Games like Driftwood

Driftwood is a downhill longboarding game focused on drifting for speed and control. It offers a chill, trick-based experience with solo and multiplayer modes.

93% positive from 1,251 · 2025 · 66% finish it · Steam Deck Verified · $19.99 $11.99 -40% · Lowest ever $7.19 (2023-12-21)

Early AccessExploration Racing SportsSkatingPhysics

Six games like Driftwood

SkateBIRD

84% positive from 782 reviews20214% finish itDeck Verified

SkateBIRD is a skateboarding simulation game where players perform tricks in bird-sized environments. The core loop involves exploring parks, making friends, and improving skating skills to help a lonely bird.

The catchSkating controls feel floaty and unresponsive, making tricks and combos frustrating.

Both are tagged Skating, Racing and Sports.

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Rollerdrome

89% positive from 2,262 reviews20222% finish itDeck Playable

Rollerdrome is a third-person action shooter blending skating and combat. Players gain health from kills and ammo from tricks in a stylish, retrofuturistic setting.

What players likedPlayers praise Rollerdrome as an addictive mix of Tony Hawk, Max Payne, and OlliOlli World, with seamless gameplay, killer art, and a banger soundtrack.

The catchPlaying on keyboard and mouse feels awful, so a controller is close to required.

Both are tagged Skating, Sports and Action.

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The Ramp

95% positive from 1,104 reviews2021Deck Verified

This is a minimalist skateboarding simulator focused on achieving flow. Its core loop involves performing tricks in a halfpipe with a focus on feel over progression.

What players likedPlayers praise "The Ramp" as a relaxing desktop toy, akin to a simplified Tony Hawk, for its enjoyable free-form skateboarding.

The catchThere are only four small maps and no goals, so it is exhausted within an hour.

Both are tagged Skating and Sports.

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Zeepkist

97% positive from 1,558 reviews2021Deck Playable

Zeepkist is a downhill soapbox racing game with physics-based gameplay. Players compete for best times on custom or official tracks, locally or online.

What players likedPlayers praise "Zeepkist" as a well-developed "Trackmania" with satisfying graphics, sounds, and impressive track-building capabilities.

The catchUnlocking later tracks needs strict par times, and difficulty spikes very hard.

Both are tagged Physics, Racing and Sports.

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Absolute Drift

88% positive from 3,177 reviews20153% finish itDeck Verified

This is a car drifting simulation game. Players master sliding mechanics through various challenges and free-roam areas.

What players likedPlayers praise its satisfying drifting mechanics and minimalist art style, comparing it to a chill, challenging, yet short experience.

The catchThe drift controls are punishing and barely explained, so the game never feels relaxing.

Both are tagged Physics, Racing and Sports.

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Lonely Mountains: Downhill

91% positive from 3,043 reviews20191% finish itDeck Verified

A physics-based downhill biking game. Ride, jump, and slide through natural landscapes, mastering controls for speed or exploration.

What players likedPlayers praise it as an enjoyable, rewarding cycling game with charming low-poly aesthetics and great gameplay, art, and sound design.

The catchThe camera often hides the trail ahead, turning runs into trial and error memorisation.

Both are tagged Physics, Racing and Sports.

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More about Driftwood

What players liked

Players praise the amazing controls and unique feel of combinations, especially enjoying the flow of the Cali Coastal Road.

The catch

Heavy bugs and poor performance persist even after the 1.0 release.

Reviews: 93% positive from 1,251
Released: 2025
Finish it: 66% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Verified
Price: $19.99 $11.99 -40% · Lowest ever $7.19 (2023-12-21)
Play: Single-playerMulti-playerPvPFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 93% positive, but with 1,251 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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