Gravel similar games & best alternatives

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Gravel

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2018

Should you play it?

Gravel is the ultimate off-road experience. The most extreme racing game that will let you try out amazing stunts in the wildest places on the planet!

What works

  • Fun arcade offroad racing
  • Varied cars and tracks
  • Adjustable difficulty and assists
  • Good progression system
  • Runs well on mid-range pcs

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Multiplayer mostly dead
  • Limited customization
  • Some physics inconsistencies
  • Annoying repetitive announcer

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • WRC 4 FIA World Rally Championship

  • WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship

  • WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship

  • #DRIVE Rally

  • WRC 5 FIA World Rally Championship

  • Formula Legends

More expressive

Games that feels like Gravel but with more self-expression and customization

  • Need for Speed™ Heat

  • Need for Speed™ Payback

  • Forza Horizon 5

  • Torque Drift

  • Drag Racing 3D: Streets 2

  • Xpand Rally

More violent

Games that feels like Gravel but with more combat and destruction

  • Wreckfest 2

  • FlatOut 2

  • FlatOut

  • TRAIL OUT

  • GRID Legends

  • Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

More creative

Games that feels like Gravel but with more room to create and customize

  • Assetto Corsa

  • Stock Car Extreme

  • rFactor 2

  • GTR 2 FIA GT Racing Game

  • Arizona Derby

  • GT Legends

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • WRC 4 FIA World Rally Championship

  • Valentino Rossi The Game

  • MotoGP™13

  • DUCATI - 90th Anniversary

  • MXGP3 - The Official Motocross Videogame

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Gravel. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Gravel. These titles are not in What to play next.

Gravel: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Expression, Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026