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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to ModNation Racers 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 ModNation Racers.

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GenreSportsSubgenreRacingSub-subgenreArcade Racing
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OfflineSolo
Year 2010Dev United Front Games
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Within the “Nintendo Switch” category, the closest game to ModNation Racers is Mario Kart World — scoring 73/100 on our similarity scale. Star Wars: Episode I - Racer and Hot Wheels Unleashed follow close behind.

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The best games like ModNation Racers on Nintendo Switch

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to ModNation Racers. Each one has been evaluated across 5 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 World
Mario Kart World
SportsRacingArcade 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, offline and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and fantasy world

Released 15 years after ModNation Racers.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
SportsRacingArcade 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

It predates ModNation Racers by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals62
Hot Wheels Unleashed
SportsRacingArcade Racing
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

Released 11 years after ModNation Racers.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode86
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
SportsRacingArcade Racing
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

Released 9 years after ModNation Racers.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode84
Team Sonic Racing
SportsRacingArcade Racing
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

Released 9 years after ModNation Racers.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode83

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