Tinker Racers
Developer Rumbora Party Games
Tinker Racers is a Survival Racing Party Game. Drive mini RC cars through tracks built around the house with common, everyday items. Forget the finishing line and just try to stay in sight! Up to four friends can join forces or compete with each other on local multiplayer! From the Steam store page
157 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Feb 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
119 positive · 38 negative
95% range 69–82%
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60 of 157 · most liked firstApparently I am not old enough to understand the reference of Micromachines. I first bought this game to play it online and I confess that my first impression was not the best one after I discovered that it had only local multiplayer. But then a fun fact happened. As it is only local multiplayer, I convinced my father to play with me and he did got the reference!! Within minutes he started saying that the game looked a lot like a game he loved to play... guess the name of the game! LOL I don't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything about this game screams "Micro Machines". And that's good. I was curious, so I bought this title. Until now, it didn't let me down. The controls are tight and after a few minutes of getting used to them, you can handle your tiny car with precision. Sound effects are ok and the music is a perfect fit for the game. After Scoring 7000 Points in total, you can even switch between day and night. This might still be an early access title BUT it already is so much fun. I loved Micro…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would pay a lot more just for the nostalgia of having the experience of playing Micromachines again! Great tribute to the game! Great game !!! Very very fun !!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although it is a relatively small game, it is clear that it is a passionate project created by fans of Micromachines. The last update fixed the problems I had when playing via Remote Play Together previously. Support for controllers has also improved a lot. Sometimes we needed to check which controller was which car at each race. All these problems are gone now. I have nothing to complain about anymore, and that was the best $3 I spent this month! Recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tinker Races is a really funny game to play alone or with your friends! You can aim for the top score or just troll your friends and destroy their cars! The gameplay is very fluid, the graphics are very beautiful, and the music is really good! The campaing has a great learning curve and is challenging as you progress through it! I loved the achievements too, I can't wait to beat the game 100% and to play with my friends at our house parties, after we beat this pandemic of course! (:
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful nostalgia, when I played with my brothers in our room and always lost for not understanding the rules :(, now I can train and then I will invite them for my rematch! :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addictive from the tutorial! The developer really got the physics right. If you used to play micro machines, you can't go wrong with this one!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the game. Very fun and with amazing graphics. I'm having a lot of fun. It reminded me a lot of the game series "Micro Machines". I really liked that! Very easy to adapt to the controls and with physics of the game. Congrats to the devs!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game far exceeded my expectations!! I agree with someone who wrote a review saying "it's almost like stealing from the developers". It is very cheap for what it delivers (in fact I still don't get the price so low, maybe because it is in Early Access ...). After unlocking all the tracks, we spent a lot of time having so much fun at Free For All Mode! 4 people playing it is insane! The lack of an online multiplayer would be a serious problem for a game like this if it weren't for Steam's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! So good to play in PVP mode. It currently has 12 levels which you can either set in day or night mode. Great graphics. It was just like playing micro machines back in the day but a lot better. The only criticism I would have for it is that you can play tournaments and you can't choose character players. Apart from that, it absolutely rocks!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you liked Micromachines when you were younger, you will not go wrong buying this game! Pure nostalgia is what I feel! Recommended
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked this tribute to Micromachines! I loved playing the original versions back in the 90s. Nostalgia defines this game! Excellent job considering it was done by a small indie studio. I definitely would like to see more tracks in the future!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game, fun with a light climate, the scenery is very detailed and the gameplay very tasty, I strongly recommend the game. (note: play with a friend sharing the screen)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! If you play alone, expect a cheap cool game. But with 2 or more players, the real fun begins. With 4 players, the room will start to get really noisy. You can expect angry neighbors and a broken keyboard. I’m really looking forward play it with 8 Players! The chaos will rules! I imagine the neighbors calling the police and things like that. Unfortunately it becomes more and more rare to be with 8 friends playing together :(
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate this game for making me play it again just to complete the newly implemented achievements (and I thought I didn't care about achievements LOL).Achievements was definitely something that was missing in the game. I am happy to see that new game modes will be added. The game was fun enough, but it was very short with just one (single player) mode. Certainly, for those who play local multiplayer, the Free For All mode can greatly extend the game time. But for me, as a single player, the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute and satisfying nostalgia trip, inspired by the Micro Machines racing games. Get some friends together on the couch for a good time with this. There's only 3 race track types at time of writing, but for the pocket-money pricetag I really can't complain.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great little game that captures the feel of micro machines but for modern systems minus the weapons and as such I can easily recommend the game to anyone who has played those games especially for the price. As for the game itself it's well made and the only issues I could really talk about were some slight audio bugs with the motor sounds cutting out occasionally when other sounds activate and maybe the AI being a little easy to beat but other than that the game is well made. I hope that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Felt like sat in my bedroom playing with my friends in our made-up race tracks! Nice and polished. Once you start playing it is hard to leave aside. Such a cool game! Can't wait to try multi-playing this one...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has really nice mechanics and theme. It is a mixture of Speedrunners (on wheels) and casual top-down view racing games. Campaign is really nice, but the real fun comes on the co-op mode, at least for me. If you like casual co-op games to play with friends, I definetly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked how the game was careful to capture the essence of Micromachines: the elimination mechanics, the topdown view, the tracks around the house, the shouting when playing with friends haha ... But all in a 3d and more modern style. The game ends relatively quickly and leaves you wanting to play more tracks, but for $ 3 it is much more than I expected. But then, just go to Free For All matches with friends! Recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved playing this game. Too bad it only has 3 rooms. My 8 year old son also loves this game. It reminds me of playing Micro Machines on the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) If only it had more rooms and tracks to play. Hopefully more content to come...?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like micro machines but without the fun part. It's as barebones as you can imagine, there are no powerups or weapons, basically no vehicle variety, only 18 tracks, dumb ai and the game constantly crashes. Sure, it supports local split-screen multiplayer, has different gamemodes and costs close to nothing, that's not enough to justify it's just plain garbage.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lost on Steam EP. 49 This is one of the 3 featured games in the weekly Sunday show. An unboxing for video games! You can watch the highlights of this game and the two others featured this week here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFlgLH34HM8 [Thoughts and First Impressions] Do you remember the old micro machines games on the NES? This is a tribute back to those old types of games. You have a top-down view of the track and you have to take your car through all different kinds of stages…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found Tinker Racers yesterday and have a lot of fun. I could remember when I was a child playing with my little cars all over my mothers house. I couldnt stop playing this game ... When I check the clock I played more than 4 hours and I just dont realized that was so much time ... Its amazing I do recommend !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun, local multiplayer and give us a lot of inspiration ! (my kids made a real track on my home office). Turn of the lights and bring the madness ! I love it !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great casual game to play with friend! Had so much fun. Highly recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tinker racers looked like a decent micro machines clone, so I gave it a shot. big mistake. the tutorial broke on my first try, had to do it again to unlock the rest of the game. another time every opponent disappeared and I couldn't score any points, had to restart. and in case 2 game-breaking bugs within an hour aren't enough, the game is lacking even when it works. 4 environments with levels that are only slight variations of each other, and way too many things going on at the same time,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good for some casual fun, easy to play
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid rework of the classic style for modern machines. Game is a fantastic start to what could be the spiritual successor to the Micro Machines series! However, the game isn't very extensive, with only 12 levels, 24 if you count the 'lights out' variants. The store page advertises Local Multiplayer AND Regular Multiplayer, I has wrongly assumed this was Online multiplayer. The game took me just under and hour to download, play through and leave this review. This game sees continued support…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I decided not to by a coke today... and instead bought this game.. Lets just sum it up as very well worth the admission price. Pros.. -Brings me back to playing micro machines as a kid -You tell the developers are working truly on a passion project -Cars handle perfect and easy to pick up -You can play with one hand, whilst the other is gently cradling a fine cognac or cigar -Music reminds me of Pulp Fiction, yet fits perfectly -AI cars are well programmed (using break isn't necessary to hit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's extremely difficult to speak ill of this game considering the price it charges. It's dirt cheap, it's almost like stealing from the developers. And what's in it for you? As the game itself says in its description, it is essentially a clone of MicroMachines. It is essentially the same game, with the same principles: you use small (toy) cars, running on tracks that seem to have been assembled by children in their rooms, to play against other cars. If the distance between the first place and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cool and fun! It reminds me of my childhood. Perfect for having fun with your kids! Congratulations to the Developers!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is similiar to the Micro Machines games, but with less level types. The time trials are frustrating as sometimes the game does not count the crossing of the goal line, and you have to go another round before you can even try to beat the time again. The AI cars are too easy. TL;DR: The game has better graphics but is less fun than Micro Machines.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I desperately wait for the new mario kart live, I think I can have some fun with this cute little game LOL. But really, why is this only $3? Charge more for it and put online multiplayer on it! Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally someone that was able to translate the Micro Machines feel to a new game. The tracks are fun. Currently no online multiplayer but you can use Steam's remote Play Together to us ethe local multiplayer options with friends online. @Dev: Try to add a track builder so people can create their own tracks. Add online multiplayer with leaderboards. @Everyone else: If you are into fun arcade racers and loved Micro Machines, get this game. It is a no brainer at it's current price, which is more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An innovative game, bringing a new concept to car racing, in a playful and fun way. Certainly, a game that will bring me many moments of fun alone or with friends. Congratulations Developers, keep up the great work. I can't wait to see the FINAL version!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple very fun concept. There is no finish line. Just out race everyone else. Developers MUST add online multi to this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really am enjoying it, because it is in development i have some feedback TL:DR A great concept, really hope the development is active, needs a few features. I paid less than £1/$1.30 and I am so happy with the purchase. I could however get bored and am having a few framerate issues I get a lot of frame stuttering in corners, my framerate monitor says I am getting a solid 60 fps when the stutter occurs, don't know if that is just my hardware or if anyone else is experiencing it. I have only…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun game! Beautiful set of music and scenery that provide a very fun competitive environment. Some races can be chaotically fun. I can't wait to see what it will be like when it's ready. Just keep in the first position and don't give up if you fall behind.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great proof that Unity 3D physics is not capable of creating a fun MM clone. The starting grids are so tight that you collide before the race even starts. Most tracks have so many cars that it's just random who makes it out of the starting grid pile up. Camera zoom seems broken sometimes it will let cars get way behind other times you get wiped out for just falling behind the pack. Also, what is that with all the AI scoring as 1 player? Nice try but the original is way better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great concept, design and delivery. The game has 0 issues. However the AI is really sub-par and so the game gets very boring very quick. I wish they offered multiplayer with steam friends rather than just couch co-op. It would make the game amazing. Buy the game if you're into this genre because it is very creative, but mind you it will get stale real quick !
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First review ever... Actually, this game was tons of fun for well over an hour with friends. We used steam remote play and it worked perfectly, no lag, nothing (I even streamed the game on twitch while doing this and no issues). We only played the campaign mode and it was just too much fun. Totally worth for $3!!! Would love to see more tracks and cars (F1 maybe?) in the future! Great work on this game devs!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, I don't need to play this game for 20 hours to understand its intentions and what it achieved. This game is a spiritual successor to the classic micromachine series and I am a fan, as soon as I saw this I bought it. I will get hours of playtime out of this over the remaining years of my life and I am thankful for that. My one and only criticism is there is no online multiplayer which is sad but it makes me hopeful for their future projects and I'm happy to give them my money :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice presentation and gameplay, cant go wrong for 2 quid
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was super fun to play for the price, but the constant shifting of camera angles made me very nauseous this hasn't happened for any other game could you guys try to fix it? if not I understand the price for this game is really good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little indie racer game, but as others have already reported: 1) main menu drops fps to an uncomfortable rate; and 2) the game needs to get force quit from the task manager almost every time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of 2022 this game is pretty much abandonware that has a broken menu, freezes at the end of the tutorial and does not work from that point on. I tried to get past the broken tutorial many times and each time the computer froze requiring me to do the alt-ctrl-delete to bring up the Task manager to fore quit the program. Also the cars, even though they are tiny toy cars, have only minimal simplistic physics so there is very little fun to be had here. Very bad repetitive music. Basically, why…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far this is my favorite Micro Machines reboot to date, and I've played several. It has it's learning curve and some minor bugs, but these things can turn on a dime cuz they're almost the same size! The music is really catchy, the graphics are more than I could ask for. I really like how each track expands. Man, the CPU can pit maneuver you in the blink of an eye, so can a pencil that wasn't there on the previous lap so you definitely always have to be on your game. I really hope more tracks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great deal! Game with an old school feeling. Its nice how devs are listening to the community and tuning the game. Recommended if you like the old Micromachines and want to give your 5 cents to see further improvements to a already cool game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So much fun, very creative home environment where a child has given room to its imagination. Can get competitive and chaotic on multiplayer. I played with my son, we had a great time. I enjoyed the early access version, has great potential, looking forward to play the final version!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Main menu is an unusable lag fest even on a brand new PC with 3000 series and Ryzen 5000 series. The game has potential but is completely unfinished in it's current state. Not recommended at all until it's fixed. Steam shouldn't allow such games for sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If like me you have severe tinnitus, being unable to turn off the terrible music is a major game breaker
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very easy to jump into, micro machines style racer with decent physics. The items in the world move when hit and the tracks evolve over a race from debris. Its easy to jump on and play a race or 2 without feeling like you need to commit a huge amount of time. As of review the game could use a bit of polish but its great fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cute premise but the game is bad. Tinker Racers is focused around racing "survival" mechanics. To win you need to either destroy other cars by forcing them off the track or by outrunning them with the camera. The creators must have not play tested or had not been thinking about how to exploit their own game. If one car (Bots or Player) dedicates itself to taking out an opponent the opponent will always lose due to stun lock. Bot cars are always on the same team and sometimes they are in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid start to a MicroMachines throwback. A lot of fun and I didn't seem to find too many actual "bugs". The vast majority of my beefs are with lack of features. I know it's a work in progress, but... you did release it and I did pay for it. We need more tracks, first and foremost. There's only one vehicle type. Though the car skin changes twice, same speed and handling. The original MicroMachines had boats and monster trucks that all drove differently. More music tracks. More effects when…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply perfect, it pays perfect homage to MicroMachines! It is extremely cheap for the content it provides, it took me only a few minutes playing to get absolutely hooked. I would advise anyone to buy this game, it is great to play solo, but mostly to play with friends if you have the opportunity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite saying it's unsupported, this game ran just fine on the deck. Reason for the thumbs down is that it is just incredibly shallow in comparison to Toybox Turbos, another spiritual successor to Micromachines. Now, I've never played micromachines, but one issue I had with TBT was that the multi-player was only the "get far enough ahead of your opponents to get a point" mode, when TBT had a dozen different modes in single player that were all quite a bit of fun. Tinker Racers doesn't even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great game, considering the cost. It is really funny to play with others. The scenarios are creative. Hoping for more levels if possible.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent game. The creators put on a lot of creativity to bring this up and the survival race idea is amazing. Great job guys, keep it going.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a really cool game, already in the early stages of development it brings me a nostalgic experience since I played a lot of the old micro machine games! Can't wait for new updates to come with new maps and obstacles.
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