Doodle Derby
Developer Studio Erikson
Monster Apes! Rockets! Piranhas! UFOs! Build the most insane race tracks ever. Challenge your friends or CRACK A TRACK on your own. Can you make it to the finish line in an explosive race without rules? From the Steam store page
46 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
25 positive · 20 negative
95% range 41–69%
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| Steam reviews | 25 | 20 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Reactions
46 of 46 · most liked firstThere is a horrid, aggressive, flashing, full-screen, red and yellow flash that lasts a second or two every time you damage your car significantly. You cannot turn it off.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like to play this game with some beers and friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Throw everything you know about physics and angles out the window, because you can just hold a direction down for every restart and it will do wildly different things. In each level, you are not told that you will need to build. So eventually (within the first few levels) you are given an impossible level to complete, and you have to either die or hold shift to enter the build mode. There are no tooltips to explain what the items do, so you just have to find out by placing them. In addition,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/]Like this Review? Follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more! Fromto: Toy Cars in Hell: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I used to love playing with my toy cars when I was a tadpole, and I guess most of we males did own a few of them in our youth. In my case, my bedroom was literally a car park, and I used to love it! Interestingly, as I grew up, I began to dislike carparks, especially the ones in the morning and afternoon peak hours! The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun and simple game, It's not overly difficult but there is some levels that can be a bit tough especially if you try to get 3 star gold medal rating. I was having trouble in level editor though, every time I tried to complete the the level I created, my game would crash. **(The game no longer crashes during level editor after uninstalling and installing again, I'm not sure if that fixed it or not but I'm now able to create levels with no problem) There is multiplayer but unfortunately I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game combines competitive racing and 'coop' building into a often chaotic destruction derby to make it to the finish line first. It shines in couch gaming with friends and in online multiplayer, but it also sports a challenge map style single player campaign. The combination of skill, physics, tactics, and all round fun, makes for an awesome night with friends in the vein of Ultimate Chicken Horse or Worms (I'm that old). It might be an early access title, but as of release all the main…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've only played it two-player but we both had a proper laugh, firstly trying to cobble together a 'route' to the finish line then secondly trying to screw each other's plans up with goo cannons, snow men, glass blocks, boxing gloves, trees, flippers, ramps, explosive barrels, bouncing castles--and there's a lot more! There's a real kind of co-operative/competitive tension here coupled with some genuinely Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson-esque construction wackiness. The doodle aesthetic suits it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game can be quite difficult tho
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 + its got local co-op + its got online vs + its got workshop! - its got the whitest background known to man + its got space aids for your eyes!!!! - and then back to White
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can't have "drive in this direction" and "rotate this direction" be the same button.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wauw. Great game. I played this at a party with friends. And we had fun all night. The graphics are fun to watch. Anybody can play this game. A really must have for my collection
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SEVERE FLASHING LIGHTS and screen shake that you cannot turn off. I'm not photosensitive, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ these flashing lights are dangerous. If you slightly bump into something, a strobe light of red/yellow/orange explodes in your face. The physics are so janky that it happens non-stop. I felt physically sick after playing this for a few minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very meh. I enjoy games of all types and and kinds, however, this didn't captivate me early at all. Got it in a $1 humble bundle, thus, for the price it's not that bad. This one is switching from my "haven't played" to "no longer play" categories very quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yknow, I expected this game to be an utter dumpster fire. But I have to say its actually very good! If you play singleplayer, the game slowly introduces new mechanics to you as you progress through the courses. And since you can play it against friends, you can think of this game in a similar way as Ultimate Chicken Horse. Build a course, play your friends for the fastest time. Winner gets all. Im surprised there are only 17 other reviews for this game...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wild. Fun. Together. Crashing. Features. Doodle. Smashing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i really like this game it's a fun party game and you can even coop with friends on the same screen or play online. this is the most fun i had with a party game in a long time and there are so many pieces to build with and traps to try out. the soundtrack and the sound effects are really good too. There is also a sandbox level editor and tonight im gonna build a diabolical insane track to f*ck with my friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WOULD RECCOMEND!!! IT IS DOODLE DERBYYYYY!Y!YY!!!!YY!!!!!! worth
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Somewhat fun for first 10 minutes. https://youtu.be/DVyHwUX-inI
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far so good. Funny little game reminds me a bit of Ultimate Chicken Horse, but clearly not quite as refined in it's current state. Still very fun and I am looking forward to future updates and bug fixes!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun and chaotic! I could play this game all day! And I have at Gamescom 2019 :) The look of the game is really unique. I am very curious about the single player and level editor, since I mainly played the multiplayer game in the demo and beta versions. Can’t wait to continue with this version of the game. If you don’t mind ruining some friendships playing through the very competitive levels, this is a must purchase!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's time for another game giveaway for my Bluesky followers. These are the games I'm giving away: Aaero 2 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree Doodle Derby Dust Fleet Guild of Darksteel Hacknet Nuclear Dawn Technotopia Comment below if you're a follower and have DM's open.
unlabelledView post →Great idea, terrible execution. The controls just kill it. If my controller is plugged in, my cursors start running upward. First, I thought it was a feature, not a bug... It was a bug. I disconnected the controller and voila!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun game but I am disappointed that the cut scenes from the trailer aren't included... (That was the reason I bought this game (the Trailer is hilarious))
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doodle Derby feels like a cheap browser game that should be free to play. The art style is… “unique”… but I don’t like it. The gameplay is rather simple. There is a weird parkour that you must drive on until you reach the finish line. The controls feel bad and the game isn’t fun. This is one of the worst games I have ever played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not for kids 8+ This is an Early Access Review: I will change later, and I don't want to be mean, but my students don't like this game. What they like about Ultimate Horse Chicken_ Simple Controls Different Access to Traps via Game Options.. Currently Controls with default levels are too confusing: Why can't all acceleration and deceleration be one stick? TBH, many student's can't play racing games because of the default scheme. So why not just simplify it? We need baby levels... I know…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Painful fullscreen flashing appears whenever the car collides with something at speed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just play ultimate chicken horse instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey what if we took Ultimate Chicken Horse a game where you have good sense of character contol and made you drive a clunky car. I mean a cool idea on paper but REALLY clunky in execution due controlls and the fact you are driving a car only one direction your options are very limited. Definitely not as good and fun as Ultimate Chicken Horse. 6/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a nice derby/puzzle game with a perculiar yet interesting art style.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a 2D "hand drawn art" racing/platformer game where you get to customise a racing car then drive over various 2D platformer obstacle courses and try to make the best time. Gameplay is okay here but the problem is more with the lazy art style that falls below minimum standards for PC. This is in a lot of ways a cheap copy of Animal Super Squad, which has much better gameplay and graphics and is similarly priced. This game went very quickly into shovelware bundles, and the general low…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was expecting line rider
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is good, dev team is very helpful and responsive. Has great potential but needs bigger community to support it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good Game, fun with friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want to take a break from the good games :-), i recommend this game and if you also have a bunch of buddies around you even can take a break together. It's a really good quick game with which you can have fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game is hella fun with the endless chaos but theres some bugs at least that ive experienced. The other players points can go into the negatives, the tires can bug out, the game seems to take longer to function the more stuff is placed even if its just blocks and the matchmaking with friends can be weird.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →thIS IS NOT a race game. This is a puzzle platform game. You play as a car trying to make it to the Finish Platform. You do this by placing blocks and other items and by jumping over holes. You do race against the clock but this isn't a racing game. Its a puzzle game RATING 5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just terrible, horrid controls and music. Clumsy asf.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Challenging puzzle platformer that is pretty easy to play but challenging to master
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This looks like a fun game, but the controls and physics seem off. Having to constantly stop to modify the track was more annoying than fun. Might be fun for someone out there, but it doesn't get my recommendation.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That horrid, aggressive, flashing screen of red and yellow is what made me stop playing. Not the lack of tutorial, or instructions, or physics. Those were also reasons why I quit playing. An aggressive demo where you are not told what to do in order to succeed. Navi would have been an improvement- what, no don't add Navi
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fix the controller controls
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is worse that i thought. the games multiplayer is worse then any other video game ive played and it sometimes wont add some players to the game in multiplayer. the building mechanic is so bad because of its shop. Its so stupid for a game's shop to move around and only one person can access it at a time and you have to go to a different place on the map to even use it. and you cant even use your cursor to build. It HAS to be the car no matter what for some odd reason. there is no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spent more time refunding the game then playing it. The game is in your face with controls as the controls are awful. The game provides no tutorial and everything is complicated. Also, playing with your friends is painful as it has multiple glitches and the mechanics seem to not work well with multiple people.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Utter garbage. Too much blinking.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FR/EN Doodle Derby ---FR--- Doodle Derby est un bon petit jeu. Le principe est simple. Il faut arriver en premier sur la ligne d'arrivée. Le truc c'est qu'il faut construire certaines parties afin d'atteindre le final. Le jeu propose un bon challenge en solo avec de nombreux niveaux à traverser. ---EN--- Doodle Derby is a fun little game. The concept is simple: be the first to cross the finish line. The catch is that you have to build certain sections to reach the end. The game offers a good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a fun game for a fun family
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