Review: Star Overdrive (Switch) - Uneven But Ambitious Open-World Hoverboarding

Star Overdrive Review (Switch) - Impulse Gamer

Soar off sun-scorched dunes on a hoverboard and catch air like a rockstar mid-solo while boosting through this open world with style, speed, and a trail of dust in your wake! Star Overdrive is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Caracal Games, published by Dear Villagers, and released on the Nintendo Switch on April 10th of 2025 with a PC version planned for a later date. In Star Overdrive, you embark on an adventure on an alien pla…

Star Overdrive Review — Sci-fi skater boy

Star Overdrive, by Caracal Games, is an fast, action-adventure exploration game where you speed through an alien planet to find your partner.

Star Overdrive - Switch Review

Seeing Star Overdrive getting shown off at a Nintendo Direct many months ago filled me with a lot of excitement. “This game looks amazing! I can’t wait to fly around at subsonic speeds doing sick tricks on a hoverboard on an alien planet while sick 80s-style rock music plays!” I thought as I waited impatiently for a review code. But let me tell you, what I got was far different than what I was expecting.The GoodStar Overdrive’s art style is brea…

Review: Star Overdrive (Switch) - Uneven But Ambitious Open-World Hoverboarding

The boards do work on water.In much the same way that modern society pines for the flying cars they have always been promised, the modern gamer yearns for hoverboards in their open-world adventures… or they should - because it’s a lot of fun. Last year’s Gori: Cuddly Carnage featured a floating board as both transport and weapon, and now Caracal Games' Star Overdrive uses one as your main method of traversal in a vast alien landscape. It’s an en…