Meow Motors

Meow Motors

Skip · Short indie · 2018

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 49, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
3.2h 6.9h to 100%
Value
$4.68/hr
Reviews
89% of 237 positive
It needs 74% off ($3.89) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.89 or less.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$4.68/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews89% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 86% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 97 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Meet the kitties, the heroes of the new go-kart racing game! Overcome obstacles on the tracks, evade mines and bombs, blast your competitors with bubble gum and other awesome weapons to stop or slow them down. And don’t forget to collect power-ups on the way to be the fastest driver on the track.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 9 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

December 2019 is where it bottomed out, at $7.49. 16 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart.

Value puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Barro F ($4.99, scores 51) beats it on value, while it beats Barro ($4.99, scores 37).

More about Meow Motors

3.2 hours to finish it, 7 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.2 times the campaign.

The drop-off

77% start to 5% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Surprisingly well made kart racer without (and thank dev for that) drift boost mechanic
koliasmRecommendedafter 2.6hMar 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Meow Motors is a cheerful, arcade-style kart racer that leans heavily into accessibility and charm, offering a light, easygoing experience built around colorful tracks, cartoon cats, and chaotic power-ups. Developed and published by ArtVostok, it clearly draws inspiration from genre staples, aiming to recreate that same sense of unpredictable, item-driven racing but on a smaller, more modest scale. It doesn't try to...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 13hMar 2026Read on Steam
Meow Motors is a winner. I'm glad to have it in my collection. Feels like watching one of your favorite movies again, comfortable and predictable. Works great on steam deck.
poptartRecommendedafter 3.2hJan 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Meow Motors scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/773430/meow-motors
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 17. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperArtVostok
PublisherArtVostok
GenreShort indie
Released2018
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements38