5 Games like Cars on Nintendo Switch that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Cars down to the 5 that fit the “Nintendo Switch” category. Mario Kart World, Star Wars: Episode I - Racer and Hot Wheels Unleashed top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Cars.

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The best games like Cars on Nintendo Switch

5 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Cars. Each one has been evaluated across 6 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Mario Kart WorldClosest overall match

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GenreSportsSubgenreRacingSub-subgenreArcade Racing

OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonOpen World

IGDB92· 4OC87· 146

Year 2025Dev Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9 · NintendoOn Switch

✓ Same family of arcade racing games: racing gameplay, adventure storytelling and offline

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, fantasy world and exploration and discovery

Released 19 years after Cars.

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#2Star Wars: Episode I - Racer

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GenreSportsSubgenreRacingSub-subgenreArcade Racing

SoloMultiplayerOfflineThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 87%· 2.3KIGDB70· 2OC69· 28

Year 1999Dev LucasArts · Aspyr MediaOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of arcade racing games: racing gameplay, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping adventure storytelling

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#3Hot Wheels Unleashed

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OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonPvP

Steam👍 79%· 7.5KIGDB68· 7OC74· 117

Year 2021Dev MilestoneOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the arcade racing games cluster, with racing gameplay, offline and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: PvP competition, while skipping adventure storytelling

Released 15 years after Cars.

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#4Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

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OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonCo-op

IGDB83· 10OC83· 122

Year 2019Dev Beenox · Activision BlizzardOn PS4 · Xbox · Switch

✓ Both are arcade racing games — sharing racing gameplay, offline and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and co op, while skipping adventure storytelling

Released 13 years after Cars.

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OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonCo-op

Steam👍 73%· 3.5KIGDB71· 9OC74· 122

Year 2019Dev Sumo Digital · SegaOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the arcade racing games cluster, with racing gameplay, offline and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, setting scifi and co op, while skipping adventure storytelling

Released 13 years after Cars.

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