Twenty-two free car games, and what to do in your first five minutes
Most browser car games explain nothing. You press play, crash, and close the tab. These are our notes on twenty-two of them: what you really control, the mistake that ends most first runs, and how far we got ourselves.
We are the team behind Mava Games. We played each of these in a desktop browser before writing a line, and where we did badly we say so. Every game here is free, runs without a download, and can be played on our site.
Pick by what you want to do
Hands off the wheel
The car drives itself. You plan the route or pick the moment.
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Arrow Parking
The car drives itself. You only decide where it turns.
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Circle Car
One button. Send each car into a busy roundabout at the right moment.
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Bus Parking Out
Free cars and buses in the order a queue of passengers asks for.
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Draw Bridge - Brain Game
Draw one line. The car drives over it by itself, if the line stays put.
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Draw The Road
The rider pedals on his own. You draw the ground under him.
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Bus n Ball Jam
Send buses out of a car park so their balls fill boxes of the same colour.
Keep it upright
Physics games where the vehicle, or what it carries, wants to fall over.
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Eggy Car
An egg rides loose on a car. Drive gently or lose it.
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Bouncy Motors
A car made of jelly. Half the keys drive it, the other half spin it.
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Crazy Motorcycle
A blocky bike on a path in the sky. No rival, no clock, only edges.
Straight-line speed
No corners. Launches, lanes and traffic.
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Drag Racing Club
A straight line, one rival and three buttons. You change every gear yourself.
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Traffic Racer 3D
Slide across four lanes of traffic. Close passes build a combo.
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Road Fury
Your car shoots on its own. You steer, survive and upgrade.
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Motorcycle Racer: Road Mayhem
A city avenue seen from the handlebars, against a short clock.
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Driver Club: Highway Racing
A career of timed highway runs where even a failed run pays.
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TRAFFIC Rush Online
City traffic driving with a cockpit view, indicators and a horn.
Ramps and stunts
Tracks in the air, with nothing at the edge.
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MR RACER Stunt Mania
A toy car racing under a dining table, with two speed charges to spend.
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GT Cars Mega Ramps
Supercars on floating half-pipes against a countdown. One or two players.
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Turbo Stunt Racing
A purple road in the sky with ramps, cones and no rails at the edge.
Crash on purpose
Sandboxes where wrecking the car is the point.
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Car Smash Simulator: Crash & Tune
A free-roam crash sandbox with a loop, 11 hidden stars and no clock.
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Car Crash Sandbox
A country road, a task in the corner, and ten metal things to wreck.
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BMG: Ragdoll Car Race
Timed levels in an open-top car with a ragdoll dummy at the wheel.
Cars with a ball
Football, played by ramming a ball with a car.
Nitro Ball
All of them side by side
| Game | You play with | One go lasts | How far we got |
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| Eggy Car | Two keys, or two pedals on a touch screen | A few seconds at first | 9 metres. Really. |
| Bouncy Motors | Four keys, or two on-screen sticks | 13 seconds for a clean level 1 | Level 1 done, level 2 not |
| Crazy Motorcycle | Keyboard | One level, a couple of minutes | Level 1 done, stuck in level 2 |
| Arrow Parking | Mouse or finger, drag and drop | One board, no clock | 2 of 49 levels |
| Circle Car | One click or tap | One queue of cars, no clock | Levels 3 and 4 |
| Bus Parking Out | Click or tap a vehicle | One level, until the queue is empty | Level 1 done, level 2 opened |
| Drag Racing Club | Three on-screen buttons | About 13 seconds a race | Won the tutorial, lost race two |
| Traffic Racer 3D | Drag with mouse or finger | 60 seconds in Timed mode | Several runs in both modes |
| Road Fury | Drag with mouse or finger | Until your health bar is empty | Several runs, best pay 236 cash |
| Nitro Ball | Keyboard or gamepad | Three minutes a match | One 1v1 match, lost 0-1 |
| Car Smash Simulator: Crash & Tune | Keyboard, with on-screen buttons on phones | As long as you like | Drove the green map |
| Car Crash Sandbox | Keyboard, or an on-screen stick | Open-ended, with a task counter | 0 of 10 on the first task |
| BMG: Ragdoll Car Race | Keyboard | One timed level | Started the Elementary stage |
| MR RACER Stunt Mania | Keyboard, or hold and swipe | One race of six cars | Part of Toy House level 1 |
| GT Cars Mega Ramps | Keyboard, one or two players | Under a minute for level 1 | Level 1 won on the second go |
| Turbo Stunt Racing | Keyboard | One level | Part of level 1 |
| Motorcycle Racer: Road Mayhem | Keyboard, with touch buttons on phones | About 36 seconds a mission | Never reached the first checkpoint |
| Driver Club: Highway Racing | Keyboard | 60 seconds on level 1 | Failed level 1 three times |
| TRAFFIC Rush Online | Keyboard, plus on-screen buttons | Until the run ends | Two runs in Traffic mode |
| Draw Bridge - Brain Game | Mouse or finger, one drawn line | One level, a few seconds | Several tries on level 1 |
| Draw The Road | Mouse or finger, drawn lines | One level, a few seconds | The first four levels |
| Bus n Ball Jam | Click or tap a bus | One level | Level 1 and the start of level 2 |
Three things these games have in common
Holding the accelerator is rarely the answer. In Eggy Car it throws the egg off. In Crazy Motorcycle it spins the wheel against a ledge. In Nitro Ball and Bouncy Motors it does nothing at all for a car on its roof. The first lesson in most of them is to let go of the key.
Restart is cheaper than rescue. Several of these offer a video to resume a run or skip a level. In our sessions a plain restart always got us back faster than we expected, and none of the games needs the video to progress.
Leaderboards are not always what they look like. Eggy Car only keeps your own best. Crazy Motorcycle shows a board whose names changed each time we loaded it. Play against your last run.
Where to play
Each page links to the game on Mava Games, where it runs in the browser with no account. If you want more, the full list is in the driving games category.