SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird Person
IGDB93· 2
Year 2001Dev EA Canada · EA Sports BIG
✓ Nearly identical: sports simulation, racing gameplay and offline.
SSX 3 is hard to replace: few games combine sports simulation and offline in quite the same way. We analyzed over 2,000 titles across 6 gameplay attributes and found 55 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. SSX Tricky, Burnout 3: Takedown and Blur lead the list, with SSX Tricky reaching a 95/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes SSX 3 special.
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The closest game to SSX 3 is SSX Tricky — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Burnout 3: Takedown and Blur follow close behind.
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Games like SSX 3
55 similar games foundUpdated May 2026
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonFirst Person
IGDB93· 3
Year 2004Dev Criterion Games · Electronic Arts
✓ Both are arcade racing games — sharing racing gameplay, offline and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with visual first person, while skipping sports simulation
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonSci-Fi
Steam👍 98%· 463IGDB79· 4
Year 2010Dev Bizarre Creations · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · PC
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonFantasy
IGDB90· 1
Year 1992Dev Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development · Nintendo
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonSci-Fi
IGDB90· 1
Year 2003Dev Amusement Vision · Nintendo
✓ Same family of arcade racing games: racing gameplay, offline and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: setting scifi, while skipping sports simulation
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonFantasy
IGDB91· 15OC88· 79
Year 2014Dev Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.1 · Nintendo
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonOpen World
IGDB92· 4OC87· 146
Year 2025Dev Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9 · NintendoOn Switch
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 96%· 21KRAWG👍 94%· 650MC76IGDB83· 4
Year 2006Dev Bugbear Entertainment · Strategy FirstPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox
SportsRacingArcade Racing
MultiplayerOfflineSoloThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 90%· 7.5KIGDB80· 3
Year 2007Dev Bugbear Entertainment · Empire InteractiveOn PC
#10BallisticNG
94
iRank86
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonMelee
Steam👍 94%· 3.7KRAWG👍 73%· 26
Year 2016Dev NeognosisPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh
#11Mario Kart 7
95
iRank84
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird Person
IGDB84· 6
Year 2011Dev Nintendo
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird PersonFirst Person
IGDB85· 2
Year 2002Dev Criterion Games · Acclaim Entertainment
✓ Same family of arcade racing games: racing gameplay, offline and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person, while skipping sports simulation
95
iRank81
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird Person
IGDB81· 1
Year 1996Dev Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development · Nintendo
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineMultiplayerSoloThird PersonCo-op
Steam👍 93%· 18KRAWG👍 79%· 396MC79
Year 2012Dev Sumo Digital · SEGAPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox
SportsRacingArcade Racing
OfflineSoloMultiplayerThird Person
IGDB80· 2
Year 2003Dev Beenox · ActivisionOn PC
✓ Both are arcade racing games — sharing sports simulation, racing gameplay and offline
≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling
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94
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94
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94
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94
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
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94
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90
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the best game similar to SSX 3?
- The closest game to SSX 3 is SSX Tricky, scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. They share 6 gameplay attributes, including sports simulation, racing gameplay and offline. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
- What are the top games like SSX 3?
- The three closest games to SSX 3 are: 1. SSX Tricky (95/100, 6 shared attributes) 2. Burnout 3: Takedown (94/100, 5 shared attributes) 3. Blur (94/100, 6 shared attributes). All share SSX 3's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 55 candidates across 6 dimensions.
- Is Burnout 3: Takedown similar to SSX 3?
- Yes, very much so — Burnout 3: Takedown scores 94/100 similarity to SSX 3. They share 5 attributes, including racing gameplay and offline. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
- What Sports games are similar to SSX 3?
- The best Sports games similar to SSX 3 are SSX Tricky, Blur, FlatOut 2 and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection. All share the Sports genre alongside other key SSX 3 attributes like sports simulation, racing gameplay and offline.
- How is similarity to SSX 3 calculated?
- We compare SSX 3 against every game in our catalog using 6 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the SSX 3 experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.