Desert Race Adventures

Very minimalist turn-based rally management. After a couple Game Overs I was able to figure out a winning strategy and beat the game within the first hour. After that I guess the only incentive to keep playing is to try to climb the leaderboard? I'll give it a few more go's just because it's a nice chill thing to play while listening to a podcast. This whole thing feels like it could be a UFO 50 game (complimentary).

A nice little roguelike management game where you try to get your racing team over the finishing line. - Nice atmosphere and music. - Game seems a little too random and it took a few runs to realize most of the mechanics involved. - Some events felt really punishing, and luck didn't seem to be on my side. - My co-driver died, but at least that meant that the main driver had more food to eat for rest of the race. - Runs nicely on Steam Deck.

I am sorry, but the game is just boring. It feels like everything it has to offer is already shown in the screenshots, nothing more. Yes, I spent less than an hour playing, but It just doesn't have any hooks. The gameplay is completely linear, the obstacles feels absolutely identical and it's all about several sliders going down, Don't get me wrong, «Sliders going down» can provide a lot of fun gameplay, but not here. And refunding this for me is a big deal, because I'm a roguelike-head and played a lot of them, including quite questionable ones. Yet here I felt absolutely empty throughout the entire play session. Worst of all, I'm not sure that content packs and what not can improve this. It seems like the only thing meant to keep players here is pretty high difficulty in managing resources, but it is so artificial that it achieves quite the opposite. It's not even about "git gud" — I just can't see, why I should. The art and chiptune are fine though.

It's a very nice little strategic roguelike, with great replayability for its price. It's quite challenging, you need to carefully think about your next move, and sometimes RNG will just kick you in the shins :D Very very minor complaint: I wish there was a little more variety in the soundtrack, but it's a banger so I don't really mind hearing it over and over

Nice retro rally manager. Every decision has its pros and cons and it's up to us to plan and prepare ahead or to handle the consequences. It's a short but sweet game with some attention to detail showing here and there. Cool art and sound. I like how every race is different, from the team you get to pick to the random events you face. It's definitely worth the price tag.

Pretty fun aiming for the top of the leaderboard, well worth the price of admission :)

Поначалу игра увлекает: цель, механики и ивенты понятны и интересны, но всегда есть нюанс. И тут это хронометраж. После пересечения финиша в игре нечего делать. И самое главное разработчик это знает, а потому решил искусственно держать игрока подольше. Поясняю: чем дольше вы едите - тем больше негативных событий упадёт вам на голову и вы не доедете до финиша, соотношение выпадения негативных событий к нейтральным всегда перевесит пути решения проблем (чистых положительных событий в игре нет). По итогу всё что нужно для победы - это забить на стратегию или расчёт цифр и ехать на максимальной скорости, чтобы было меньше событий в принципе, да подбирать расходники в чекпоинтах, чтобы машина ехала(на момент выхода этого обзора я финишировал по этому принципу и стал первым в лидерборде игры (9188 поинтов)). Игра достойна репорта за несоответствие трейлеру, где мне обещали рогалик игру с различными стратегиями путём комбинирования +ов и -ов пилота со штурманом. Также с тегом "рогалик", процедурной генерации нет, 1 трасса и неменяющееся расстояние с одинаковыми чекпоинтами.

A charming little strategy game.

Cute lil game and at least worth one playthrough, especially if you like the aesthetic! I think it could be one of those that actually would have benefited from Early Access, as I think it could be fleshed out a lot more. The first thing I thought of that I'd like to see is a map to plot your route to the cities, with perhaps different random events on each path. I'd like to see more accurate names tied to the nation where the driver is from, as well as some sort of customization for the drivers. Perhaps varying music. Hopefully more routes in the future in different kind of surroundings, while the OG stays as "Classic" already. It could be a weird tale of route across the North America. Or following the Silk Road. The possibilities are endless. So, here's to hoping they will keep building on this, rather than just possible bug fixes. The gameplay loop is bit too simple to my liking beyond one playthrough due to lack of variety.

Nice retro look & awesome music, but surprisingly challenging! Definitely worth a shot.