Games like When Work's A Bore
by Projects By Jennings
SpeedRunners and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds play most like When Work's A Bore. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its racing and local multiplayer; 5 are free or under $10 and 6 have co-op. The best known is SpeedRunners, with 22,847 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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SpeedRunners
Apr 19, 2016 · DoubleDutch Games
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer · Fast-Paced
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
MultiplayerRacingLocal MultiplayerIndieCompetitiveFast-PacedPlatformerAction2D4 Player Local👍 22,847Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Sep 25, 2025 · Sonic Team
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer
Race across land, sea, air, space, and time in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds! Warp through Travel Rings into new dimensions where something new awaits around every twist and turn.
RacingMultiplayerFamily FriendlyCombat RacingSingleplayerLocal MultiplayerAction-AdventureCo-opLocal Co-OpPvP👍 11,544Runbow
Nov 18, 2016 · 13AM Games
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer · 4 Player Local
Runbow, and all its 9-player madness, is now on Steam!With tons of competitive modes for up to 9 players--locally and online--and a massive Single Player Adventure, Runbow is the crazy, colour-based platformer you've been waiting for.
IndieCasualActionRacingAdventureLocal Multiplayer4 Player LocalMultiplayerPlatformerParty Game👍 107Team Sonic Racing™
May 21, 2019 · Sumo Digital
Both: Racing · Fast-Paced · Local Multiplayer
Team Sonic Racing combines the best elements of arcade and fast-paced competitive style racing as you face-off with friends in intense multiplayer racing.
RacingMultiplayerGreat SoundtrackTeam-BasedCo-opFast-PacedLocal MultiplayerLocal Co-OpArcadeSingleplayer👍 2,763Trials Fusion™
Apr 24, 2014 · RedLynx, in collaboration with Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Kiev
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer · Platformer
Trials Fusion is the gold-standard platform racer for the next-generation of gaming. Built upon the Trials franchise’s proven gameplay foundations, Fusion challenges players endlessly in both classic and all-new ways.
RacingMultiplayerSingleplayerPhysicsLocal MultiplayerSportsPlatformerFuturisticFunnyAction👍 2,293Madrun
Apr 11, 2020 · Tianyu Cao
Both: Racing · 2D Platformer
Race against up to 7 other players online and create catastrophic chaos with items beyond insanity. Breaking the tradition of single-player, story-based platformers. Interested? This is the brand new 2D platformer experience you want.
MultiplayerRacing2D PlatformerFunnyProcedural GenerationComedyActionCombat Racing2D Fighter2DSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection
Jan 31, 2013 · Sumo Digital
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer · 4 Player Local
Compete across land, water and air in incredible transforming vehicles that change from cars to boats to planes mid-race.
RacingLocal MultiplayerMultiplayerGreat SoundtrackLocal Co-OpSportsSplit ScreenArcadeReplay Value4 Player Local👍 11,918Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure
Mar 10, 2021 · Vector Unit
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer · 4 Player Local
BBR2: Island Adventure is a mayhem-filled kart-racer with an emphasis on split screen fun and game rule customization. Customize and save your own zany race rules for epic contests with up to 8 local players.
RacingSplit ScreenControllerCartoonLocal MultiplayerPhysicsEarly Access4 Player LocalCombat Racing👍 763Action Henk
May 11, 2015 · RageSquid
Both: Racing · Platformer
Run, jump and butt-slide into the glorious toy-filled world of Action Henk! Become a master of momentum and defy physics as you race against a band of ragged 90s action figures to once and for all prove that Action Henk is the fastest of them all!
RacingActionIndiePlatformerMultiplayerFunnyLevel EditorRunnerSingleplayerTime Attack👍 295Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
Mar 3, 2010 · Sumo Digital
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer
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...
RacingLocal MultiplayerArcadeMultiplayerSplit ScreenGreat SoundtrackFamily FriendlyActionController3D👍 2,645T.E.C. 3001
Apr 11, 2014 · Phoenix Game Studio
Both: Racing · Fast-Paced · Robots
Run, Rush, Haste, Burst Speed has never been pushed this far. Jump, Charge, Dodge, Slide You just slipped and got crushed! You can’t handle T.E.C 3001 yet… Try again until speed holds no secrets for you.
IndieRacingActionRunnerFast-PacedLocal Co-OpSingleplayerRobotsParkourPlatformer👍 246Joe Danger 2: The Movie
Jun 24, 2013 · Hello Games
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer · Platformer
Joe Danger, the world’s most determined stuntman, returns to embark on a death-defying thrill-ride across the set of the greatest blockbuster movie ever made. Across 100 crazy levels he’ll chase crooks by police bike, destroy laser-firing robots with a stolen jetpack, escape giant boulders in a minecart, time-travel to punch dinosaurs...
RacingIndieActionCasualControllerScore AttackLocal MultiplayerPlatformerFunnyLocal Co-Op👍 108Mashed
Apr 24, 2014 · Supersonic Software
Both: Racing · Local Multiplayer · 4 Player Local
Compete over 13 challenging and diverse environments using whatever means necessary to batter and bruise your opponents into submission, and claim victory for yourself!
RacingLocal Multiplayer4 Player LocalActionArcadeVehicular CombatClassicLocal Co-Op👍 488Marble It Up! Ultra
Nov 16, 2018 · Blueteak, The Engine Company, Shapes and Lines, Arcturus Interactive, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Both: Fast-Paced · Racing · Platformer
Roll, bounce, boost, and blast your way to victory in Marble It Up! Ultra - the ultimate marble platformer. Chase the records of your friends and the world's best players through a vast campaign - or face them head-on in thrilling multiplayer mayhem. Get ready to roll!
3D PlatformerFast-PacedPhysicsRacingArcadePlatformerTime AttackActionCasualColorful👍 1,061Giana Sisters: Dream Runners
Aug 26, 2015 · Black Forest Games
Both: Racing · 4 Player Local · Platformer
Race to the finish in Giana Sisters: Dream Runners, a fast-paced, head-to-head platformer for up to four players.
ActionIndieRacingMultiplayer4 Player LocalFemale ProtagonistPlatformerLocal MultiplayerSingleplayer2.5DTrials® Rising
Feb 26, 2019 · RedLynx
Both: Racing · Platformer · Fast-Paced
Explore over-the-top action and physics-bending motorcycle racing in the latest opus of the Trials franchise. With new tracks in exotic places all over the world and more ways to compete, Trials® Rising is the best one yet.
RacingBikesPhysicsMultiplayerPlatformerCompetitiveFunnySingleplayerSportsFast-Paced👍 2,871FurBalls Racing
Jan 30, 2023 · Michael Maresch
Both: Racing · Platformer · 4 Player Local
FurBalls Racing is a challenging, fast-paced, platforming racing game that's fun for all kinds of players! Roll, wall jump, spin drift, take shortcuts, and... shoot poop?... as a squishy, fuzzy FurBall while rushing towards the finish line!... and avoiding poop.
RacingPlatformerCute4 Player Local3D PlatformerTime AttackColorfulThird PersonFamily FriendlyController
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Distance
Sep 18, 2018 · Refract
Both: Racing · Fast-Paced
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
RacingGreat SoundtrackFuturisticMultiplayerLevel EditorIndieActionAtmosphericFast-PacedSingleplayer👍 5,831
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