Pacer similar games & best alternatives

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Pacer

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2020

Should you play it?

PACER is high-octane anti-gravity racing at its most destructive. Customise your craft and weapons then engage in the campaign, a single-player race or compete against your rivals in explosive online multiplayer for the ultimate combat racing experience.

What works

  • Authentic wipeout-style handling and feel
  • Strong customization and loadout system
  • Varied and visually impressive tracks
  • Engaging campaign with team objectives
  • Good performance and frequent updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited multiplayer player base
  • Some ui and menu usability issues
  • Content amount considered low at full price
  • Occasional performance drops on some tracks
  • Weapons and ai balance need refinement

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Stampede: Racing Royale

  • Distance

  • DeathSprint 66

  • Re-Volt

  • Vampire Hunters

  • Screamer

Less violent

Games that feels like Pacer but with less combat and destruction

  • #DRIVE Rally

  • TrackMania Nations Forever

  • TrackMania² Stadium

  • Trackmania United Forever

  • DCL - The Game

  • Action Henk

More social

Games that feels like Pacer but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Kabounce

  • Serious Sam II

  • Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

  • The Karters 2: Turbo Charged

  • BallisticNG

  • Super Indie Karts

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Pacer. 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 Pacer. These titles are not in What to play next.

Pacer: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026