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We filtered the 50 games similar to MotorStorm: Apocalypse down to the 13 that fit the “Sports” category. Crash Tag Team Racing, Dirt 3 and Colin McRae: Dirt top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to MotorStorm: Apocalypse.

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GenreSportsSubgenreRacingSub-subgenreArcade Racing
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SoloMultiplayer
Year 2011Dev Evolution Studios

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Within the “Sports” category, the closest game to MotorStorm: Apocalypse is Crash Tag Team Racing — scoring 71/100 on our similarity scale. Dirt 3 and Colin McRae: Dirt follow close behind.

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13 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to MotorStorm: Apocalypse. 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.

#1Crash Tag Team Racing
Crash Tag Team Racing
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird Person
IGDB60· 2
Year 2005Dev Radical Entertainment · Vivendi Universal Games

✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, racing gameplay and single-player focus.

≠ Missing: post-apocalyptic world.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100
Dirt 3
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonFirst Person
IGDB86· 7
Year 2011Dev Codemasters Southam · CodemastersOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Genre100Game mode100Visuals62
Colin McRae: Dirt
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonFirst Person
IGDB81· 5
Year 2007Dev Codemasters Southam · CodemastersOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Genre100Game mode100Visuals62
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonFirst Person
IGDB79· 9
Year 2009Dev CodemastersOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with visual first person, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Genre100Game mode100Visuals62
Dirt Showdown
SportsRacingArcade Racing
MultiplayerSoloThird PersonOfflineMelee
Steam👍 80%· 3.8KIGDB75· 10
Year 2012Dev Codemasters Southam · Virtual ProgrammingOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are arcade racing games — sharing sports simulation, racing gameplay and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, offline and visual first person, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Genre100Game mode85Visuals62
Metal Drift
SportsRacingArcade Racing
MultiplayerSoloMeleeSci-Fi
Steam👍 62%· 144IGDB70· 1
Year 2009Dev Black Jacket StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are arcade racing games — sharing sports simulation, racing gameplay and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Stands apart with melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Metal Drift is a vehicular sport combat game set in a distant future. As the player, you command an agile, high powered hover tank in a futuristic sports arena. Core game play centers on intense tank-on-tank multiplayer team combat seen through an immersive, first person cockpit.

Where it drifts furthest from MotorStorm: Apocalypse: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Setting0
Zero Gear
SportsRacingArcade Racing
MultiplayerSoloMeleeCasual
Steam👍 78%· 881RAWG👍 23%· 22
Year 2010Dev Brian CroninPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the arcade racing games cluster, with sports simulation, racing gameplay and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual and melee combat, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Zero Gear is physically-fueled, online multiplayer kart combat madness. Deck out your kart and character before jumping into one of many different game modes. Outrageous kinematic gameplay and weapons make every round a blast. The potential for tiny vehicular mayhem has never been so humongous! Boost, flip, spin, and slide your way to victory! Up to 8 players. Customizable karts and characters.

Excitebike
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayer2D
Year 1984Dev Nintendo

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

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Where it drifts furthest from MotorStorm: Apocalypse: visuals.

It predates MotorStorm: Apocalypse by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals0
Garfield Kart - Furious Racing
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonOfflinePvP
Steam👍 88%· 15KRAWG👍 44%· 43
Year 2019Dev Artefact · MicroidsPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, competitive edge and offline, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Garfield, the famous lasagna-loving cat is back to take on Jon, Odie and company in a no-holds-barred racing game! Choose your character and kart according to their characteristics and your driving style, get off the starting line first and control skids to outrun your opponents.

Released 8 years after MotorStorm: Apocalypse.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode72
SSX Tricky
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonOffline
IGDB93· 2
Year 2001Dev EA Canada · EA Sports BIG

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

≠ Where it differs: brings offline, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

It predates MotorStorm: Apocalypse by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode65
SSX 3
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonOffline
IGDB90· 1
Year 2003Dev EA Canada · Electronic Arts

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

≠ Stands apart with offline, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

It predates MotorStorm: Apocalypse by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode65
Tony Hawk's Underground
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonOffline
IGDB80· 2
Year 2003Dev Beenox · ActivisionOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and offline, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

It predates MotorStorm: Apocalypse by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode65
1080° Snowboarding
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerThird PersonOffline
IGDB70· 1
Year 1998Dev Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development · Nintendo

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

≠ Its own twist: offline, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

It predates MotorStorm: Apocalypse by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode65

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