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The 22 Best Kart Racing Games of All Time

By YPB Team

Genre-defining classics share the grid with mascot crossovers and budget oddities nobody expected to love. Which one takes the trophy?

  1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — ranked #11
    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
    Nintendo's 2017 Switch definitive edition, packed with more tracks and racers than any other kart racer.
    1000pts
  2. Crash Team Racing — ranked #22
    Crash Team Racing
    Naughty Dog's 1999 PlayStation kart racer, famous for its power-slide boost chaining.
    914pts
  3. Kirby Air Ride — ranked #33
    Kirby Air Ride
    The 2003 GameCube racer with one-button controls and the free-roaming City Trial mode.
    801pts
  4. Super Mario Kart — ranked #44
    Super Mario Kart
    The 1992 SNES original that invented the kart racing genre.
    705pts
  5. Chocobo Racing — ranked #55
    Chocobo Racing
    Square's 1999 PlayStation racer starring Final Fantasy mascots and magic-stone abilities.
    633pts
  6. Mario Kart 64 — ranked #66
    Mario Kart 64
    The 1996 N64 entry that moved the series into 3D and made four-player split-screen a living-room staple.
    633pts
  7. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! — ranked #77
    Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
    The 2003 GameCube entry with two racers per kart and cooperative item juggling.
    632pts
  8. Garfield Kart: Furious Racing — ranked #88
    Garfield Kart: Furious Racing
    The 2019 budget racer that became an unlikely cult favorite on PC.
    548pts
  9. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds — ranked #99
    Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
    Sega's 2025 kart racer built around mid-race portals that drop the pack into a different world each lap.
    548pts
  10. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed — ranked #1010
    Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
    Sumo Digital's 2012 racer where vehicles morph between car, boat and plane mid-lap.
    548pts
  11. LittleBigPlanet Karting — ranked #1111
    LittleBigPlanet Karting
    The 2012 spin-off that brought Sackboy's create-and-share tools to kart racing.
    448pts
  12. Team Sonic Racing — ranked #1212
    Team Sonic Racing
    The 2019 entry that scored races by three-racer team performance rather than individual finish.
    448pts
  13. Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway — ranked #1313
    Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
    The 2022 crossover racer drawing its grid from decades of Nickelodeon cartoons.
    448pts
  14. Mario Kart World — ranked #1414
    Mario Kart World
    The 2025 Switch 2 launch title that opened the series up into a single connected open world.
    448pts
  15. Disney Speedstorm — ranked #1515
    Disney Speedstorm
    The 2023 free-to-play hero racer with Disney and Pixar characters and season-based unlocks.
    448pts
  16. ModNation Racers — ranked #1616
    ModNation Racers
    Sony's 2010 kart racer built around deep community track and character creation.
    448pts
  17. Mario Kart DS — ranked #1717
    Mario Kart DS
    The 2005 handheld entry that introduced mission mode and online racing to the series.
    329pts
  18. Konami Krazy Racers — ranked #1818
    Konami Krazy Racers
    The 2001 Game Boy Advance launch racer stacked with cameos from Konami's back catalog.
    329pts
  19. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled — ranked #1919
    Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
    The 2019 remake that rebuilt the PS1 classic with online play and content from later Crash racers.
    329pts
  20. Diddy Kong Racing — ranked #2020
    Diddy Kong Racing
    Rare's 1997 N64 racer with an adventure hub plus planes and hovercraft alongside karts.
    329pts
  21. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing — ranked #2121
    Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
    The 2010 crossover that put Sega's whole roster on the same starting grid.
    0pts
  22. Crash Nitro Kart — ranked #2222
    Crash Nitro Kart
    The 2003 sequel that swapped in an alien grand prix and team-based racing.
    0pts

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Mario Kart World took the Game Awards category CrossWorlds was nominated in, and six of these twenty-two options are Mario Karts: https://youpick.best/articles/sonic-the-hedgehog-ranked-many-ways

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