Switchcars
Altfuture · 2021 · Action Roguelike, Action, Racing, Indie, Pixel Graphics
PC
Very Positive90% · 164
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About Switchcars
🚗 All kinds of vehicles in all kinds of environments
Use more than 1300 realistic drivable vehicles, of all kinds, to get across challenging environments. The vehicles all have different properties and can get damaged, run out of fuel, get stuck, etc. You'll need to change them often - and can upgrade them, too.👾 A failed science experiment that takes you to the future
In a teleportation experiment gone wrong, dimensional rifts opened. Suddenly, you find yourself chased by interdimensional time-whales.Drive through the rifts and advance forward in time. In the year 2055 there is a special vehicle that will save you and all of humankind. The only problem? It is 1950 now!Luckily you posses experimental teleportation technology that lets you store up to 3 vehicles on you, so you can switch between them at any moment on your journey, as you encounter various environments and obstacles.Can you make it far enough into the future and save humankind?🕹️ Replayability is key
A typical Switchcars run takes about 10 minutes. Every run is different and as you get better you'll unlock new environments, years, and vehicles. The game features 100 environment lane types, all procedurally arranged.💛 Switchcars was born from a passion for vehicles
- Over 1300 detailed and realistic vehicles, spanning years 1950-2055
- Cars, bicycles, buses, trucks, trains, ships, planes, spacecraft, construction vehicles - you name it
- 40 powerups and upgrades that can be stacked on all vehicles
- Made by a single dev in the span of 8 years
🛠️ Editor and mods
- Switchcars includes an in-game editor, where you can create your own vehicles and props
- The community has created over 2000 additional vehicles and props, so far. Check them out on our Discord server!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Switchcars has an inventive premise with appealing aesthetics and creative vehicle variety that players appreciate, but technical issues plague the experience, particularly poor controller support and bugs that persist despite years of development. The tutorial fails to explain core mechanics adequately, and while the core gameplay loop of escaping aliens across decades offers some appeal, the overall execution frustrates players with unresponsive controls and limited post-launch support that suggests development has stalled.
While a good concept, the lack of controller compatibility and frequent bugs and crashes kills the enjoyment. After 10 years of development and 5 of those on Steam, the developer should have fixed these issues.3 found this helpful
I don't speak spanish but the guy whose review says "tiene potencial pero los controles son horrendos" is spot-on. Cute graphics and idea tho2 found this helpful
6/10 It's a simple arcade style game with fast paced car action. Beware the worm! It doesn't offer anything groundbreaking, but I mean did anyone expect that? Fun to play a round or two at a time.
Imagine you walk into a timezone or an arcade, pull up to a machine and its an arcade car racing time trial style game. This is that, try be as fast as possible while a fallic green monster chases you. Why does it look like that.
+Aesthetics are neat +Audio works nicely -The gameplay loop isn't engaging to me -Tutorial does a poor job. e.g. it never mentions the obvious; you aren't expected to collide or you lose health or that the vehicles have health or fuel to begin with = Neutral review, but since I wouldn't recommend this to myself, I won't do it to you either.
This game is surprisingly amazing. Very unique concept, tons of vehicle options, bunch of extra buffs you can assign to them. It's very dynamic and action-packed. Definitely worth trying few times at least. There are a few downsides though: - no achievements - a bit weird default controls - the development for this game seems to have ended quite quickly, so looks like achievements or other content, such as different enemies, will never be added
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