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Pacific Drive
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
61 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Really fun storyline, gameplay and setting. I can’t imagine how much work they put into the difficulty progression and tension ramping but it works out perfectly, each success is hard fought and satisfying while each…”
“I half expected this to be a low-effort casual thing like RV There Yet or The Long Drive. Very glad it wasn't. It's a very solid take on a horror game with roguelike elements and a rather unique atmosphere. Can't really…”
“[h2] you are either going to love this game or turn it off after an hour because you ran out of gas and a wheel fell of -.- [/h2] Pacific Drive is basically a maintenance simulator for an old junker in the middle of…”
29 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I half expected this to be a low-effort casual thing like RV There Yet or The Long Drive. Very glad it wasn't. It's a very solid take on a horror game with roguelike elements and a rather unique atmosphere. Can't really…”
“I love this game, and I highly recommend it. The pros of this game are many, but boil down to it's amazing setting and artwork. Some of the gameplay mechanics are however at odds with the game, but not enough to turn…”
“Absolute masterpiece. The game is beautiful, fun, replayable (mostly), and generally just an amazing and atmospheric experience. Turn the radio up loud!!!! Also, the radio having the option to add your own music is…”
21 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Really fun storyline, gameplay and setting. I can’t imagine how much work they put into the difficulty progression and tension ramping but it works out perfectly, each success is hard fought and satisfying while each…”
“the storytelling, while mostly revisitable, is still very memorable and lovable. the gameplay is very complicated, but it's still easily learnable, for example: if you run out of fuel on the road there is almost always…”
“honestly probably one of the best experiences I've had playing a game, the story is genuinely beautiful, without getting into spoilers I love how attached you get to your car. beautiful game, beautiful soundtrack.”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Absolute masterpiece. The game is beautiful, fun, replayable (mostly), and generally just an amazing and atmospheric experience. Turn the radio up loud!!!! Also, the radio having the option to add your own music is…”
“honestly probably one of the best experiences I've had playing a game, the story is genuinely beautiful, without getting into spoilers I love how attached you get to your car. beautiful game, beautiful soundtrack.”
“Роад муви с составляющей лутинга. Хорошая игра на почилить и полутаться, конечно не без проблем. Постоянные тёмные ночи заставляют понервничать. Звуки ебак на фоне топ, естественно в этой игре ебак нет, только всякие…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Checked this game out several years ago and thought it looked amazing. Sadly i lacked the funds to buy it at the time. Bought it recently and wow, there's been an amazing amount of updates! 10/10 Worth the price.”
“Stalker in the Pacific Northwest; this game knows what its vibe needs to be. I will say however that I'm only moderately disappointed that its not more of a road trip style adventure or that racing wheels aren't…”
“This game is like Stalker for the gays; who instead of weaving through anomalies by throwing bolts, want to drive around the pacific northwest listening to mid-west emo in their anomalous car. I really enjoyed my time…”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played a lot of resource-management games, so I felt like this should've been in my lane of interest. Just doesn't seem to work for me. The game's approach to learning is extremely loose; that can work well for…”
“This game is a glorified chore simulator. It's unbelievable how much potential it couldve had if it simplified the car upkeep mechanics and focused on the driving suspense/horror, as opposed to flooding us with needless…”
“Sorry, save your time. This is just get in and out of car simulator. Constantly, 90% of the gameplay. Drive 10 ft, grab item, get back in, drive 10ft, grab another item. An evil creature is attacking! Get back in! Now…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is a glorified chore simulator. It's unbelievable how much potential it couldve had if it simplified the car upkeep mechanics and focused on the driving suspense/horror, as opposed to flooding us with needless…”
“Interesting concept. I just started this game with only 45 minutes in but I wanted to alert you that you cannot save the game and quit whenever you want so plan accordingly.”
“The way to get back to the garage on the first quest may be the stupidest way i have ever seen. In addition, you can not save, so you have to play an hour or 2 over just to try to figure anything out. I would give this…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is a glorified chore simulator. It's unbelievable how much potential it couldve had if it simplified the car upkeep mechanics and focused on the driving suspense/horror, as opposed to flooding us with needless…”
“If you don't like 'survival' type games where 99% of your time is spent looting randomly generated loot and and crafting then don't bother. I thought the story or something else would make me like this one more but it…”
“This games a bit dull, maybe I just don't gel with the narrative. But I'm scrapping stuff and it doesn't feel rewarding... I can only make stuff to scrap more stuff. Feeling the grind but where's my serotonin? I get so…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty cool and fun game but holy ♥♥♥♥ is it optimized horribly. Also not a fan of the inability to save unless you’re at the station; I don’t want to play for 30-60 mins minimum to be able to save. On my PC (specs…”
“Fun game, The premise is really unique, Although the game is quite poorly optimized (prob due to using Unreal Engine)”
“Oyun güzel, eğer The Long Drive veya My Summer Car oynuyorsanız ve yanında stressli oyunları da seviyorsanız beğenirsiniz. Bunu diyebiliyorum çünkü ikisini de oynadım. The Long Drive'dan farkı genel olarak kalitesinin…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played a lot of resource-management games, so I felt like this should've been in my lane of interest. Just doesn't seem to work for me. The game's approach to learning is extremely loose; that can work well for…”
“No open roads, far too linear gameplay. Clunky menus and many odd choices by the devs throughout. Refunded.”
“Pacific Drive is a fairly decent survival story game that's only held back by the tedium of the survival elements getting in the way of the hectic driving. You can tweak the settings to be more forgiving or less…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“It's long and slow but also quite unique and interesting. Exploring the zone while managing your car turns out to be more addictive than I thought it was going to be. There are a number of threats to be careful of but don't go in expecting a shooter game like STALKER or Fallout.…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“After spending several hours 100% this game, I would say it is a good game. I personally like the premise of relying on a station wagon for survival. I think the gameplay of the game is really fun. I also like how many different ways you can customize your station wagon. I am…”
— a player, Steam review · 98 hrs played“This could have been a really unique and absorbing experience. Instead, this is a game that quite literally fences itself in, squandering the potential of its setting and gameplay premise. It starts off very strong, with a strange anomalous wasteland to explore in your 1980s-era…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:40 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Ironwood is hosting a Pacific Drive AMA!
Join us this week on R/Gaming for a chance to ask all your burning questions about Pacific Drive! Our Summer 2026 AMA will be held on the R/Gaming subreddit this Thursday, June 18th 2026. We love taki
Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods OST Now Available on Streaming Services
Take the tunes with you! All your favorite tracks from the Whispers in the Woods OST are available to stream now in your favorite apps. Award-winning composer Wilbert Roget, II delivers a foreboding s
2 Years of Road Trips Into the Olympic Exclusion Zone!
A short message from Ironwood Studios, to our spectacular players: Two years is an incredible amount of time to have spent driving through the forest, dodging anomalies, and repairing an old wood-pane
Pacific Drive - Version 1.15.0 Patch Notes 2/23/2026
AnnouncementsWe’re excited to be celebrating the second anniversary of Pacific Drive! We’re grateful to all of you, our players, for the support and enthusiasm you’ve shown the game over the last two
Pacific Drive - Version 1.14.0 Patch Notes 12/16/2025
Announcements Hello Drivers! Today’s patch has performance updates, new radio content and a number of bug fixes (including a fix for some players in a broken state). Pacific Drive version 1.14.0 is av
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing, Simulation |
| Player tags | Driving · Survival · Story Rich · Exploration · Survival Horror · Sci-fi · Crafting · Atmospheric · Adventure · Action · First-Person · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Italian, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.pacificdrivegame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 8600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 18 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system