Disney Speedstorm
Disney Speedstorm is a free-to-play kart racing game developed by Gameloft Barcelona and published by Gameloft. It features various Disney and Pixar characters racing vehicles on tracks themed after the worlds of their films and franchises. The game was released in a pay-for early access on 18 April 2023, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, with a soft launch on Android and iOS on 1 August 2023. The console and computer versions left early access on 28 September 2023, while the mobile version officially launched on 11 July 2024. The Switch release received Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive enhancements on 2 July 2025.
The game received relatively positive reviews, with an average rating of 67% on Steam.
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Gameplay
Disney Speedstorm is a free-to-play kart racing game with a roster composed of characters from various Disney properties, such as the Mickey and Friends, Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story and [Beauty and the Beast (Disney character)|Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast] franchises, among others, reimagined as race car drivers in an in-universe arcade game also called Disney Speedstorm.The gameplay is similar to Mario Kart. Racers can drift to improve their cornering and charge their nitro boost, which can only be used when the boost meter full. Racers also get a small drift boost from long drifts, which also gives them an extra boost charge. Racers can sideswipe other Racers to knock them aside, jump to reach higher grounds or dodge obstacles, perform aerial stunts off designated jumps for a small speed boost upon landing, and grind on designated blue rails to also gain nitro boost.
Racers can also pick up various power-ups, called "skills", by driving through sprites with the image of Arbee, the game's emotive AI mascot, on them. These skills include offensive weapons that stun Racers, shields that protect Racers from stuns, cloaks that make Racers intangible and invisible, nitro boost charges, rushes that provide sudden bursts of speed, and hacks that flip a Racer's screen, potentially confusing them. Skills can also be "charged" to cause different effects; for example, a charged shield allows a Racer to stun another Racer who drives into them, at the cost of not being protected from being stunned unless a normal shield, a cloak, or an invulnerability effect is already in effect. Offensive skills and hacks can also be used backwards behind Racers. The availability of the various skills depends on the Racer ; for example, some Racers can receive and use shields while others can receive and use cloaks. Finally, each Racer has a unique skill that provide benefits to only that Racer, with each unique skill having normal and charged variants.
Each Racer has a range of stats that affect their performance, including top speed, acceleration, handling, boost, and combat. The stats can be upgraded by levelling up Racers, which during the game's first six seasons of content updates, required spending various "upgrade parts" collected from single-player event races and PvP multiplayer, which were later replaced with a single currency called "upgrade coins" from the seventh season onwards. However, Racer upgrade levels are capped to certain levels depending on their star levels, which require collecting "Racer shards". Further stat boosts and other enhancements are provided by attaching "Crew Members" to a Racer, which feature images of various minor Disney characters on them. The Crew Members can only be applied to Racers of the same affiliated collections as them, such as the Orange Bird serving as a Crew Member for Figment; with "Epic" rarity Crew Members being applicable to only one Racer.
Game modes
The game includes various different single-player and multiplayer modes. Single-player modes include "Starter Circuit", a series of events that effectively serves as the game's "tutorial", limited events, which offer rewards for completing specific objectives or for getting a fast time on a leaderboard compared with other players online, "Season Tour", a limited-time campaign mode that changes each new content season, and "Tournaments", in which players race as a single Racer from either the Mickey and Friends franchise or a franchise that was featured in a previous season for a series of four races to earn points. Multiplayer includes ranked multiplayer, where players race to earn points to unlock tiers of rewards for each of their unlocked Racers, regulated multiplayer, a separate ranked multiplayer that puts all Racers at the same performance levels, "Private Track", which allows players to set up their own custom races online with friends or invited players, and "Local Freeplay", the game's only offline mode, which features custom races for one to four players in split-screen multiplayer. Ranked multiplayer can either be played either solo or in a team in a three-on-three race.The races themselves are available in different types that feature different gimmicks: "Classic" is a traditional race; "Single Skill" forces all Racers to use the same offensive skill; "Floating Objects" have speed boosts and skill items floating above the ground, thus forcing Racers to jump to reach them; "Fog Challenge" covers the track in a dense fog—limiting visibility—and removes the minimap from the player's heads-up display; and "Last One Standing" is an elimination race where after a short amount of time passes, the last place Racer either loses a "shield drone" and is teleported ahead on the track to try to avoid falling back to last or is eliminated if they have no more drones remaining. In the season two update in June 2023, the game added two new race types called "Color Match" and "Follow the Leader"; the former type forces players to pick up power-up items corresponding to one of two colors—green and purple—each of them is assigned to as indicated by the HUD and an underglow effect beneath their vehicle, switching between colors during the race, while the latter adds a long slipstream trail behind the race leader that provides a speed boost to the racers following the trail.
Characters and environments
As of August 2025, the game has a total of "Racers" from 31 Disney media franchises. Many franchises also have an affiliated track environment, each featuring multiple track layouts, with Mickey Mouse & Friends having two, while Disney Speedstorm itself has two original environments, "Arbee's Arena" and "Arbee's Short Circuit". Additionally, one environment, the Pirates of the Caribbean-inspired "A Pirate's Life", received an expansion via an update for the game's ninth season, adding new areas of the map and new track layouts.The game also features a wide voice cast, most of whom reprise their respective characters from their original works. Beginning with Season 7: Sugar Rush, however, only selected new Racers will receive voice lines, with some unvoiced racers getting voice lines later on. However, Season 11 have all new Racers getting voice lines with the aforementioned Mr. Incredible getting them during the third part.
| Origin | Character | Environment | Release date/season |
| 101 Dalmatians | Cruella De Vil | 13 August 2024 | |
| Aladdin | Aladdin | Agrabah | 28 September 2023 |
| Aladdin | Genie | Agrabah | 28 September 2023 |
| Aladdin | Jafar | Agrabah | 28 September 2023 |
| Aladdin | Jasmine | Agrabah | 28 September 2023 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Alice | A World of My Own | 28 August 2025 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Mad Hatter | A World of My Own | 28 August 2025 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Queen of Hearts | A World of My Own | 28 August 2025 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Beast | The Castle | June 2022 28 September 2023 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Belle | The Castle | June 2022 28 September 2023 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Gaston | The Castle | June 2022 28 September 2023 |
| Big Hero 6 | Baymax | Welcome to San Fransokyo! | 8 May 2025 |
| Big Hero 6 | Hiro | Welcome to San Fransokyo! | 8 May 2025 |
| Big Hero 6 | Honey Lemon | Welcome to San Fransokyo! | 8 May 2025 |
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Chip | rowspan="4" | July 2025 |
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Dale | - | July 2025 |
| Cinderella | Cinderella | 12 June 2025 | - |
| Disney Parks | Figment | 18 April 2023 | - |
| Disney Speedstorm | Arbee§ | Arbee's Arena Arbee's Short Circuit | June 2022 13 August 2024 |
| The Emperor's New Groove | Kuzco | rowspan= "2" | 2026 |
| The Emperor's New Groove | Yzma‡ | - | 2026 |
| Frozen | Anna | Arendelle | 30 November 2023 |
| Frozen | Elsa | Arendelle | 30 November 2023 |
| Frozen | Hans | Arendelle | 30 November 2023 |
| Frozen | Kristoff | Arendelle | 30 November 2023 |
| Frozen | Olaf | Arendelle | 30 November 2023 |
| Hercules | Hades | Mount Olympus | June 2022 28 September 2023 |
| Hercules | Hercules | Mount Olympus | June 2022 28 September 2023 |
| Hercules | Meg | Mount Olympus | June 2022 28 September 2023 |
| The Incredibles | Dash | The Incredible Showdown | 12 December 2024 |
| The Incredibles | Frozone | The Incredible Showdown | 12 December 2024 |
| The Incredibles | Mr. Incredible | The Incredible Showdown | 12 December 2024 |
| The Incredibles | Mrs. Incredible | The Incredible Showdown | 12 December 2024 |
| The Incredibles | Violet | The Incredible Showdown | 12 December 2024 |
| Inside Out | Anger | Riley's Mind | 13 June 2024 |
| Inside Out | Anxiety | Riley's Mind | 13 June 2024 |
| Inside Out | Disgust | Riley's Mind | 13 June 2024 |
| Inside Out | Ennui | Riley's Mind | 13 June 2024 |
| Inside Out | Fear | Riley's Mind | 13 June 2024 |
| Inside Out | Joy | Riley's Mind | 13 June 2024 |
| Inside Out | Sadness | Riley's Mind | 13 June 2024 |
| The Jungle Book | Baloo | Jungle Ruins | June 2022 |
| The Jungle Book | Mowgli | Jungle Ruins | June 2022 |
| Lilo & Stitch | Angel | Kauai | 31 July 2023 |
| Lilo & Stitch | Captain Gantu | Kauai | 31 July 2023 |
| Lilo & Stitch | Jumba | Kauai | 31 July 2023 |
| Lilo & Stitch | Lilo | Kauai | 31 July 2023 |
| Lilo & Stitch | Stitch | Kauai | 31 July 2023 |
| The Little Mermaid | Ariel | Atlantica | 8 February 2024 |
| The Little Mermaid | Prince Eric | Atlantica | 8 February 2024 |
| The Little Mermaid | King Triton | Atlantica | 8 February 2024 |
| The Little Mermaid | Ursula | Atlantica | 8 February 2024 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Daisy Duck | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Donald Duck | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Goofy | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Mickey Mouse | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Minnie Mouse | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Scrooge McDuck | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Steamboat Mickey | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Mickey Mouse & Friends | Steamboat Pete | Toon Village The Silver Screen | June 2022 1 July 2023 21 August 2023 28 August 2025 |
| Moana | Maui | rowspan="2" | 12 December 2024 9 January 2025 |
| Moana | Moana | - | 12 December 2024 9 January 2025 |
| Monsters, Inc. | Celia Mae | The Scare Floor | 18 April 2023 |
| Monsters, Inc. | Mike Wazowski | The Scare Floor | 18 April 2023 |
| Monsters, Inc. | Randall | The Scare Floor | 18 April 2023 |
| Monsters, Inc. | Sulley | The Scare Floor | 18 April 2023 |
| Mulan | Mulan | The Great Wall | June 2022 |
| Mulan | [Li Li Shang (Mulan character)|Shang (Mulan character)|Shang] | The Great Wall | June 2022 |
| The Muppets | Fozzie Bear | rowspan="3" | 24 May 2024 10 October 2024 28 August 2025 |
| The Muppets | Kermit the Frog | - | 24 May 2024 10 October 2024 28 August 2025 |
| The Muppets | Miss Piggy | - | 24 May 2024 10 October 2024 28 August 2025 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Dr. Finkelstein | The Nightmare Festival | 10 October 2024 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Jack Skellington | The Nightmare Festival | 10 October 2024 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Oogie Boogie | The Nightmare Festival | 10 October 2024 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Sally | The Nightmare Festival | 10 October 2024 |
| Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Oswald | rowspan="2" | 30 November 2023 |
| Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Ortensia | - | 30 November 2023 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Davy Jones | A Pirate's Life | June 2022 13 August 2024 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Elizabeth Swann | A Pirate's Life | June 2022 13 August 2024 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Hector Barbossa | A Pirate's Life | June 2022 13 August 2024 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Jack Sparrow | A Pirate's Life | June 2022 13 August 2024 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Tia Dalma | A Pirate's Life | June 2022 13 August 2024 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Will Turner | A Pirate's Life | June 2022 13 August 2024 |
| Sleeping Beauty | Aurora | rowspan="5" | 13 August 2024 8 May 2025 |
| Sleeping Beauty | Maleficent | - | 13 August 2024 8 May 2025 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Snow White | 6 March 2025 | - |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | The Evil Queen | 6 March 2025 | - |
| Tangled | Rapunzel | 15 November 2024 | - |
| Toy Story | Bo Peep | Andy's Room | 13 June 2023 3 July 2025 |
| Toy Story | Buzz Lightyear | Andy's Room | 13 June 2023 3 July 2025 |
| Toy Story | Emperor Zurg | Andy's Room | 13 June 2023 3 July 2025 |
| Toy Story | Forky | Andy's Room | 13 June 2023 3 July 2025 |
| Toy Story | Jessie | Andy's Room | 13 June 2023 3 July 2025 |
| Toy Story | Lotso | Andy's Room | 13 June 2023 3 July 2025 |
| Toy Story | Woody | Andy's Room | 13 June 2023 3 July 2025 |
| Tron | Quorra | The Portal | 6 March 2025 |
| Tron | Rinzler | The Portal | 6 March 2025 |
| Tron | Sam Flynn | The Portal | 6 March 2025 |
| Tron | Zuse | The Portal | 6 March 2025 |
| Up | Carl Fredricksen | rowspan="7" | 6 November 2025 and December 2025 |
| Up | Russell | - | 6 November 2025 and December 2025 |
| WALL-E | EVE | 8 February 2024 30 November 2023 | - |
| WALL-E | WALL-E | 8 February 2024 30 November 2023 | - |
| Winnie the Pooh | Eeyore | 23 October 2025 | - |
| Winnie the Pooh | Tigger | 23 October 2025 | - |
| Winnie the Pooh | Winnie the Pooh | 23 October 2025 | - |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Fix-It Felix | Candy Kingdom | 18 April 2024 |
| Wreck-It Ralph | King Candy | Candy Kingdom | 18 April 2024 |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Ralph | Candy Kingdom | 18 April 2024 |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Sergeant Calhoun | Candy Kingdom | 18 April 2024 |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Vanellope | Candy Kingdom | 18 April 2024 |
| Zootopia | Flash | Zootropolis | 18 December 2025 |
| Zootopia | Judy Hopps | Zootropolis | 18 December 2025 |
| Zootopia | Nick Wilde | Zootropolis | 18 December 2025 |
Soundtrack
The music is done by a team of four musicians remixing Disney and Pixar tunes.Development and release
Disney Speedstorm is developed by Gameloft Barcelona, the developers of the Asphalt games 8: Airborne and [Asphalt Asphalt Legends Unite|Legends Unite|Legends], and was designed to be a high-speed racing game based on Disney's franchises and characters. It was made using the same game engine Asphalt Legends used, Gameloft's in-house Jet Engine. Alexandru "Sasha" Adam, VP and studio manager, Gameloft Barcelona explained, "The gameplay mechanics, the racer abilities and the location design were all tailored to serve our vision of a fast and gripping competitive experience."Announced in March 2023, the game was released in early access for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 18 April 2023. A trailer for the game was released on 9 September 2022 at the D23 Expo.
On 30 June 2023, Gameloft announced that the game would leave early access, entering its intended free-to-play period, on 28 September 2023, following the conclusion of the game's third season.
On 1 August 2023, Gameloft soft launched the game on iOS and Android alongside the game's third season update. The soft launch began in Spain and Romania, with plans to expand the soft launch to the Philippines, Brazil, Vietnam, Mexico, Australia, Taiwan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, and Ireland over time. After an announcement on 6 June 2024, the mobile version was fully released on 11 July 2024.
On 2 July 2025, the game's fourteenth season update, Gameloft added Nintendo Switch 2 enhancements for the Nintendo Switch release. The enhancements include a frame rate increase from the first Switch's 30 frames per second to 60 frames per second, support for 1080p when in handheld mode and up to 1440p when docked, and improved shadows, anti-aliasing, and shader quality.
Downloadable content
On 27 March 2023, Gameloft released a trailer announcing three "Founder's Packs" that would be available during the game's early access period. The Founder's Packs, which were required for early access, all contained Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck as unlocked racers, plus a choice to immediately unlock Baloo, Belle, Beast, Elizabeth Swann, Li Shang, or Mowgli; Tokens, two Golden Pass Credits, exclusive racing suits and kart liveries for each of the immediately unlocked racers, exclusive Donald Duck kart wheels and wing, and an exclusive player avatar and profile motto.As a free-to-play title, all content in the game is added via seasonal content updates, which are added approximately every two months. Initially, each season added four or five new racers from a newly added franchise of focus for that season plus new map based on that franchise. However, starting with the Big Hero 6-themed 13th season, each season now adds three new racers from one franchise. Additionally, new "bonus" racers mostly not affiliated with the season's focused-on franchise are made available mid-season, as well as new crew members and customization options for the racers.
Reception
Disney Speedstorm received "mixed or average reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic. 60% of critics recommended the game on review aggregator OpenCritic.John Hansen of Push Square said while they had reservations with the free-to-play monetization, they thought the game had a lot of potential and summarised by saying "if you're a Disney fan, it's a good way to mash together some of your favorite old movies and battle it out on the racetrack."
Chris Scullion for Nintendo Life praised the gameplay but criticized the performance issues of the Switch version and felt that the game's monetization would deter some players. Luke Reilly of IGN found the game had too few tracks and was overly repetitive for its then-asking price, while criticizing its excessive monetization scheme.
Monetization changes
On 9 April 2024, Gameloft announced in a community news update changes to the game's Golden Passes for the game's then-upcoming seventh season. The company announced that, among other changes, each season would be split into two parts lasting approximately one month each, with each part having its own Golden Pass, and Tokens—which can be either purchased as microtransactions or earned through ranked multiplayer—can no longer be used to purchase Golden Passes, effectively making Golden Passes only available via a direct purchase.The monetization changes was met with strong backlash from players. Players criticized the changes as being "predatory" and labeled Gameloft as "thieves". Paul McNally of ReadWrite pointed out that the announcement comes "at a time when the Helldivers 2 Warbond battle pass is being praised for being so generous with its in-game currency allowing players easy access to its premium tiers for free". Players review bombed the game on Steam after the announcement, with Destructoids Michael Beckwith pointing out that the game's Steam version had been losing active players since November 2023 according to Steam Charts. Some players requested refunds for their past purchases, others threatened to boycott the game by either refusing to make any further purchases or stop playing Speedstorm altogether, and at least one Redditor on the Speedstorm subreddit has proposed filing a class action lawsuit.
On 17 April 2024, in response to the backlash, Gameloft announced that players could continue to purchase Golden Pass Credits with Tokens until 16 May 2024, allowing players to buy future Golden Passes using Credits bought with Tokens up to that date, but otherwise would continue with plans to restrict Golden Pass purchases to either direct payments or Golden Pass Credits afterward.
On 1 August 2024, Gameloft released a limited time event to unlock Ennui from Inside Out 2. However, only five shards could be obtained from the event, requiring players to purchase and use Tokens to purchase her designated loot box, which had a rate of 15% to grant Ennui racer shards. This mandatory loot box purchase to unlock a single Racer caused another strong backlash from players.
Player count and revenue
In September 2023, Disney Speedstorm was the 10th most downloaded free-to-play game on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in the United States and Canada, and was the 7th in Europe. In October, the game rose to 4th place in the United States and Canada, while it placed 2nd in Europe. The game remained among the top titles in November, placing 7th in Europe. In the fourth quarter of 2023, Disney Speedstorm on iOS in Europe had weekly revenue peaking at approximately $2,000 in mid-December. Downloads reached around 25,800 in late October, while active users peaked at about 32,200 during the same period.By June 2024, Disney Speedstorm had surpassed one million mobile pre-registrations. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the game on iOS generated weekly revenue of around $3,500. Downloads reached 14,800 in mid-October, and active users increased to over 56,000 by the end of December. Vivendi later said Disney Speedstorm, alongside Disney Dreamlight Valley, Asphalt Legends Unite, Disney Magic Kingdoms, and March of Empires, represented altogether 57% of Gameloft's total revenues, and ranked as one of their five best sellers in 2024.
In the first quarter of 2025, Disney Speedstorm on Android had weekly revenue ranging from approximately $5,000 to $7,000. Downloads peaked at around 2,400, and active users remained below 7,000 throughout the quarter. In the first half of 2025, Disney Speedstorm, together with Disney Dreamlight Valley, Asphalt Legends Unite, Disney Magic Kingdoms, and March of Empires, was among Gameloft's top-performing titles. Together, the games accounted for 57% of the company's total revenue, placing them among its top five best-sellers.