Games like Dakar 18
If Dakar 18 is your kind of game, the closest matches are DiRT 4, WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship and Gravel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, epic and stressful. 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 Dakar 18: 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.
Players who liked Dakar 18 also play
Steam players who put hours into Dakar 18 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 damage model and a challenging mood with Dakar 18.
Top pick for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
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.
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Dakar 18.
Second-strongest match for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Dakar 18.
Take on all the challenges of the 2017 World Rally Championship: the official cars and drivers, 13 countries, 52 Special Stages, every surface, more powerful cars, more demanding physics, longer races, and an eSports mode to keep you on the edge of your seat all year round.
Gravel
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Racing with Dakar 18.
Gravel is the ultimate off-road experience. The most extreme racing game that will let you try out amazing stunts in the wildest places on the planet!
EA SPORTS™ WRC
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dakar 18.
Ranked #4 for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
Experience the thrill of the 2024 rally season with new locations, moments, stages, high-performance vehicles, new liveries, and licensed crews. Brace yourself to embark on your continued rally journey.
TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dakar 18.
Ranked #5 for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
For bikers, there are two types of speed races: the Isle of Man TT and the rest. No race is more difficult. Take up the challenge of the legendary Snaefell Mountain course: all 37.73 miles faithfully reproduced with the champions and their bikes.
Dakar Desert Rally
WHY THIS
Shares damage model and an epic mood with Dakar 18.
Ranked #6 for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Dakar 18.
Dakar Desert Rally is the biggest off-road rally racing adventure ever developed. Experience the speed and excitement of the largest rally race on the planet, featuring a wide variety of licensed vehicles from motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs.
World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dakar 18.
Ranked #7 for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
iRacing presents the Official Game of The World of Outlaws, featuring the World of Outlaws Sprint Car, Late Models and Super DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds, as well as 8 additional series including the all-new Micro Sprints, and many others.
SRX: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dakar 18.
Ranked #8 for Dakar 18 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
Do you have what it takes to compete with the best of the best in the Superstar Racing Experience? SRX: The Game is your chance to prove it.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Dakar 18
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DiRT Rally
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Dakar 18.
Reviewers of Dakar 18 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with Dakar 18.
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.
SnowRunner
WHY THIS
Shares terrain interaction and a challenging mood with Dakar 18.
Reviewers of Dakar 18 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Dakar 18.
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
Dakar Desert Rally
WHY THIS
Shares damage model and an epic mood with Dakar 18.
Reviewers of Dakar 18 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Dakar 18.
Dakar Desert Rally is the biggest off-road rally racing adventure ever developed. Experience the speed and excitement of the largest rally race on the planet, featuring a wide variety of licensed vehicles from motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs.
RoadCraft
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Dakar 18 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Dakar 18.
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dakar 18 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Dakar 18 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dakar 18.
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 ~50% under Dakar 18 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dakar 18.
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?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dakar 18 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dakar 18.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dakar 18 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dakar 18.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Dakar 18 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Dakar 18.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Dakar 18 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dakar 18.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Dakar 18.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dakar 18.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dakar 18.
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 Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dakar 18.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Dakar 18
- Does Dakar 18 run on Steam Deck?
- Dakar 18 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Dakar 18 cost?
- Dakar 18 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dakar 18 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dakar 18 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Dakar 18?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dakar 18 are DiRT 4, WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship, Gravel.
- Who developed Dakar 18?
- Dakar 18 was developed by Bigmoon Entertainment and published by Bigmoon Entertainment, Ravenscourt.
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