My GOTY is $7 and has 253 Steam reviews

Fast-paced. 3D Platformer. Parkour. First-Person. Racing.

Those are the tags affixed to the Steam page for Stuntboost, a game that I've had trouble summing up with a clean label when asked about it. Stuntboost is a skateboarding game that sometimes features a car, a platformer with a speedometer, an ode to those shrunken bedroom maps popularized by early FPS modders.

It's also, quite easily, my favorite game of 2026 so far.

Yet, Stuntboost could've easily slipped under my radar. It's been out for a month and hasn't made a big splash on Steam—it's rated "Very Positive" with 253 reviews. I only found it through a friend's recommendation, and even then, the art style didn't immediately suggest it was my thing.

Stunboost's toy fingerboards and cardboard circuits give the impression of a chill, Hot Wheels-adjacent racer your child could enjoy, but unless that child is accomplished with a mouse and keyboard, that ain't happening. …