Go Kart Island launches on Steam

Edinburgh, Scotland - November 10 2025: Grumpy Pizza Games is happy to announce that Go Kart Island is available to download now on Steam with a 20% launch discount on the base price of $9.99 / €8.99 / £7.99.

About Go Kart Island

Go Kart Island brings open world kart racing, with a story mode, to Steam! In the story mode, Lachlan the highland cow dreams of becoming Go Kart Champion by winning the BIG RACE, but the Island's corrupt Mayor demands you raise 1,000 coins for an "entry fee". Use items, driftslide and boost your way through various events including races, time trials and more!

A full story mode with 34 different events and 150+ collectables to find in the open world.
Events include six variations of races, time trials, chases, finding items, and delivering items.
Giraffes? Turtles? SHEEP? We've got 'em all. 32 different animals to chat with, race against, and unlock!
Aim for the gold trophy in 84 challenges, adding a new twist and replayability to events completed in story mode.
A variety of items to use on opponents and obstacles to avoid.
Fully honkable kart horn. HONK!

Players can try the game before they buy, with the first five events of Story Mode available in the demo. The Nintendo Switch version of the game, published by Ant Workshop, will be available on January 9 2026.

Developer Quote

Go Kart Island is the debut title from Grumpy Pizza Games. Ewan McKenzie, the solo developer behind Grumpy Pizza, said:

"As a kid I was obsessed with Mario Kart and it has always been a dream of mine to work on my own kart racer. Although I've worked in the industry since 2009, I've not had the opportunity to work on a game like that so I decided to take it upon myself to make one as my first solo project!

Other than Mario Kart, some big influences were A Short Hike, Diddy Kong Racing and Forza Horizon, which helped me form the idea for an open-world story based single player game. My hope was that this would help differentiate the title from other traditional kart racers.

I started developing this game as a hobby in 2019, but after being made redundant in December 2024 I decided to take a chance on myself and work on it full time. It feels surreal to actually be releasing, but I'm excited to finally get it into players' hands."

Further Information

Steam store page here
A demo is available to play on Steam, featuring the first 5 events in the Story Mode
Nintendo Switch version is published by Ant Workshop Ltd. Steam version published by Grumpy Pizza Games.