GRID: GRID is a racing experience like no other. Offering unrivalled wheel-to-wheel racing for everyone, where every race is unpredictable as you create rivals and nemeses on your road to conquering the world of motorsport.
Players who liked GRID also play
Steam players who put hours into GRID 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.
DiRT 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Top pick for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
DiRT 4 is all about embracing fear. It’s about the thrill, exhilaration and adrenaline that is absolutely vital to off-road racing. It’s about loving the feeling of pushing flat out next to a sheer cliff drop, going for the gap that’s too small and seeing how much air you can get. Be Fearless.
DiRT Rally 2.0
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Second-strongest match for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
DiRT Rally 2.0 dares you to carve your way through a selection of iconic rally locations from across the globe, in the most powerful off-road vehicles ever made, knowing that the smallest mistake could end your stage.
DIRT 5
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Third-strongest match for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with GRID.
DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.
GRID Autosport
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Ranked #4 for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID.
It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.
F1® 2020
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Ranked #5 for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
F1® 2020 allows you to create your F1® team for the very first time and race alongside the official teams and drivers. Alternatively, challenge your friends in new split-screen with casual race options for more relaxed racing. Compete on 22 circuits, with current and classic content.
F1® 2021
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
Every story has a beginning in F1® 2021, the official videogame of the 2021 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™. Enjoy the stunning new features of F1® 2021, including the thrilling story experience ‘Braking Point’, two-player Career, and get even closer to the grid with ‘Real-Season Start’.
GRID Legends
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Ranked #7 for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with GRID.
GRID Legends delivers thrilling wheel-to-wheel motorsport action. Create dream race events, hop into live races, experience a dramatic virtual production story, and embrace the sensation of spectacular racing.
Dakar 18
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Ranked #8 for GRID fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
Based on the world famous annual rally raid organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) in South America, DAKAR 18 is a realistic simulation of the biggest cross-country rally in the world and features a variety of vehicles, including motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with GRID.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRID.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with GRID.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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 GRID.
『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.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with GRID.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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More from Codemasters
Other recommendable Steam games by Codemasters, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DiRT Rally 2.0
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
DiRT Rally 2.0 dares you to carve your way through a selection of iconic rally locations from across the globe, in the most powerful off-road vehicles ever made, knowing that the smallest mistake could end your stage.
F1® 2021
WHY THIS
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
Every story has a beginning in F1® 2021, the official videogame of the 2021 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™. Enjoy the stunning new features of F1® 2021, including the thrilling story experience ‘Braking Point’, two-player Career, and get even closer to the grid with ‘Real-Season Start’.
F1® 2020
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
F1® 2020 allows you to create your F1® team for the very first time and race alongside the official teams and drivers. Alternatively, challenge your friends in new split-screen with casual race options for more relaxed racing. Compete on 22 circuits, with current and classic content.
F1® 25
WHY THIS
Shares career mode and an immersive mood with GRID.
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
Leave your mark on the world of racing in F1® 25, the official video game of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship™, featuring a revamped My Team mode, the thrilling third chapter of Braking Point, and more!
F1® 22
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID.
Enter the new era of Formula 1® in EA SPORTS™ F1® 22 the official videogame of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship™.
DiRT Rally
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
DiRT Rally is the most authentic and thrilling rally game ever made, road-tested over 80 million miles by the DiRT community. It perfectly captures that white knuckle feeling of racing on the edge as you hurtle along dangerous roads, knowing that one crash could irreparably harm your stage time.
F1® 24
WHY THIS
Shares car customization, career mode and a challenging mood with GRID.
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID.
Join the grid and Be One of the 20. Drive like the greatest in EA SPORTS™ F1® 24, the official video game of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship™.
F1® 23
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Another title from Codemasters, the studio behind GRID. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID.
Be the last to brake in EA SPORTS™ F1® 23, the official video game of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship™. A new chapter in the thrilling "Braking Point" story mode delivers high-speed drama and heated rivalries.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
DiRT 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
DiRT 4 is all about embracing fear. It’s about the thrill, exhilaration and adrenaline that is absolutely vital to off-road racing. It’s about loving the feeling of pushing flat out next to a sheer cliff drop, going for the gap that’s too small and seeing how much air you can get. Be Fearless.
DIRT 5
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with GRID.
DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.
GRID Autosport
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with GRID.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Racing with GRID.
It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.
F1® 2020
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GRID.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
F1® 2020 allows you to create your F1® team for the very first time and race alongside the official teams and drivers. Alternatively, challenge your friends in new split-screen with casual race options for more relaxed racing. Compete on 22 circuits, with current and classic content.
F1® 2021
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Simulation with GRID.
Every story has a beginning in F1® 2021, the official videogame of the 2021 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™. Enjoy the stunning new features of F1® 2021, including the thrilling story experience ‘Braking Point’, two-player Career, and get even closer to the grid with ‘Real-Season Start’.
Frequently asked about GRID
- Is GRID verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — GRID is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- Does GRID have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — GRID supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to GRID?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GRID are DiRT 4, DiRT Rally 2.0, DIRT 5.
- Who developed GRID?
- GRID was developed by Codemasters and published by Codemasters, Electronic Arts.
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 GRID.
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