Zeepkist
Review

Zeepkist (2022) is a game where you race engine-less kart down hills and obstacle courses. In your simple go-kart you use gravity to get down tracks as fast as you can. It works because it's simple, and doesn't muddy that fun with too much else.

Play involves steering to position your kart on the track to make best use of gravity and maintain your momentum. In this way you can work through a campaign of levels that offer increasingly unusual and challenging runs. It works because of the game's excellent physics-system. You have to balance getting enough speed with going too fast and being propelled into the air.

In a group of players you soon start to see ways to improve your times and beat the others. As you progress you can unlock achievements and customisations for you and your kart. There's also a really extensive track builder if you'd like to make your own.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Zeepkist 17 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 14 months ago.