What art of rally is
art of rally is made by Funselektor Labs, the studio behind Absolute Drift. It came out on Steam in September 2020 and later on Xbox, Switch, PlayStation, and in 2024 on iOS and Android. You race in a top-down view through stylised places inspired by real rally locations, in cars from the '60s, '70s and '80s, Group B, Group S and Group A. The career runs across 91 stages from Finland to Sardinia, Norway, Japan, Germany, Kenya and Indonesia, and the daily and weekly challenges put you on an online leaderboard. Kenya and Indonesia arrived as free updates; Australia is a paid expansion.
What people usually mean by "a game like art of rally" is one of four things:
- The view: a high, almost top-down camera where you read the road ahead.
- The cars and the era: classic rally machinery, not modern hypercars.
- The chase: one more run at a stage to shave a second off.
- The handling: a car that slides, and techniques like the Scandinavian flick that actually work.
1. Absolute Drift (PC, consoles, mobile · paid)
Matches: the handling and the style. Funselektor's earlier game, from 2015, and the obvious first stop. It is drifting rather than rally: clean, minimal worlds, up to six cars, 34 levels across Driftkhana, Drifting and Mountain Drifting events, five free-roam areas, and online leaderboards with ghosts and replays. You score on style instead of racing a clock, but the feel of a car built to slide is where art of rally came from. Our games like Absolute Drift list goes further down that path.
Skip it if: you want stages and a stopwatch, not drift points.
2. Rush Rally Origins (PC · paid)
Matches: the view, closest of anything here. Brownmonster's game calls itself "the definitive top down racer", and it is top-down rally: 48 stages around the world with adjustable time of day and weather, surfaces from snow and gravel to mud and tarmac, plus 18 rallycross circuits. There are championships, time trials, cross-platform multiplayer and ghost racing, and a simple upgrade system for its cars. It looks more realistic and less painterly than art of rally.
Skip it if: the art direction was the main draw for you.
3. #DRIVE Rally (PC · paid)
Matches: the era and the mood. Pixel Perfect Dude's arcade rally game is set in the '90s, the decade after art of rally's Group B years, with 25 customisable cars with made-up names in three classes and over 600 km of stages in six locations, from snowy Finland to the deserts of the USA. It has co-drivers with their own championships, a free roam mode with collectibles, global leaderboards with saved ghosts, a photo mode and a local party mode for up to 12 players taking turns. You can drive from the cockpit, from a chase camera, or from a top-down view that recalls the original #DRIVE, and like art of rally it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Skip it if: you want real, licensed cars; these have made-up names like Das Holzwagen and The Doggo.
4. Old School Rally (PC · paid)
Matches: the retro feel. A small game by a solo developer, inspired by the 3D rally games of the late '90s. Arcade handling, dirt, tarmac and snow, a lineup of cars inspired by classic rally machines, global leaderboards, and Steam Workshop support. If you liked that art of rally is about old cars and simple, honest stages, this is the same spirit with a PlayStation-era look.
Skip it if: you want a big, polished career.
5. Super Woden GP (PC · paid)
Matches: the high camera and the car collection. An isometric racer from ViJuDa with a '90s feel, more than 70 cars from six manufacturers to buy, a long campaign, dozens of circuits and rally stages, and championships. It is a garage game more than a stage game. The same studio has a rally spin-off, Super Woden: Rally Edge (January 2026), with a garage, split-screen for up to four players and online times.
Skip it if: you only want rally; GP is mostly circuit racing.
6. Circuit Superstars (PC, consoles · paid)
Matches: the view and the chase, on circuits. A top-down racer with a tactile arcade physics model and a high skill ceiling, covering many motorsport disciplines including rallycross, single-seaters, GT and trucks. It adds pit stops, tyre wear and fuel, online races for up to 12 players and weekly time trials. Think of it as art of rally's camera applied to wheel-to-wheel racing.
Skip it if: you liked being alone on a stage with no one else around.
7. DRIFTIT (desktop browser · free)
Matches: the view and the chase. Not rally. This one is ours, and to be clear up front: it is a drift game on closed circuits, not a rally game. There are no stages, no gravel, no co-driver and one car. What it shares with art of rally is the high camera, a car that wants to slide, and the loop of running the same piece of road again to beat your time.
It runs free in any desktop browser, with nothing to install and no account needed. There are 20 hand-built tracks across 5 low-poly worlds, including a snowy pass and an autumn valley that will look familiar to art of rally players. Each is a three-lap time attack against a target time, your best run drives next to you as a ghost, and every track has an online leaderboard. Touching a wall restarts the run, which feels a lot like art of rally's stages: one mistake and the time is gone.
Play it if: you have ten minutes on a laptop and want the top-down sliding feel for free. Skip it if: you want rally stages, many cars or a career. It needs a keyboard or a gamepad and does not run on phones.
8. The step up: DiRT Rally 2.0, EA SPORTS WRC, Assetto Corsa Rally (PC, paid)
Matches: the handling, taken to simulation. If art of rally made you curious about the real thing, these are the rally sims. Codemasters' DiRT Rally 2.0 (2019) and EA SPORTS WRC (2023, with the 2024 season added) both have full controller support. Assetto Corsa Rally by Supernova Games Studios, in Early Access since November 2025, uses laser-scanned stages and cars. All of them drive from a cockpit or chase camera, and they are much less forgiving. A wheel helps.
Skip them if: the calm of art of rally was the point.
At a glance
| You loved art of rally for… | Play | Camera | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The feel, and Funselektor's style | Absolute Drift | High, above the car | Paid |
| Top-down rally stages | Rush Rally Origins | Top-down | Paid |
| Classic rally era and mood | #DRIVE Rally | Cockpit, chase or top-down | Paid |
| Retro charm | Old School Rally | Late-'90s 3D style | Paid |
| High camera and a garage | Super Woden GP | Isometric | Paid |
| Top-down, against other cars | Circuit Superstars | Top-down | Paid |
| Beating your time, free, in a tab | DRIFTIT | Top-down (or chase) | Free |
| Realistic rally | DiRT Rally 2.0, EA SPORTS WRC | Cockpit or chase | Paid |
The skills carry over
The Scandinavian flick, the handbrake turn and counter-steer work the same in every game here. Our drifting explainer covers why a car slides and how counter-steer catches it, and corner types shows how to approach hairpins, chicanes and long sweepers, which is most of what rally stages are made of. If you like the time-trial side, our list of time trial racing games and the guide to faster lap times go deeper. For more games with a high camera, see top-down racing games.