List of vehicular combat games
This is a list of vehicular combat games.
Car
Year | Name | Platforms | Style |
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2005 | 187 Ride or Die | PS2, Xbox | |
2017 | All-Star Fruit Racing | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | Kart racing |
2006 | Auto Assault | Windows | 3rd person view, MMO |
2011 | Armageddon Riders | Windows, PS3 | |
2018 | Asphalt 9: Legends | iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series | Action Car Game |
1985 | Autoduel | Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, Macintosh | |
2016 | Auto Warriors[1] | iOS | Turn-based |
2002 | Bandits: Phoenix Rising | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Post-apocalyptic |
2017 | Battle Riders | Windows, iOS | |
1993 | BattleWheels | Atari Lynx | Post-apocalyptic, First-person, Arena |
1999 | Beetle Adventure Racing | N64 | |
2014 | BlazeRush | PS3, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Windows, MacOS, Linux | Top-down view |
2010 | Blood Drive | PS3, XB360 | |
2010 | Blur[2] | Windows, PS3, XB360 | |
2001 | Bomberman Kart | PS2 | Kart racing |
2001 | Burnout series[2][3] | Xbox, XB360, Xbox One, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, Windows, iOS | Arcade Racing |
1997–2016 | Carmageddon series[4] | DOS, Windows, Mac, PS1, N64, GBA, iOS, Android | Open world, graphic violence |
2006 | Cartoon Network Racing | PS2, Nintendo DS | Cartoon, racing |
1988 | Chase H.Q.[2] | Arcade | |
2017 | Crash of Cars | iOS, Android | Cartoon |
2005 | Crash Tag Team Racing[3] | GameCube, PS2, PSP, Xbox | |
2001, 2002 | Cel Damage[5] | GameCube, Xbox, PS2 | cartoon |
2014–2019 | Cel Damage HD | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | cartoon |
2002 | Command & Conquer: Renegade | Microsoft Windows | |
1993 | Crash 'n Burn | 3DO | |
2006/2017 | Crashday | Windows | |
2018 | The Crew 2 | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia | "Demolition Derby" (crash mode) in Freestyle motorsport family |
2016 | Crossout | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | |
2007 | Darkwind: War on Wheels | MacOS, Windows, Linux | |
1976, 1990 | Death Race | Arcade | |
1996–2012 | Death Rally | DOS, iOS, Android | Top-down view, arcade |
1989 | Deathtrack | MS-DOS, DOS | |
2008 | Death Track: Resurrection | Windows, PlayStation 3 | |
2021 | Destruction AllStars | PlayStation 5 | |
1995, 1996 | Destruction Derby series | DOS, PS1, Sega Saturn, N64 | |
1998 | DethKarz | Windows | |
2021 | Detonation Racing | iOS, MacOS | |
2012 | DiRT: Showdown | Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
2006 | Earache: Extreme Metal Racing | PlayStation 2, Wii, PC | |
1995 | Fatal Racing | MS-DOS, DOS | Aka Whiplash in North America. Cross between Race Drivin, Stunts & Destruction Derby. |
2012 | Final Run | iOS | |
1988 | Fire and Forget | Post-apocalyptic combat racer | |
1990 | Fire and Forget II | Master System, Amstrad GX4000 | Post-apocalyptic combat racer. Cars also fly. |
2005 | Fired Up | PSP | |
2004–2017 | FlatOut series | Windows, Xbox, XB360, PS2, PSP, Wii | |
2006 | Full Auto[5] | XB360 | |
2006, 2007 | Full Auto 2: Battlelines[5] | PS3, PSP | |
2012 | Gas Guzzlers Extreme | Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One | |
2015 | Grip: Combat Racing | Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One | Inspired by Rollcage series |
2000 | Grudge Warriors | PS1 | |
2006 | Hard Truck: Apocalypse | post-apocalyptic | |
2016 | Hardware: Rivals | PS4 | |
1997 | Have a N.I.C.E. Day! | Windows | |
2009 | Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 | Wii, NDS | |
2007 | Hot Wheels: Beat That! | PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, NDS | |
2021 | Hot Wheels Unleashed | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One, Windows, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S | |
2023 | Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One, Windows, Xbox Series X/S | |
2002 | Hot Wheels Velocity X | GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Game Boy Advance | |
1997 | Interstate '76[6] | Windows | |
1999 | Interstate '82 | Windows | |
2005 | Jak X: Combat Racing[7] | PS2, PS4 | |
1989, 1990 | Knight Rider | NES | |
1999 | Lego Racers | Windows, N64, PS1, Game Boy Color | |
2001, 2002 | Lego Racers 2 | Windows, PS2, Game Boy Advance | |
2012 | LittleBigPlanet Karting | PS3 | |
2000 | London Racer: Destruction Madness | Windows, PS2 | |
2000 | Looney Tunes Racing | PS1, Game Boy Color | Cartoon, racing |
1992 | Lucky & Wild | Arcade | |
2015 | Mad Max | Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | post-apocalyptic |
1999 | Mad Trax | Microsoft Windows | |
1992–2020 | Mario Kart[3] | Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, Arcade,[7] Switch, iOS/Android | Kart racing, 1st person view (Mario Kart 7) |
2004 | Mashed series | Windows, Xbox, PS2 | |
1994 | MegaRace | MS-DOS, Sega CD, 3DO | |
1996 | MegaRace 2 | MS-DOS | |
2002 | MegaRace 3 | Windows, PS2 | |
2018 | Meow Motors | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | Kart racing |
2010 | ModNation Racers | PS3, PSP | cartoon |
2001 | Motor Mayhem | PS2 | |
2011 | MotorStorm: Apocalypse | PS3 | Apocalyptic racing |
2000 | NASCAR Heat[2] | Windows, Game Boy Color, PS1 | |
1996 | Necrodome | Windows | |
2005-2016 | Need for Madness series | Windows, Mac, Linux | Cartoon, racing, wasting |
2010 | Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit | Windows, PS3, Wii, XB360, iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Phone, Java ME, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, XBONE | |
2013 | Need for Speed: Rivals | Windows, PS3, XB360, Xbox One, PS4 | |
2018-2022 | Nickelodeon Kart Racers series | Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 | Crossover branded kart racer |
2019 | Nightwolf: Survive the Megadome | Windows | Synth-themed, cyber-powered vehicles |
2006 | Novadrome | Xbox 360 | |
2016 | Obliteracers | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Cutesy combat racer on exoplanets |
2022 | One Hell of a Ride[8] | Xbox One, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | |
1992, 1993 | Outlander | Sega Genesis, SNES | |
2017 | PAKO 2 | Windows, MacOS | overhead view, arcade |
2011 | Post Apocalyptic Mayhem | Windows | Post apocalypse |
2005, 2006 | Pursuit Force | PSP | |
2007, 2008 | Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice | PSP | |
1994, 1995 | Quarantine | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, MS-DOS, DOS, IBM PC compatible | dystopian armed cab-driving |
2011 | Rage | Windows, PS3, XB360, MacOS | FPS game |
1999, 2000 | Red Dog | Dreamcast | |
1999 | Redline | Windows | |
2011 | Renegade Ops | PC, PS3, XB360 | |
1999 | Re-Volt | Windows, N64, Dreamcast, PS1 | RC cars |
2012 | Ridge Racer Unbounded | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC | |
1998 | Red Asphalt | PS1 | |
1999 | Rollcage | Windows, PlayStation | |
2000 | Rollcage Stage II | Windows, PlayStation | |
1987 | RoadBlasters[2] | Arcade | |
2003 | RoadKill | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube | |
1986 | Roadwar 2000 | Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS | Roguelike, Strategy video game |
1987 | Roadwar Europa | Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS | Roguelike, Strategy video game |
1993 | Rock n' Roll Racing[2] | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Mega Drive, Game Boy Advance, Windows | |
1998 | Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 | ||
1998 | S.C.A.R.S | ||
2015 | Scraps: Modular Vehicle Combat[9] | Windows, MacOS, Linux | Buildable vehicles |
1999, 2000 | San Francisco Rush 2049 | Arcade, N64, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast | |
1994 | Sonic Drift | Game Gear | |
1995 | Sonic Drift 2 | Game Gear, Nintendo 3DS | |
2006 | Sonic Riders | Playstation 2, Xbox, Game Cube, PC | |
2008 | Sonic Riders Zero Gravity | Playstation 2, Wii | |
2010 | Sonic Free Riders | Xbox 360 | |
2010 | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC | |
2012 | Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | Xbox 360, PS3, PSVita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PC | |
2019 | Team Sonic Racing | PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC | |
2019 | Sonic Racing | IOS | |
2008 | Speed Racer: The Videogame | PS2, Wii | |
2010 | Split/Second | Windows, PS3, XB360, iOS, Java ME, PSP | |
1983 | Spy Hunter series[6][2] | Arcade | |
2003 | Starsky & Hutch | ||
2016 | Switchcars | ||
2007 | Swypeout | ||
1997 | Streets of SimCity | Windows | |
2004 | Test Drive: Eve of Destruction | Xbox, PS2 | |
1986 | Turbo Esprit | ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 | |
1999 | Toy Commander | Dreamcast | |
1995–2012 | Twisted Metal[6][3] | PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable | |
1999 | Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense | PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 | |
1998 | Vigilante 8 | PlayStation, Nintendo 64 | |
2007 | Vigilante 8 Arcade | ||
1985 | Violent Run (Gekisou)[10] | Arcade | |
2000 | Wacky Races | Dreamcast, PS2 | Cartoon, racing |
2018 | Warped Kart Racers | iOS, MacOS | Kart racer with crossovers from cheap cartoon shows. |
2003 | WWE Crush Hour | ||
2009 | Wheelman | Windows, PS3, XB360 | |
2012 | Wheels of Destruction | PS3 | Arena, Teams, Online Multiplayer |
2018 | Wreckfest | PC | |
2009 | Zombie Driver | Windows, PS3, XB360, Android |
Futuristic racing
Note: Also covers Anti-gravity combat racing games.
- Fire and Forget (1988)
- Fire and Forget II (1990)
- Deathtrack (1989)
- S.T.U.N. Runner (1989)
- F-Zero series (1990 debut)
- Battle Cars (1993)
- Hi-Octane (1995)
- Wipeout series (1995 debut)
- Assault Rigs (1996)
- Jet Moto series (1996 debut)
- DethKarz (1998)
- Psybadek (1998)
- Fatal Inertia (2007)
- Death Track: Resurrection (2008)
- BallisticNG (2018)
- Pacer (video game) (2020)
- Redout (video game) (2016)
- Redout 2 (video game) (2022)
Aircraft
Boat, ship and submarine
- AquaNox series
- Blood Wake
- Cobra Triangle
- Critical Depth
- Dead In The Water
- Microcosm
- Silent Hunter series
- Silent Service and Silent Service II
- TigerShark
- War Thunder
- Wave Race series
- World of Warships
- Akella's PT Boats series
Tank
- Alien Front Online, the primary good forces are tanks and the secondary alien forces are played as mechs
- Arcticfox
- Armored Warfare
- BattleTanx series
- Battlezone, original arcade game and home conversions
- Battlezone and Battlezone II: Combat Commander, although most of the tanks have anti-gravity engines instead of tracks
- Borderline (Thunderground)
- BZFlag, a FOSS Battlezone-like game
- Combat, the original 1977 founder of the genre
- Cyber Sled
- Front Line
- Gunmetal
- Hovertank 3D
- Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Commander
- iPanzer '44
- IL-2 Sturmovik: Tank Crew
- M1 Tank Platoon
- M1 Tank Platoon II
- Metal Drift
- Metal Max series, a tank combat and role-playing video game combination
- Nova 9
- Panzer Commander
- Panzer Front
- Panzer Elite
- Pop'n Tanks!
- Quantum Redshift
- Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
- Recoil
- Spearhead (video game)
- Spectre VR
- Steel Armor: Blaze of War
- Steel Beasts
- Steel Fury
- Stellar 7
- Tanarus
- Tank
- Tank Universal
- Tank! Tank! Tank!
- Tank Troopers
- Team Yankee
- Thunder Brigade
- Tiny Tank: Up Your Arsenal
- TNK III (T.A.N.K.)
- Tread Marks
- War Rock
- War Thunder
- Wild Metal
- World of Tanks
- World War II Online, a tank, gun, infantry, plane, ship, simulation, MMO, FPS and real-time strategy combination
Motorcycle
- A.B. Cop
- Cycle Warriors[11]
- DeathDrome
- Extreme-G series
- Final Fantasy VII (G Bike)
- Final Fantasy VII G-Bike
- Mach Rider
- Mad Crasher
- Road Rage
- Road Rash series[2]
- Road Redemption[12]
- Seicross
- Grand Theft Auto series
Space vehicle
- Astron Belt
- A/X-101
- Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)
- The Cosmic Balance series
- Colony Wars series
- Descent (series)
- EVE Online
- Freespace series
- Freelancer
- Lunar Rescue
- Moon Patrol
- Project Sylpheed
- Space Encounters
- Space Seeker
- Star Citizen
- Star Trek
- Star Wars: Demolition
- Star Wars: X-Wing
- Star Wars: Rebel Assault series
- Star Wars: Starfighter series
- Tac/Scan
- X
- Starlancer
- Star Trek: Bridge Commander
- Wing Commander (franchise)
Multi-vehicular
(List of games in which players use more than one vehicle type during gameplay)
- Armed Assault series
- Armour-Geddon series
- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008)
- Battlefield series
- Body Harvest (1998)
- Borderlands series
- Battlestations series
- Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002)
- Darkwind: War on Wheels (2007)
- Deadly Dozen series
- Delta Force: Xtreme 2 (2009)
- Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
- Diddy Kong Racing DS (2005)
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007)
- Extreme Assault (1997)
- Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
- G-Police: Weapons of Justice (1999)
- Grand Theft Auto series
- Halo series
- Hidden & Dangerous series
- Homefront (2011)
- Incoming (1998 video game) (1998)
- Incoming Forces (2002)
- Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1999)
- Just Cause series
- Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2014-2017)
- Mario Kart Wii (2008)
- Mercenaries series
- Need for Madness series
- Onrush
- Operation Flashpoint series
- PlanetSide (2003)
- PlanetSide Arena (2019)
- PlanetSide 2 (2012)
- Rage 2 (2019)
- RecWar (2002)
- Red Faction series
- Saints Row series
- Scarface (2006)
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012)
- Star Wars: Battlefront series
- Stealth Combat: Ultimate War (2002)
- Switchcars (2016)
- The Saboteur (2009)
- Thorium Wars series
- Tribes series
- Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004)
- Unreal Tournament 3 (2007)
- War Thunder (2013)
Mecha
This subgenre of vehicular combat involves mech robots, or mecha, as the vehicle for combat.[citation needed] For most mech games, they are played in either first-person or third-person view style. Other games are based on popular Anime television shows such as the various Gundam series, Robotech, and Evangelion. Also, games with a mech theme are featured in RPG games such as Xenosaga and the Front Mission series.
- Another Century's Episode series
- Armored Core series
- Assault Suits series
- Battle Engine Aquila
- Nintendo's Battle Clash/Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
- Border Break
- Nintendo's Custom Robo series
- Chromehounds
- Cruise Chaser Blassty
- Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
- Cybernator
- Daemon X Machina
- Earthsiege
- Eureka 7 video games
- Exteel
- Front Mission series, a tactical RPG mecha series
- Ghen War
- Ghost in the Shell
- G-Nome
- Gungriffon series
- Gun Metal
- Hawken
- Heavy Gear series
- Hover Attack
- IGPX Immortal Grand Prix video games
- Kagirinaki Tatakai
- Krazy Ivan
- Nintendo and Levels-5's Little Battlers Experience
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross video games
- MechAssault series
- MechWarrior series
- MechCommander series
- Metal Fatigue
- Metal Head
- Metal Marines
- Metal Storm
- Metal Warriors
- Mobile Suit Gundam video games
- Neon Genesis Evangelion video games
- One Must Fall 2097
- Patlabor
- Perpetuum
- Phantom Crash
- Robocraft
- Robot Alchemic Drive
- Robotech video games
- Senko no Ronde
- S.L.A.I.: Steel Lancer Arena International
- Slave Zero
- Shattered Steel
- Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
- Star Cruiser, a first-person shooter action RPG
- Starsiege
- Steambot Chronicles
- Steel Battalion
- Steel Battalion: Line of Contact
- Super Robot Wars series
- Tail Concerto
- Titanfall
- Thexder series
- Transformers video games
- Vanguard Bandits
- Vastar
- Virtual On
- WiBArm, a third-person action RPG shooter
- Xenogears
- Zone of the Enders series
Kart racers with battle modes
Battle modes for kart racing games are deathmatch battles influenced by the characters, go-karts and weapons used in the mode. The Mario Kart series demonstrates this kind of mode in its previous installments.[7]
Mario Kart series
Crash kart series
Other kart racers with battle modes
- Bomberman Kart
- Cartoon Network Racing
- Cel Damage
- Charinko Hero
- Cocoto Kart Racer
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Diddy Kong Racing DS
- Freaky Flyers
- Jak X: Combat Racing
- LittleBigPlanet Karting
- Looney Tunes Racing
- Muppet RaceMania
- Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
- Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
- Pac-Man World Rally
- R.C. Pro-Am
- Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
- Speed Punks
- Team Sonic Racing
- Wacky Races
- Wacky Wheels
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