User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10

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  1. Jan 18, 2023
    7
    The good:
    The game is free and easy to get into if you've played other cart racing games.
    You can customize your cart with decals and wraps which is fun. Characters are cute, and there are plenty to choose from. Matchmaking takes no time at all, once you are ready there's a game waiting for you. The game runs smoothly without hiccups or crashes. There's enough racing modes to keep
    The good:
    The game is free and easy to get into if you've played other cart racing games.
    You can customize your cart with decals and wraps which is fun.
    Characters are cute, and there are plenty to choose from.
    Matchmaking takes no time at all, once you are ready there's a game waiting for you.
    The game runs smoothly without hiccups or crashes.
    There's enough racing modes to keep you busy.

    The bad:
    It's still a game as a service.
    The items during team races can still hurt your teammates.
    On that note, some items need to be balanced.
    There's not many maps, maybe 4 from what I've seen. 8 would have been perfect.
    Drifting is probably the worst par about racing...and it's in the name.
    Redeeming Prime Rewards is a nightmare.

    Overall: it's a good free game, if you don't have a Nintendo product and want to play a kart racer, this is worth the time.
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  2. Jan 25, 2023
    6
    A free and pretty nice Martio Kart like.
    Its not a Nintendo product/kart racer, but still fun.
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Mar 13, 2023
    78
    For a full launch, I think there’s plenty of content that’ll keep you entertained. It has a strong driving model with interesting mechanics and plenty of modes to tackle alone, with a pair, or a group of mates. I find KartRider: Drift to be very addicting, seeing as I’ve put well over 50 hours into the game already, I can easily see myself putting more than double over the coming months.
  2. Jan 28, 2023
    74
    KartRider: Drift is a fast-paced and fun arcade racing game with plenty of tracks of increasing difficulty, which, however, must be first unlocked. On the other hand, it is more of the same, with no real innovation compared to the genre's cornerstones, such as the Mario Kart franchise. As a free-to-play title, it is definitively worth giving it a chance, all the more so because its monetization system is solely based on cosmetic items that in no way affect the outcome of the races.
  3. Jan 23, 2023
    65
    Nexon launches a challenge to Mario Kart with its kart racing arcade in a new fashion. Kartrider: Drift has a substantial package of modes and options to please a wide public, but it's still quite far away from its paradigm.