Alien Racer was made as an entry for the Dark Basic competition in 2003, in which entrants were supplied with an alien model, and were allowed to create anything they wanted, so long as the alien featured in the game. The game has three different game modes: normal race against three opponents, time trial, in which you try and achieve the quickest lap, and arcade, in which you have to reach the checkpoints before your time runs out. Alien Racer has been featured on magazine cover CD's in the past and is featured on many other websites.