Star Racer is a 2025 racingvideo game developed by Whatnot Games. It was released onto SteamEarly Access in March of 2024, and received a full release in July of 2025.[2]
A screenshot of Star Racer, showing the player's head-up display and racing craft.
Star Racer is a retro science-fiction racing game inspired by games like F-Zero and Star Fox. The game features local multiplayer and a track editor.[3]
Development
Whatnot announced the game on November 29, 2023, with a Kickstarter project launched to help fund it. Grant Kirkhope had been announced as the game's composer.[1] Some of the game's artistic inspiration came from 1990's animated shows and comics series like SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Biker Mice from Mars, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Online play running well was a challenge during development as the framerate would decrease due to the high speed of the race.[4]
An official reveal trailer was released on November 30, 2023.[5] An early access trailer was released on January 25, 2024, with an announcement that it'll be heading to Steam Early Access on March 8, 2024, with a new demo on February 2, 2024.[6]
Reception
Console Creatures scored it an 8 out of 10 calling the game "fun" and praising the track design and flight segments, although criticized the tough to master controls and physics.[7] Website Hey Poor Player reviewed the game positively praising the tracks and death race mode and impressed by the amount of content.[8] Website Noisy Pixel gave the game a 7 out of 10 praising its range of tracks, cast of characters and replayability, however criticized the spike in difficulty, keyboard controls and lack of online multiplayer at the time with only local play available.[9]
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