In the world of online gaming there is virtually an endless supply of games to choose from, everything from new RPG games to the classic arcade games from the 80′s and 90′s can be played online. Yet with so many different categories of games available one particular type of game continues to rapidly grow in popularity, online car games. According to google’s own search insights tool, since 2004 people from all over the world have been searching for car games over 30 million times per year and the numbers continue to grow at an amazing pace.
There are probably a few reasons why these games continue to grow in popularity but I think the main reason is because it’s a good combination of both action and strategy. If you look at the overall trends of online games you’ll notice that in addition to games involving cars seeing growth, games that involve some type of “action” such as shooting or involve a form of strategy such as solving a puzzle have also grown in popularity. Obviously you don’t need a masters degree in economics to know that where there is a demand there will be somebody to supply it and the online game studios quickly figured out that car games combine these 2 booming gaming categories into 1 and the rest is history.
Today you can find car games for just about everything, from the basic 3d racing games to strategic parking and traffic emulation games. You can also find some of the crazier games such as the one where you run over zombies or the game where you take on the role of Tiger Woods and attempt to flee from your angry Swedish wife without crashing into various obstacles on the road. Whatever your taste is chances are there is a car game for you to enjoy.