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KartRider: Drift vs Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

KartRider: Drift is a racing game from NEXON Korea Corporation (2023) while Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is a racing game from Sumo Digital (2010).

KartRider: Drift

2023 · NEXON Korea Corporation

6.6GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Mostly Positive

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

2010 · Sumo Digital

6.9GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Very Positive

What each one is

Steam files KartRider: Drift under Racing. In contrast, it files Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing under Racing.

KartRider: Drift

KartRider: Drift is the only online free-to-play, cross-platform kart racer with deep kart and character customization in stunning high-definition. Eight players can race online in up to teams of four and face off in item or drift focused races with karts and characters you personalize.

Description from its Steam store page

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

SONIC AND SEGA ALL-STARS RACE FOR VICTORY IN A HIGH SPEED HIGH SKILL RACETRACK SHOWDOWN! TAKE TO THE TRACK BY CAR, MONSTER TRUCK, BIKE AND EVEN AEROPLANE IN SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING. Explore stunning new circuits including Sonic Seaside Hill, Curien Mansion and Blizzard Castle as you zip around medieval castle ramparts, hurtle...

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

KartRider: DriftSonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
GamingPickz Score6.6/106.9/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (74%, 5,144)Very Positive (87%, 3,527)
Critic aggregate76/10065/100
PriceNot listed$9.99
Install size30 GB
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20232010
DeveloperNEXON Korea CorporationSumo Digital

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

KartRider: Drift vs Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    KartRider: DriftRacing game
    Sonic & Sega All-Stars RacingRacing game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    KartRider: DriftRacing, Free to Play, Casual
    Sonic & Sega All-Stars RacingRacing, Local Multiplayer, Arcade

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    KartRider: DriftScore 6.6 · 74% on Steam · 76 critic
    Sonic & Sega All-Stars RacingScore 6.9 · 87% on Steam · 65 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    KartRider: Drift5,144 reviews · 30 GB
    Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing3,527 reviews

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    KartRider: DriftNot listed
    Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing$9.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    KartRider: DriftPlayable
    Sonic & Sega All-Stars RacingPlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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How positions are decided

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  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
  • Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.

Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (GamingPickz Score 6.9)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

RacingMultiplayerCasualArcadeAnimeSingleplayerActionSplit Screen

Where they differ

KartRider: Drift is also

Free to PlayCuteCartoonFunnyThird PersonMassively Multiplayer

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is also

Great SoundtrackFamily FriendlyFast-Paced3D4 Player LocalColorful

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, KartRider: Drift is relaxed, easy to pick up. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is relaxed, easy to pick up.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for KartRider: Drift and 1 for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are KartRider: Drift and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing in scope?

KartRider: Drift has drawn 5,144 Steam reviews and installs in 30 GB. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing has drawn 3,527 Steam reviews.

Is KartRider: Drift or Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing rates higher (6.9 to 6.6). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, KartRider: Drift or Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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