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Race.io

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61%Game Brain Score
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monetization, stability
61% User Score Based on 1,940 reviews

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Race.io is a single player racing game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Race against people while making insane jumps

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61%
Audience ScoreBased on 1,940 reviews
graphics62 positive mentions
monetization783 negative mentions
  • Addictive and fun gameplay with easy-to-learn controls.
  • Variety of cars with cool designs and challenging stunts.
  • Short race durations make it a good time-killer for casual play.
  • Excessive and intrusive ads, often unskippable, disrupting gameplay experience.
  • Fake multiplayer: players are bots or prerecorded races, not real opponents.
  • Car upgrade system unbalanced and expensive,new cars pricey versus low race earnings making progression slow.
  • monetization
    810 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy is heavily criticized for excessive, lengthy, and intrusive ads—often showing after every short race and sometimes even during gameplay—which significantly disrupts the user experience. Many users report that paid options to remove ads are ineffective, leading to frustration and widespread dissatisfaction. While the game itself is praised for its design and fun factor, the overwhelming ad presence is seen as a major deterrent, with suggestions to reduce ad frequency, improve ad-skipping, or offer a truly ad-free experience.

    • “I love it and I just bought the no ads option because I simply can't wait to get to my next race.”
    • “Since this latest update the no ads option finally works.”
    • “Just the best you could get offline no ads only when you want rewards. Best game to play anywhere you play with people around the world, doesn't matter where you live or what phone you have, it works on your old and new phone.”
    • “A race lasts less than a minute and you get 30-second ads after each race... it's just too much.”
    • “The worst problem by a mile is the incessant ads - you race on a track for 15 seconds, then have to endure twice that from ads before you can progress to the next race.”
    • “Every race finish I've won (placed #1), I always exit the app because I don't want to watch ads.”
  • graphics
    88 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics receive mixed feedback, with many users praising its smooth, vibrant, and enjoyable style along with a good variety of cars, while others criticize them as low-quality, repetitive, or derivative of similar games like Rider. Despite some technical issues and occasional clunky visuals, the overall graphic design is considered appealing and contributes positively to the gameplay experience. However, frequent ads and lack of updates on visuals remain common user complaints.

    • “Awesome graphics, I really enjoyed playing the game. The ranking system is great, and if there were options to change car colors and get cars at a cheaper price, it would be even better.”
    • “Nice minimalist controls and graphics, with fun and quick gameplay; it's almost like a modern Excitebike.”
    • “The graphics are perfect. I love this game and could rate it 100/100.”
    • “But after only loading up the game I realised that the graphics were terrible and the controls clunky.”
    • “It has really bad graphics; it looks to me like they tried to copy Rider.”
    • “The graphics are downed down and the car designs aren't that good imo.”
  • gameplay
    65 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally described as simple, easy to learn, and fun with smooth, minimalist controls and quick races, but many users criticize it for lacking depth, variety, and long-term value. A major point of frustration is the excessive and intrusive ads that disrupt the experience, alongside concerns about fake multiplayer and copied mechanics from other games, leading to repetitive and sometimes frustrating gameplay. Overall, while the core mechanics are praised, issues with ads, originality, and content limit its appeal.

    • “Every race is short and sweet in the best possible way, the gameplay is easy to learn but hard to master, perfectly balanced. Good job to the devs.”
    • “Nice minimalist controls and graphics, with fun and quick gameplay; it's almost like a modern Excitebike in a way.”
    • “Awesome smooth gameplay with less ads and it is not too hard and not too easy.”
    • “The gameplay has little to no enticement - it basically boils down to memorizing the track and pressing a single key.”
    • “There also is no long-term value here, as the gameplay consists of only quick thrills.”
    • “No real gameplay with fake races.”
  • stability
    28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from frequent glitches and freezes, especially after reaching higher ranks, causing crashes, lost rewards, and frustrating gameplay interruptions. While some users find it addictive and enjoyable despite bugs, many report stability issues that significantly hinder the experience and lead to negative recommendations.

    • “No glitches.”
    • “You can hold it down constantly and pass... very satisfying, no glitches (yet).”
    • “At first it was fine, but then too many ads showed up, even when racing. After I passed rank 18, clicking the race button causes the screen to freeze and you can't play. I have been working hard to get 100,000 coins but now I can't play.”
    • “Game only loads to 99% and then freezes. Tried uninstalling and restarting the application, which still did not fix the bug.”
    • “I hit rank 18 and the game now just freezes when I try to race.”
  • music
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's '80s-inspired synthwave soundtrack is widely appreciated for enhancing its retro vibe and nostalgic appeal, especially with iconic car themes. However, users request more music variety, better music control options (such as separate toggles for music and sound effects), and the ability to keep music playing through ads. While generally praised, some find the music repetitive and desire expanded settings for a better audio experience.

    • “Appreciate the '80s vibe of the game which features a great retro synthwave soundtrack, complementing the cool '80s cars like DMC, Knight Rider, Ferraris, Miami Vice & Magnum P.I.”
    • “This game brings back memories with the song 'Night Begins to Shine'; combined with good graphics, it makes for a nostalgic experience.”
    • “Control, graphics, sounds, and music create an excellent feeling throughout the game.”
    • “Disabling the music is useless.”
    • “Please add an option in the settings to turn off the music and leave the sounds on!”
    • “Gets a little repetitive, and some music would be nice, but pretty good.”
  • humor
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is generally appreciated, with players finding it funny and entertaining, especially the in-game crashes and overall gameplay. However, excessive and intrusive advertisements detract from the experience, frustrating some users despite the game's comedic appeal.

    • “It's easy but also funny to see other players crash nonstop.”
    • “It's an excellent funny game and I never stop playing it.”
    • “Osm game, very funny and interesting.”
  • grinding
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is somewhat manageable, allowing players to purchase a couple of cars before ranking up, but it can become repetitive and tedious, especially without ads. The frequent 30-second ads also contribute to the overall feeling of grind and reduce enjoyment.

    • “Grinding is at least not too much as you can probably buy 2 cars before you rank up.”
    • “Even without ads, it would be way too grindy and repetitive to be fun.”
    • “Really fun racing game but there are so many 30 second ads that it makes the game tedious.”
  • story
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is praised for its graphics and physics but criticized for lacking a meaningful story, missions, or progression elements like quests and boss fights. Players find the experience repetitive and boring due to the absence of narrative depth and multiplayer features.

    • “Sweet game, but lacks narrative. No missions, no tasks, no extra points for winning. Spinning a thousand doesn't do anything for your score or XP.”
    • “Just fighting some bots. Please add multiplayer, quests, guilds, boss fights, guns, traps, zombies—something. It's so boring.”
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  • optimization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the game's optimization generally good but note intrusive ads after every game and a lack of performance statistics or friend-play features. Some suggest improvements for better compatibility with Android Oreo 8.1 Go Edition and caution against updates that might worsen the experience.

  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users express frustration and negative emotions due to intrusive and autoplaying ads, leading to immediate uninstalls and a poor emotional experience.

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Race.io is a racing game.

Race.io is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

Race.io was developed by Vive Games Berk Bozkurt Elif Gur Ortakligi.

Race.io has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Race.io is a single player game.

Similar games include Run Race 3D — Fun Parkour Game, Gravity Rider: Space Bike Race, Fun Race 3D — Run and Parkour, Parkour Race - FreeRun Game, Scribble Rider and others.