FUMES similar games & best alternatives

FUMES

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!

What works

  • Addictive and fun vehicular combat
  • Robust vehicle customization and skin editor
  • Smooth driving and shooting mechanics
  • Strong nostalgic and post-apocalyptic aesthetic
  • Good value for price with ongoing developer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and variety in early access
  • No multiplayer or co-op modes
  • Some repetitive mission types and music
  • Minimal story and narrative depth
  • Controller support issues on some platforms

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mad Max

  • Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered

  • TerraTech Legion

  • Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina

  • Forgive Me Father

  • EVERSPACE™ 2

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like FUMES but with less leadership over others

  • TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2

  • Zombotron

  • The Mobius Machine

  • Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation

  • Dark Light: Survivor

  • METAL EDEN

More social

Games that feels like FUMES but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)

  • Abyssus

  • Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer

  • Volcanoids

  • Serious Sam 4

  • Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

Less expressive

Games that feels like FUMES but with less self-expression and customization

  • Akimbot

  • POSTAL: Brain Damaged

  • Intrusion 2

  • Operation Warcade VR

  • Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

  • DAVY x JONES

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Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

FUMES: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026