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The Long Drive
Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.
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
68 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Fun game for like 2-3 hours and then you remember that it's abandoned since 2 years I tried really hard to forgive it, it's a really fun game with quirky controls, I love it, but don't expect any updates, the game is…”
“the pissing was really funny and added to the envrionment, made a perfct flow by drinking an 80L indtrial steel berral of water. best part of my day, can wait to flip my pink and lime green car ingame 12 more times!!…”
“i love this game, building this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ motorbike is great. this game will NOT be getting any more updates though, sadly”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“veri gud for rujning frendships my frend not like me anymore after i make car go boom boom”
“just fun but playing with friends is best. although I'm happy to see the developer is still working on it. they antisocial just like me and it works really well with my laptop”
“People say this is a dead game and there nothing to do. while yes this game is dead it has a ton of stuff to do. i contantly have a new goal and ive played for 350 hours great game would recommend also twice the fun…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“a perfect blend of survival and comedy. the "broken" physics makes the game 10x better.”
“Games are more and more using the "early access game" as an excuse for the lack of effort put in games. this game is a clear example. This games last update was over 3 years ago which is honestly sad because it even…”
“This game on multiplayer is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fever dream; one moment I'm inside the car, then I'm transported to heaven. I was dying laughing, my stomach hurt for three days straight. 11/10 i'll miss the old glitched…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“THE LONG DRIVE ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful (the desert has its own vibe) ☑ Good (simple, but atmospheric) ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don't look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good (you drive,…”
“Many would say too expensive, but it's kind of worth it just for the radio channels of the dev going off on rants in accented English or straight up Hungarian and German. Maybe not really, but it's a nice touch. Mostly,…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game had me in stitches also if you get tired of playing this legit then play it with the command console, It's in the settings”
“Its pretty fun if you need a chill night. Peaceful mode is fun, but I sorta like the danger of "farmer John" and the "demon rabbits" coming for ya. ha. I also feel like you get more loot. Either way, I've enjoyed the…”
“I love hitting a tiny rock at around 100ish mph approximately, and promptly getting sent so high into the sky that I see Jesus Christ himself. 10/10 would play again”
28 of the 102 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a shame the current state of this game. A game with so much potential, but ruined by the developer's lack of commitment, who simply hasn't updated it for two years. The only thing you did was release a ridiculous…”
“Abandoned game, multiplayer practically non-functional. Go play Drive Beyond Horizons instead.”
“Dev is a narcissistic edge-lord who likes to trash talk the players in the forums. Don't give people like that your money.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“abandoned with terrible optimization, would be fun if it wasnt stuttering and freezing and running at below 60fps”
“ITs the best game does not run good on potato”
“its good game for sometimes playing but you cant play it for more than 2 hours then its boring but even with my specs I had in 1080p on max graphics only 50-70fps so it definitively has horrible optimization”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“imagine you're a bird flying through the sky with all the grace of a flying piece of ♥♥♥♥ in a tin can, that is the best i can explain how it feels to run over a small rock at 2 miles per hour in this game. 5 stars, we…”
“it has so many unnessesary things and it has alot of bugs but its fun”
“stooopid game doesnt get developed, I would make a better physics engine if I jerked off came came on the keyboard, the game is abandoned fuc off, good game tho, plastic wife loves me”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“pretty fun but these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ zombies bro and when you run out of fuel its another story”
“It should be played for more reasons then just driving. Not because the driving is bad. Driving is at least decent, if not good or great but because it's more then just driving. Like it has survival aspects, including…”
“Ever so slight learning curve of controls and learning what does what and how to do stuff, BUT once you get past that it's incredibly addicting. I understand now how people can play this game for hundreds of hours…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Sad and a shame. The top leading game in this specific category's developer, has forsaken all of us. I feel like this game started them all, weather im wrong or not. When I see a "put together a car and drive far and…”
“10 / 10 Game, Although I do wish it had a Sandbox mode or something ( And a way to transport Bikes on the cars. ) , but aside from that 10 / 10 game!”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“its exactly what it says, a long drive. expect funny crap”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“from what ive played of it its good but it doesnt get much updates and i dont have any friends that have the game to play with me. the game runs well on my computer”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“I played A LOT of this game. However after waiting for an update, coming to the store page after all this time and I see this: "Note: The last update made by the developers was over 3 years ago. The information and timeline described by the developers here may no longer be up to…”
— a player, Steam review · 171 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Game Abandoned?
Game Abandoned? No. Does Genesz hate social interactions? Yes. Thank you for your attention and patience!
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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, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Driving · Open World · Multiplayer · Survival · Automobile Sim · Exploration · Post-apocalyptic · Adventure · First-Person · Racing · Simulation · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: +3 GHZ dual core processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 650 TI or AMD equivalent Storage: 700 MB available space