Snail Racers Demo

Snails are regarded as being slow and lazy, although one cannot yet quantify the amount of work a snail puts in to do the things it does. However, they are certainly slow, that’s for sure, so maybe a racing game would not be the best place to put them in. On the other hand, the potential for hilarity is off the charts, so it’s worth a shot after all.

Snail Racers is a casual racing game with arcade gameplay mechanics, in which snails play the role of the vehicles that are part of the competition. Naturally, to avoid having the players fall asleep after the first five minutes, the snails move significantly faster in the game, not to mention all the other surprises that await you once you flash past the start line.

To begin with, there are a variety of tracks and different snails to choose from, depending on your preferences. Not all the tracks and not all the snails are available from the get-go, because some of them need to be unlocked as you go. As far as the snails are concerned, each one of them comes with different abilities, which help you tremendously during the races.

Once the race starts, you also have to keep an eye out for power-ups, which can be of great help if you get left behind. These range from rockets to UFOs that abduct a random snail ahead and even giant mines that can be dropped behind you. Obviously, the opponents can pick up these power-ups as well, so you must also watch out for them out on the track.

From a technical standpoint, there’s nothing great about the game, but it’s not too bad either. The graphics are pretty nice, although they are excessively colorful and very crude from a three-dimensional point of view. The controls are easy-to-grasp and quite responsive, even if they are certainly not very realistic.

When it’s all said and done, Snail Racers may not appeal very much to those who are used to the better things in life, but it may be just the thing for small children or casual gamers of all sorts. Hence, you should  give this a go if you feel like playing something ridiculous and fun.