Nightmare Kart

Nightmare Kart

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

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About Nightmare Kart

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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.

Zoom through gothic streets in this horror themed vehicular combat racing game!

Nightmare Kart — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

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

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Nightmare Kart combines kart racing with a dark Bloodborne-inspired aesthetic that players find charming and surprisingly well-executed, with solid gameplay mechanics and good controller support that runs on modest hardware. The main appeal seems to be the novelty of the horror theming paired with accessible racing gameplay, though some feel it's essentially Mario Kart with a creepy skin. Players generally recommend it as a worthwhile experience, particularly given its free-to-play nature.

Not recommended Oct 2, 2026
I can see why only around 19% of players bothered to even complete the tutorial, this game is awful. bad graphics and boring gameplay, plus the story is a snooze fest.
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Not recommended Oct 11, 2026
Die Auflösungen sind wirklich schrecklich. Es gibt keine anständige. Ansich ganz nett, wenn bei mir wegen der Auflösung denn nicht diese nervige Wolke alles bedeckt, was ich sehen soll. Wirklich interessant ist es auch nicht. Wenn ihr ein düsteres Racing Game spielen wollt, dann go for it, ansonsten vergisst es einfach.
Recommended Oct 11, 2026
Bloodborne on wheels? Am I allowed to say that? I was late to the game. I saw it before it was released and never saw it again, till recently. Jumped on a killed plenty of time....and enemies? Sorry. Stop gap game filler, that itched the soulslike feel for now. It's fun, addictive, great PS1 graphics (which can be changed and modified to your liking), nice soundtrack to go with it. And the best thing is, it's free. Cannot get any better than that.
Recommended Oct 3, 2026
Cool Mario kart and bloodborne mash up game but legally distinct. It's short and free. The soundtrack is full of bangers. The character models look amazing with the ps1 style graphics. The battle mode is really fun actually. It is a very heartfelt and faithful homage to bloodborne but references the terrible parts of it without actually being terrible itself (Micolash). It's very cool. The driving honestly is the weakest part of the game which is a shame because it is a racing game. The CRT effects and ui have no right being as good and faithful as they are. Clearly a project made with a lot of love play it now!
Recommended Oct 3, 2026
Cool kart racer with easy races and janky boss fights. The pixel jittering is a bit out of control and you can see the seams of the levels pretty regularly, but it's also free. Hopefully they fix this before the (assumed) paid DLC that's supposed to come out [i]eventually[/i]
Recommended Oct 2, 2026
Rerminiscent of older styles of games, this one focuses on the Bloodborne aspect and hits a nice line for a small game. There is a certain level; of jank in this that I think is just enough to be fun, but not enough to be deminishing to the player experience. I can tell great effort went into many parts of the game. I think already making a racing game with fun-enough physics is hard, but there are parts of the game that show off a certain level of love.

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