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Backseat
A psychological taxi horror game where every passenger may be dangerous. Drive through the night, question criminals, read their behavior, hack for clues, and survive each ride to save your kidnapped wife.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“The game is incredibly tense; you encounter a wide variety of criminals, and hanging between life and death until you identify all of them makes the game insanely thrilling.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“For $8, if you're looking for roughly 2 hours of gameplay, it's alright. Nothing scary ever really happened to me during my playthroughs. My customers/clients never killed me or really did anything, and their actions aren't going to make you jump out of your chair. On the…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“This game is so buggy and there are some things that dont make sense. It left me frustrated. It has so much potential but i feel like it shouldn’t have been released yet.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-29. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-21). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 1.1.0 — Navigation, Driving & Stability Improvements
Update 1.1.0 Update 1.1 is now live! This update focuses on making the overall driving experience smoother, navigation more reliable, and progression less frustrating, alongside a number of fixes and
Hotfix
- Fixed an issue where certain choices would not appear during parts of the finale.
Korean Localization Fix
We have fixed the issue affecting the Korean localization, including Korean text not displaying correctly. We are currently looking into the other issues reported by players and will do our best to re
We Passed 10,000 Wishlists - Thank You! ❤️
We just passed 10,000 wishlists on Steam , and we seriously want to thank everyone who has been following Backseat, playing the demo, joining the playtest, and sharing feedback with us. It means a lot
Backseat Release Date Announced!
The road gets darker on 09/07/2026 Backseat , our psychological taxi horror game, is officially launching on Steam. Step into the driver’s seat, pick up suspicious passengers at night, observe their b
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Horror · Driving · Investigation · Choices Matter · Thriller · First-Person · Mystery · Atmospheric · Detective · Story Rich · Multiple Endings (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hindi * |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Official site | https://www.hogogames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows (64-bit) 10 Processor: i5 3550 / RYZEN 5 2500X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD R9 270X DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space