Atmosphere and vibes
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“90% of the time, it's a relaxing game about driving through a mysterious stalker-style anomoly zone.”
Steam review · 74.2 h played ↗
Pacific Drive
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Ironwood Studios2024Driving · Survival · Survival Horror
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 59 min ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 22, 2026: $17.99
The verdict
A unique, highly atmospheric car-survival roguelite about scavenging and maintaining a haunted station wagon. Skip it if you dislike repetitive looting loops, grind, or chatty radio storytelling.
Great for
Players who love atmosphere, tinkering with a car, and a relaxed-but-tense scavenging loop
Main risk
The scavenge-and-upgrade loop turns repetitive and grindy after about 10-20 hours
What players love
Great soundtrack and custom radio
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the radio having the option to add your own music is lovely, and I've been building up a fantastic playlist”
Steam review · 134.1 h played ↗
Satisfying car upgrading and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“By far the best quality of this game is its obsessive level of attention paid to the car.”
Steam review · 63.6 h played ↗
Addictive scavenge-upgrade loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“its got the loot goblin in me hooked, its got the great driving, and its got the spookies with the anomalies”
Steam review · 155.3 h played ↗
Adjustable difficulty and varied anomalies
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“you can make this game as easy or as difficult as you want, on the fly”
Steam review · 95.7 h played ↗
Charming radio characters and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“it's so easy to get attached to Tobias, Francis and Oppy (Ida too!)”
Steam review · 88.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, grindy gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“You play for 100 hours to learn that the game had run out of new things to throw at you after the first 2 hours.”
Steam review · 63.4 h played ↗
Talkative radio characters and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the narrators wont SHUT UP.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Poor optimization and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Crashed every 20 minutes. Couldn't even get through the first main zone because of that.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Bugs, soft-locks and no manual saving
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Please fix the soft lock in the tutorial.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Constant stopping to loot and tedious maintenance
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“This is just get in and out of car simulator.”
Steam review · 6.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support18 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB
Storage18 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10600k
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia RTX 2080/3070
Storage18 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 8600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB
Storage18 GB available space
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