Carmageddon
Carmageddon is a 1997 vehicular combat and racing game developed by Stainless Games, loosely inspired by the film Death Race 2000. Rather than simply racing to a finish line, players can win a race one of three ways: completing the laps, wrecking every rival vehicle, or, most notoriously, running down all the pedestrians, all within large open environments and a darkly comic tone.
Its over-the-top violence and slow-motion splatter made it one of the most controversial games of its time, drawing censorship, green-blood or zombie substitutions, and outright bans in several countries, controversy that only fueled its notoriety and sales. Beneath the shock value lay a genuinely open, physics-driven driving game with vehicle damage, upgrades funded by kills, and a rebellious sense of humor.
Carmageddon spawned sequels and a later franchise revival, and the original endures as a cult classic emblematic of the provocative, boundary-pushing games of the late 1990s.
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Modern alternatives to Carmageddon, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
Prices, platform availability and Steam Deck compatibility can change at any time. Always check the store page before buying.
Wreckfest
€ 34,99A superb modern demolition-derby racer.
Wreckfest runs on PC, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. Not available on Mac, Linux. It is Steam Deck Verified.
Danger Zone 2 Indie
€ 16,79Pure crash-mode carnage from ex-Burnout developers, scoring you on the pile-ups you cause.
Danger Zone 2 runs on PC, PlayStation, Xbox. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
€ 28,99Destruction racing with soft-body crashes and ragdoll stunts, minus the pedestrians.
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity runs on PC, PlayStation, Xbox. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, Switch. It is Steam Deck Verified.
Carmageddon: Max Damage
€ 24,99A modern entry that revives the anarchic vehicular carnage.
Carmageddon: Max Damage runs on PC, PlayStation, Xbox. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
Gas Guzzlers Extreme Indie
€ 14,99An indie combat-racing game of guns, cars and carnage.
Gas Guzzlers Extreme runs on PC. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. It is Steam Deck Playable.
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