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Star Racer

Star Racer

Soar through concrete and cosmos in Star Racer, a retro-infused combat racer. Defy gravity, conquer wild Event Races, master the course editor, and crush the competition by any means necessary!

Released Jul 28, 2025 Developer Whatnot Games Platforms Windows · Mac Early AccessRacingArcadeRetroLocal Multiplayer
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

95.2%positive84 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Scratched an itch I didn’t even know I had”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

15achievements
2.7%median completion
0.7%rarest: You Have Friends!
19.1% of players 7.6% of players 7.2% of players 5.6% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 19.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
19.1%Fast Food — Win 1st Place in 8 Races
7.6%Living Flesh — Win a Death Race in under 3 minutes.
7.2%Twinsies — Complete the Double Dash!! Event Race
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%You Have Friends! — Play a combined 20 hours in multiplayer races.
0.8%Fastest In The World — Earn S-Rank in 16 time trials on any one difficulty.
1.4%Classic — Earn S-Rank in 8 time trials on any one difficulty.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 03, 2026
Star Racer Switch Port is HERE!

Switch Port! Its here! The Switch port is done and released today! If you want the game on the go, you have that option now. This is my first game on Switch, so this is incredibly exciting. In celebra

Jul 23, 2026
Star Racer V1.1.0, Switch Port, and Soundtrack!

Exciting news! V1.1.0 We have been working with friends and colleagues across the world to bring you the newest major update to Star Racer... LOCALIZATION!!! With this patch you will be able to fully

Mar 12, 2026
Star Racer OST now Available to Early Access Purchasers

Star Racer OST, baby! Hello, and happy Thursday! A while ago we announced that due to the price decrease of the game from early access to full release, we wanted to make sure that we showed our heartf

Jan 14, 2026
Patch 1.0.19 (Workshop Browser)

Hi all! We've got an update for you! Bug Fixes Fixed a game freeze that would sometimes happen when challenging a racer Features Added a workshop browser! We had some feedback that people didn't know

Jan 05, 2026
Course Editor Hotfix

Found a game breaking bug in the course editor that was preventing players from placing points or even loading courses. Fixed it!

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Racing
Player tagsEarly Access · Racing · Arcade · Retro · Local Multiplayer · Pixel Graphics · Action · Split Screen · Combat Racing · Level Editor · Driving · Flight (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements15
Official sitehttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whatnotgames/star-racer
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 Processor: Intel i5-4600K Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel® UHD Graphics 630 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space