Moving, historically grounded story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Its a rare look at the side of war most people never think about.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Дорога Жизни
Worth buying? What 58 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 58 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Студия Искра2026Wargame · Visual Novel · Driving
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
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The verdict
A free, short narrative driving game about the Leningrad Ice Road with strong winter atmosphere and a moving story, but with bugs, weak voice acting and stiff controls. Skip it if you want real gameplay depth.
Great for
Players wanting a short, free, atmospheric historical story about the Siege of Leningrad who can forgive rough edges
Main risk
Repetitive, shallow driving with bugs, bad voice work and graphics settings that don't save
What players love
Free to play
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Also its free, you cant beat that at all.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Strong winter atmosphere and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The developers superbly conveyed the feeling of cold, danger and the endless icy expanse of Lake Ladoga.”
Steam review · translated · 1.1 h played ↗
Easy controls and relaxing pace
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“And the handling physics are fine for such a simple game.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and broken scripts
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“poor optimization, lots of bugs”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗
Boring, repetitive driving
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“95% of the time you just drive through snowy emptiness, lazily dodging obstacles.”
Steam review · translated · 3.2 h played ↗
Wooden controls, animations and mini-games
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“The face physics are wooden, characters open their mouths at the wrong times and move like robots.”
Steam review · translated · 0.3 h played ↗
Poor optimization and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Why does THIS hammer a 4070 to 100%?”
Steam review · translated · 3.9 h played ↗
Poor voice acting and sound mixing
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the characters' voices and conversations are a complete disgrace, probably voiced by professional programmers”
Steam review · translated · 6.8 h played ↗
Graphics settings don't save
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I set graphics to low, unpause, and the settings automatically revert to high.”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel/AMD, Quad-core, 2.5 GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel/AMD, 8-core, 3.5 GHz или выше
Memory32 GB GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (12 GB) или эквивалентная
Storage15 MB available space
OSWindows 10/11 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel/AMD, Quad-core, 2.5 GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Storage15 GB available space
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