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Nightmare Kart

Nightmare Kart

LWMedia · June 5, 2024 · Racing, Vehicular Combat, Gothic, Arcade, Souls-like

Nightmare Kart is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Overwhelmingly Positive97% · 6,4081playing now
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Nightmare Kart price

Nightmare Kart is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Nightmare Kart

✦ AI summary

Nightmare Kart is a gothic horror kart racer where you drive steam-powered vehicles through blood-soaked streets, battling opponents and hunting beasts to fuel your machine. Combine traditional racing mechanics with weapon combat, trick-based boost generation, and boss encounters as you uncover the dark mystery behind this nightmarish tournament.

You are a beast hunter, conscripted against your will to participate in a most peculiar local custom: a tournament where participants race atop mysterious vehicles comprised of copper and steam.

Race through blood-soaked gothic streets atop one of 12 unique vehicles as you seek answers behind the origin of this nightmare. Wield powerful weapons to reduce your opponents to scrap, slaughter beasts to raise your top speed, perform tricks and drifts to generate Æther to boost, and overcome challenging boss encounters to unlock the secrets behind this terrible dream.

Start your engines, the first race is about to begin.

*Controller required for local multiplayer!
*This is a free game, but if you want to donate, you can do so here! Ko-fi.com/lwmedia0554

Nightmare Kart — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
PC Game Pass
Not included
More games like this:Split-screen games

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 17, 2026
the closest were ever gonna get to bloodborne 2
Recommended Sep 17, 2026
DS mario kart + Bloodborne = Nightmare kart
Recommended Sep 16, 2026
This game is amazing for a free game. It ran on my old i3 so it was one of the few games I could play when I had no real PC. It plays well, especially with my xbox controller.
Recommended Sep 16, 2026
Should've called it spirit halloween kart. i love bloodborne yassss queeeen
Recommended Sep 12, 2026
It's basically Mario Kart 64.exe.
Recommended Sep 12, 2026
Aside from the memes, this is a vert solid racing game & is very worthy of getting into

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