⚜ SteamCozy

Home / Games / Switchcars

Switchcars

Switchcars

In a science experiment gone wrong, there's only one way to survive - traverse dynamic environments in over 1300 realistic vehicles, as fast as possible.

Released Apr 30, 2021 Developer Altfuture Platforms Windows · Linux Action RoguelikeActionRacingIndiePixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.

90.4%positive456 reviews
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“While a good concept, the lack of controller compatibility and frequent bugs and crashes kills the enjoyment. After 10 years of development and 5 of those on Steam, the developer should have fixed these issues.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“+Aesthetics are neat +Audio works nicely -The gameplay loop isn't engaging to me -Tutorial does a poor job. e.g. it never mentions the obvious; you aren't expected to collide or you lose health or that the vehicles have health or fuel to begin with = Neutral review, but since I…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Read more reviews ↗

Latest official news

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

Mar 04, 2026
10 Years of Switchcars!

Hello everyone! Today is exactly 10 years since Switchcars was first released! While I'm not entirely ready to accept this shocking fact, I sure am happy to celebrate it with a -75% discount for the n

Apr 30, 2021
Switchcars 1.1 - Now out of Early Access!

More than eight years after work on it began, Switchcars just graduated to a full release alongside its biggest update so far! Switchcars was rather polished at the time of its initial launch in 2016.

Apr 30, 2021
Switchcars 1.1 Changelog Preview

In about 7 hours from now, Switchcars will be released out of Early Access! With that you'll get a massive update 1.1 , a new trailer, store page overhaul and some extra videos! Stay tuned for the sec

Jun 02, 2018
Progress report - Vehicle editor screenshots, new vehicles

Hi everyone, It’s been a long time since Switchcars was last updated, so I want to let you know the current situation. Beta update in development: As many of you know already, the upcoming beta update

Apr 08, 2017
Update 15 - Drafting, 2 new car sounds, EBS, win-based unlocks and much more!

Hey guys! A new update is here - this time primarily focused on your suggestions from the forum, mainly the Random ideas thread! Thank you everyone for the awesome suggestions - keep them coming! The

Games like Switchcars

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie, Racing
Player tagsAction Roguelike · Action · Racing · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-lite · Side Scroller · Arcade · Singleplayer · Aliens · Runner · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.altfuture.gg/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Processor: 2.5 GHz Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: GeForce 6600 GT / Ati Radeon 9800XT Storage: 200 MB available space