PC local Co-op games

[Cyan]

A list of some of the best top-down racing games I've found, ALL of them have coop/split screen local multiplayer, for up to 4 players (at least most of them) or more.

ThunderWheels on Steam

ThunderWheels is a retro racing game with a classic top-down racing perspective plus third and first person view, realistic physics and really fun circuits full of 80's nostalgia.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1435090/Bloody_Rally_Show_Prologue (free)

Ultimate Racing 2D 2 on Steam

The ultimate top-down racing game is back! Ultimate Racing 2D 2 includes new cars, new tracks, car/track editor, time-trial mode, improved online multiplayer and career mode, new settings and more.

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Super Arcade Racing on Steam

Super Arcade Racing is a retro-inspired racing game with an intriguing story, online and local multiplayer, more than 80 unique tracks, and full car customisation.

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Circuit Superstars on Steam

Circuit Superstars is a top down racing game with a tactile arcade physics model, pitstops, and a pure motorsport approach. It includes 16 categories that span different styles and eras of motorsport.

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Save 51% on Super Woden GP on Steam

Feel the excitement of the 90s with the isometric perspective, its huge number of vehicles and its brilliant soundtrack. More than 70 cars from six manufacturers from different countries to buy, an extensive campaign mode, dozens of circuits, rally stages, championships, and much more awaits you!

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Barely Racing on Steam

Race, shoot, place mines and blow your enemies out of the track in this isometric combat racing game.

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Rush Rush Rally Reloaded on Steam

The acclaimed 2D Dreamcast racing game

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Total Arcade Racing on Steam

Total Arcade Racing is a fun 2D top-down arcade racing game where you zip around closed circuits. Play solo or with up to 8 friends on the same screen in various game modes. This game is a tribute to old school arcade racing games like Super Sprint, Slicks 'n' Slide and Super Cars.

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Pretend Cars Racing on Steam

An old school top-down racer with split-screen multiplayer.

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Super Arcade Racing on Steam

Super Arcade Racing is a retro-inspired racing game with an intriguing story, online and local multiplayer, more than 80 unique tracks, and full car customisation.

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[Cyan]

a list of top-down racing games not published on Steam yet that look really impressive and/or fun.

GentRacing on Steam

A top-down racing game with arcade/realistic elements - with TrackEditor, League System, Steamintegration, Controllersupport, etc.

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Nitroneers on Steam

Nitroneers is a racing and building game where you can burn rubber on an infinite amount of generated tracks in over 50 different vehicles with up to 4 friends. Build traps and contraptions to either trick your opponents or give yourself an advantage.

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Nutty Motorcars on Steam

Nutty Motorcars is a classic video game with a new point of view. Up to eight players on a single screen can battle it out in these crazy races. Jumps, bridges, tunnels and many more obstacles. Discover the 30 circuits available in the full version and race on them with 20 different vehicles.

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Smells Like Burnt Rubber on Steam

Get ready for a fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled racing experience with Smells Like Burnt Rubber. Choose your car, customize it, and hit the track in this intense arcade-style game. Play with up to 4 friends in Splitscreen or join the Online Multiplayer. Are you ready to burn some rubber?

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[Cyan]

Roadclub League Racing turned out to be really good for a free game, the physics and some graphics details are very nice, plus the horn is fun to use.

Roadclub: League Racing on Steam

Top-down view 2D racing game with realistic handling, online leaderboards, 4-player local split-screen races, a deep career mode where you ascend divisions in the Roadclub League to one day finally challenge the Roadclub Master in an epic Showdown.

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[Cyan]

The top-down racing games have been less of a hit than expected playing with my 3 and 5 year old nephews. They have a great time, yes, but I don't as much because I realize that it is difficult for them to control the game, because they don't brake nor release the gas pedal, and they turn very abruptly. In Ultimate Racing 2D 2 things improve if they play oval tracks, which are super simple, but any other slightly complex track is tough for them.

 

[Cyan]

I bought 2 more top-down racing (single screen, important detail) games on Steam Spring Sale.

BFL - Brakes are for losers, which has the advantage that there is no brake and the car is autoaccelerated (ideal for my nephews), this game sheer craziness, and Total Arcade Racing, because both games have super fun features that affect the race: traffic, horns, cannon balls, soccer balls.......

Video of BFL-Brakes are for losers, crazy stuff. xD

BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers on Steam

BAFL is all about pure arcade fun. Challenge your friends, pick a funky car and outrun them with your driving skills and dirty tricks. Ram them out of your way or pick up bonuses to wreck them.

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Total Arcade Racing on Steam

Total Arcade Racing is a fun 2D top-down arcade racing game where you zip around closed circuits. Play solo or with up to 8 friends on the same screen in various game modes. This game is a tribute to old school arcade racing games like Super Sprint, Slicks 'n' Slide and Super Cars.

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[Pete]

I bought 2 more top-down racing (single screen, important detail) games on Steam Spring Sale.

BFL - Brakes are for losers, which has the advantage that there is no brake and the car is autoaccelerated (ideal for my nephews), this game sheer craziness, and Total Arcade Racing, because both games have super fun features that affect the race: traffic, horns, cannon balls, soccer balls.......

Video of BFL-Brakes are for losers, crazy stuff. xD

BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers on Steam

BAFL is all about pure arcade fun. Challenge your friends, pick a funky car and outrun them with your driving skills and dirty tricks. Ram them out of your way or pick up bonuses to wreck them.

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Total Arcade Racing on Steam

Total Arcade Racing is a fun 2D top-down arcade racing game where you zip around closed circuits. Play solo or with up to 8 friends on the same screen in various game modes. This game is a tribute to old school arcade racing games like Super Sprint, Slicks 'n' Slide and Super Cars.

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Ah, memories of Super Off-Road, my intro to racing games. I’m also trying to find games compatible with tiny people and might turn to Bomberman or some Wii (waggle?) games. Mario Kart or Sonic Racing is a too complicated.

 

[Cyan]

Ah, memories of Super Off-Road, my intro to racing games. I’m also trying to find games compatible with tiny people and might turn to Bomberman or some Wii (waggle?) games. Mario Kart or Sonic Racing is a too complicated.

yes, Super Off-Road, it looked awesome, and even my nephews like to play with "trucks for the mountain" as they say, and of course, sports cars and F1 cars.

Yup, Mario Kart is too complex, imho. So is Sonic Racing. In that sense, nothing beats Paw Patrol: Grand Prix. My nephews have lots of hours in it. The thing is that if you don't touch the left stick the game drives for you, and quite well! Also, if you don't touch the right trigger to accelerate, the game accelerates the car for you. My 3 y.o. nephew won a lot of races and sometimes he wasn't holding the gamepad. My 5 y.o. nephew plays "normally" and he knows how to drift and stuff and sometimes he lost, many other times he won.

On a different note, they love kart games. And I remembered I have All Star Fruit Racing, since years ago, and I've been pleasantly surprised when I found out that the game has 4-players local split screen. Also, it has some cool powerups, and most of all, the tracks I tried aren't difficult to drive, plus you can't get off the track -maybe in later stages some tracks are pretty unforgiving, but dunno, atm-. Beautiful game at 4K, too.

All-Star Fruit Racing on Steam

A high-speed multiplayer racer with a unique power-up system! Combine different juices for a range of attacking and defensive abilities. Drift through looping bends. Soar over monumental jumps, and defy gravity around tubular tracks in an explosively colorful racer!

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[pjbliverpool]

Ah, memories of Super Off-Road, my intro to racing games. I’m also trying to find games compatible with tiny people and might turn to Bomberman or some Wii (waggle?) games. Mario Kart or Sonic Racing is a too complicated.

OMG that's the game I've been trying to remember while reading all this talk of overhead racers! I remember being own away by it back in the day.

I am so getting that on my NES emulator layer today! (Nostalgia Entertainment System)

 

[trinibwoy]

Ah, memories of Super Off-Road, my intro to racing games. I’m also trying to find games compatible with tiny people and might turn to Bomberman or some Wii (waggle?) games. Mario Kart or Sonic Racing is a too complicated.

Holy shit that brings back so many good memories. Super Off Road is one of the first PC games I ever played. Man I’m old.

 

[pjbliverpool]

Holy shit that brings back so many good memories. Super Off Road is one of the first PC games I ever played. Man I’m old.

I didn't realise it was a PC game too.

 

[Cyan]

more really good top-down racing games with split screen to 4 players, purchased in the Steam sales. Mini Motor Racing X even has a game mode similar to the famous Rocket League.

Mini Motor Racing X on Steam

Welcome to the world of Mini Motor Racing X! Strap yourself in, or strap on your VR headset, and jump into a nitro fueled world where little cars mean BIG fun!

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Turbo Machines Mini Racing on Steam

Drift, slide, skid ! Turbo Machines Mini Racing let you drive 14 cars on 18 tracks, single, local mutiplayer or on line multiplayer.

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[pjbliverpool]

more really good top-down racing games with split screen to 4 players, purchased in the Steam sales. Mini Motor Racing X even has a game mode similar to the famous Rocket League.

Cool, VR supported too and free demo on Steam. Will have to check this out later!

 

[pjbliverpool]

more really good top-down racing games with split screen to 4 players, purchased in the Steam sales. Mini Motor Racing X even has a game mode similar to the famous Rocket League.

Mini Motor Racing X on Steam

Welcome to the world of Mini Motor Racing X! Strap yourself in, or strap on your VR headset, and jump into a nitro fueled world where little cars mean BIG fun!

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Just tried this in VR and it's absolutely insane! Needs way more resolution than my old CV1 offers, but even so, it's an extremely well done VR implementation and a great game. Absolute no brainer for £1.13 (less than a back of sweets!)

 

[Cyan]

Just tried this in VR and it's absolutely insane! Needs way more resolution than my old CV1 offers, but even so, it's an extremely well done VR implementation and a great game. Absolute no brainer for £1.13 (less than a back of sweets!)

can't tell about VR but gameplay wise it is a very good game indeed. It also has an option to set the game to auto-throttle, so your kids or any casual friend, don't need to use the right trigger or any other button to accelerate, and just focus on steering.

 

[Jupiter]

The Ascent is supposed to have local COOP but I didn't like the game. Too much boring running around for such a title.

 

[pjbliverpool]

can't tell about VR but gameplay wise it is a very good game indeed. It also has an option to set the game to auto-throttle, so your kids or any casual friend, don't need to use the right trigger or any other button to accelerate, and just focus on steering.

Yeah it really is. I've been playing through the arcade standard racing mode today and it's brilliant drop in/drop out arcade fun. Runs beautifully too. I know it's obviously not the most technically accomplished game out there but the cartoon style graphics still look great and it's running at 5760x2400 at an ultra smooth 119fps locked on my system.

 

[Cyan]

Yeah it really is. I've been playing through the arcade standard racing mode today and it's brilliant drop in/drop out arcade fun. Runs beautifully too. I know it's obviously not the most technically accomplished game out there but the cartoon style graphics still look great and it's running at 5760x2400 at an ultra smooth 119fps locked on my system.

is that resolution of a monitor, or a TV?

 

[pjbliverpool]

is that resolution of a monitor, or a TV?

38" ultra widescreen monitor. Native is 3840x1600 but with DLDSR 1.5x it gets to 5760x2400. Bearing in mind DLDSR is superior to regular downsampling though, the image quality is closer to 2x on each axis so it looks more like 7680x3200 down sampled to 3840x1600. Suffice to say it's perfect image quality.

 

[Cyan]

bought two cheap gamepads of this model, the Gioteck VX4PS4-02, at Carrefour today, for €18 each, to play with my nephews.

I like the giant central button -touch button- and the microphone on the controller itself although I have not tested if it works on PC yet.

Also I wanted to know how it is like to play with a Playstation controller, since I have barely touched a Playstation in my life.

VX4 Wired Controller PS4 PC Blue

VX4 Wired Controller PS4 PC Blue

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[Cyan]

Yeah it really is. I've been playing through the arcade standard racing mode today and it's brilliant drop in/drop out arcade fun. Runs beautifully too. I know it's obviously not the most technically accomplished game out there but the cartoon style graphics still look great and it's running at 5760x2400 at an ultra smooth 119fps locked on my system.

runs very well on my system too. My only two gripes about the game is that the Arcade modes, one which is based on Rocket League, are for one player only -afaik-, and that it was impossible for me to set it up using two controllers for my nephews and a keyboard for me. The controls seem to work but once a race starts my keyboard does nothing.

This is not uncommon, happens in many games. I only had two controllers and decided to buy a couple more gamepads today, for my nephews.

On another note, I got these two games by the same developer on a bundle -Steam sale-, which have split screen/coop for up to 4 or 8 players:

Save 90% on Party Golf on Steam

Party Golf is a crazy and competitive couchplay game for one to eight players. Party Golf combines simple 2D physics, a procedurally generated world and over a trillion different gameplay combinations.

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Party Crashers on Steam

Party Crashers is a last-car-standing combat racer for one to four players! It aims to provide the same fast-paced competitive couchplay as games like Micro Machines, Mashed, and Wrecked, and also follows in the footsteps of Party Golf, with crazy customisable options for everything our player...

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