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Desert Child

Desert Child

You are a hungry, young hoverbike racer who needs to get off Earth before it E-X-P-L-O-D-E-S. Hunt bounties, throw races, and do whatever you can to get to Mars and win the Grand Prix.

Released Dec 11, 2018 Developer Oscar Brittain Publisher Akupara Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RacingAction-AdventureShooterSingleplayerPixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

56.1%positive355 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“My opinion about this game is a bit neutral. The aesthetic is what I enjoyed the most; it’s pretty great, and the nice soundtrack and artwork give really good vibes and create a fantastic atmosphere overall. Unfortunately, it just didn’t click with me. It seems like the…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Dust chases the sun Speed and dreams outrun hunger Tomorrow awaits”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“visually the game looks amazing. But its all build around an arcade-like racing minigame which just gets stale very quickly. Game should be one or two euros at most”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

23achievements
4.2%median completion
2.5%rarest: Hello, this is Pablo
39.8% of players 10.4% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 7.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.5% of players 39.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
39.8%Two Baboons at once — Destroy two enemies at the same time
10.4%World’s fastest pizza — Take a pizza delivery job.
9.3%I’m the Lebanese Rambo! — Eat a snack pack without throwing up
Rarest badges of honor
2.5%Hello, this is Pablo — Achieve max notoriety, the rank of Pablo Escobar.
2.8%Vicious — Fend off the police without being shot.
2.9%Bean Machine — Eat all the bean types

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 04, 2024
Akupara Games Celebrates 8 Year with Sales and Livestream

Hey Akuparians! Guess what, it’s our birthday!, Akupara Games is turning 8 years old and to celebrate, we have put Desert Child on sale for 78% off! Be sure to grab those deals, check out our lovely e

Oct 01, 2022
Halloween is here on Mars!

Hey, Racers! Spooky month is here which means it is time to decorate, dress up, and eat some candy! We take the celebration of Halloween a million miles away from Earth and incorporate it into Desert

Oct 27, 2021
Even Mars Celebrates Halloween!

Hey, Racers! Just because we're not on Earth anymore doesn't mean we don't celebrate All Hallow's Eve! Everyone enjoys a good pumpkin, even if it's gotta be grown in red sand under a sun 150 million m

Mar 25, 2021
Desert Child - Remote Gameplay Feature!

Check out Buddy & Chris go head to head on Remote Play! Grab the game right now at 60% off here! https://youtu.be/h_g2ikGNTjM In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to

Nov 01, 2019
Trading Cards and Badges Available Now!

Hey Racers! We hope you've been enjoying those quality of life updates. We're very happy to announce that trading cards are now available! You can unlock exclusive emoticons and backgrounds by complet

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Indie, Racing, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsRacing · Action-Adventure · Shooter · Singleplayer · Pixel Graphics · Shoot 'Em Up · Funny · Local Multiplayer · Side Scroller · Anime · Sci-fi · Indie (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements23
Official sitehttp://www.akuparagames.com/game/desert-child/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 3rd Gen i3/AMD FX-4100 Series Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7 Series/Radeon R7 Series Storage: 150 MB available space