Tinker Racers (2020)

Simple enough, accessible and with a lot of fun moments, Tinker Racers is not pretentious but it does provide a lot of crazy fun, especially when played on local multiplayer. A marvelous and affordable indie game that will keep players around the Nintendo Switch for many hours.

I’ve got very fond memories of the Micro Machines series, so Tinker Racers REALLY caught my eye. Table-top racing in tracks made up of household goods? Check. Survival-based mechanics where you’ve got to stay ahead of the pack to score? Check. Addictive gameplay that’ll keep you hooked in? Double-check. Tinker Racers really ticks all of the boxes that fans of the series would expect, even IF the production values and lack of content do fall a bit short.

Tinker Racers is a fun racing game that lacks in the components of the main campaign but shines in the various other modes that this title has to offer. The level design is also fun and brings back the childlike excitement of playing with toy cars around the house.

Tinker Racers is the result of the excellent work of three people. With a simple, direct and full of nostalgia, the brazilians from the Rumbora studio entertain and maintain the challenge by offering great controls. The creative and well-built scenarios amuse from the start, but the repetition makes the smiles go. Still, the game never becomes boring, leaving the desire for a more complete sequence.

Tinker Racers is a frenetic survival or death racing arcade arcade game. In the playable part it is a very round and polished game, with simple and effective controls and a balanced AI. Sin of limitation of scenarios that end up being somewhat repetitive and little content that lengthens the duration of the game.