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Death Road to Canada
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
79 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is probably one of my favorite zombie games, it's like The Oregon Trail of zombie games. All of the different modes make it super re-playable, i feel like every time i get the itch to play again, i'm running…”
“Game is great, but needs audio balancing. (Careful the game is LOUD when booting up)”
“I had a 4 hour long run that ended because one of my bots found a molotov and threw it at our feet killing us both”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Believe it or not, the devs still dutitfully make updates to this game to this day 10 years after the games original release, adding reworks, items, maps, events, and new characters soundtrack goes hard”
“put over a thousand hours on this game through every port they have, console mobile and pc. i have bought every copy myself and there is so much content here that i havent gotten some events due to rng. this game is…”
“This is such a fun game, I love the vibe of it and its a really fun game to play with friends, Its also very challenging to make it to canada, me and my friend have a good few hours put into the console edition and we…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“LOVEEEEE this game. Bought it years ago when I was leading a trip of high school seniors to Canada and thought the name was funny. Now I have it on Switch and Steam with over 100 hours total. i can see why it would feel…”
“Super fun game! Can be pretty difficult but is still a fun challenge.”
“This is such a fun game, I love the vibe of it and its a really fun game to play with friends, Its also very challenging to make it to canada, me and my friend have a good few hours put into the console edition and we…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“as a canadian this is really what its like living here”
“Death Road to Canada is THE BEST version of The Oregon Trail that you will EVER play. Decisions can be: dangerous, stupid, or downright funny, and they can result in some of the most memorable things you will ever…”
“Play it drunk, trust me. Game changer. Also I found it funny a concept of a zombie apocalypse and Canada as the goal.”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is probably one of my favorite zombie games, it's like The Oregon Trail of zombie games. All of the different modes make it super re-playable, i feel like every time i get the itch to play again, i'm running…”
“So much replay value. A decade of new characters and levels added.”
“Could play this for the rest of my life and it's still getting updates”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I had a 4 hour long run that ended because one of my bots found a molotov and threw it at our feet killing us both”
“Dude, fck this game. I dont say this very often, but straight up troll trash. Too many variables and things out of the players control that cause you to waste hours of your time. If you dont mind losing due to no…”
“dont buy this game. ok so its maybe a skill issue but this game will make you regret your decision, every choice you make is life or death and when you are thriving op team, good gear this game will do everything and i…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Dude, fck this game. I dont say this very often, but straight up troll trash. Too many variables and things out of the players control that cause you to waste hours of your time. If you dont mind losing due to no…”
“dont buy this game. ok so its maybe a skill issue but this game will make you regret your decision, every choice you make is life or death and when you are thriving op team, good gear this game will do everything and i…”
“2d pixel art rogue like procedural generated with key binds designed by someone who has never played a video game. Literally every indie trash game ever made. AI could make a better game in a week.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Loved every aspect of the game to be completely honest. This game got me into computer gaming as well as the world of Steam.”
— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs played“This dev team continues to amaze me with their commitment to this fantastic game. Still getting regular updates, and just as fun as when I first played. I just got the app and it's so good. Just this phenomenal game but mobile, perfection 👌 I will always recommend anyone give it…”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played“One of my favorite games as a kid that you can always come back to. The dev still putting out content updates 10 years later really shows how the game is a labor love and still worth picking up today”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. 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 (2026-09-10). 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.
8/25 Hotfix for Trachea
Small changes and fixes! - Some tweaks to Anime Girl - Tweaks to the Pyro Bandits event - Revert to the darker storm changes, for now, due to a bug that could happen to them. This will be fixed in the
TRACHEA Hotfix #1
List of Changes for Hotfix #1 Likely the only hotfix for Trachea Update, unless something goofy pops up! House Recruits should pick up loot properly again Blue Moon flail added to Mansion loot table,
Death Road to Canada 10 Year Anniversary + TRACHEA Update
DECADE of Death Road. As always, if you like what we're doing, tell your friends about Death Road, and tell them to wishlist and apply for the playtest of Space Dingus. Also, we're extremely close to
TRACHEA Update Testbranch #3 (Windows, Mac, Linux)
This is almost all the changes for the upcoming 10 year anniversary update! This is actually far past testing branch #3, I just have been bad at updating the notes this time. Due to this, I'm just upd
TRACHEA Update Testbranch #2 (Windows)
Adding more to the upcoming 10 Year Anniversary update! Read below for a list of the new changes, and then a big list of all changes so far. TO ACCESS THE TESTING BRANCH:Right Click "Death Road to Can
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Pixel Graphics · Zombies · Action Roguelike · Local Co-Op · Survival · Action · Rogue-like · Character Customization · Indie · Comedy · Great Soundtrack · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 72 |
| Official site | http://www.deathroadtocanada.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, XP, Vista, 8, and newer Processor: 1.3 ghz Memory: 128 MB RAM Graphics: Minimum Supported Texture Size 2048x2048 Storage: 60 MB available space