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Pacific Drive

Ironwood Studios · Kepler Interactive · 2024-02-21

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 22, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 23, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

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.

Pacific Drive is a 2024 Action, Adventure, Indie and Racing game priced at $17.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive (83% of 26865 reviews) sentiment.

224
playing now
83%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (72 ratings)
144
Nexus mods (207k downloads)
4.05★
PlayStation Store rating (10,023 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 78 critics
36h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 74h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

224 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Pacific Drive is a 2024 survival game developed by Ironwood Studios and published by Kepler Interactive. The game is set in a fictionalized version of the Olympic Peninsula, which the player traverses in a station wagon as they attempt to find a way to escape. It uses a first-person perspective; the player must attempt to avoid anomalies and obstacles. The vehicle can be repaired and customized at the player's garage.

Trailer

Pacific Drive trailer thumbnail

Pacific Drive - Drive, Survive, Repeat - Gameplay Trailer | PS5 Games

≈459,675 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 224 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,855 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~357/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 542k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,086 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.62-71%
GamersGate$9.90-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.45 at GameBillet (2026-08-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 137 of 164 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20242026Week of 2024-02-01: 3,170 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 763 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,675 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 449 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,272 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5191272026-09-15 12:00 — 246 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 324 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 207 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 278 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 425 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 216 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 140 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 244 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 196 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 221 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 261 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 204 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 127 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 273 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 355 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 194 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 297 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 326 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 187 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 387 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 519 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 249 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 224 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10k276Feb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 10,236 · peak 18,428Mar 2024 — avg 3,085 · peak 10,926Apr 2024 — avg 1,079 · peak 2,258May 2024 — avg 599 · peak 1,464Jun 2024 — avg 577 · peak 1,551Jul 2024 — avg 991 · peak 2,660Aug 2024 — avg 634 · peak 1,241Sep 2024 — avg 564 · peak 1,381Oct 2024 — avg 399 · peak 980Nov 2024 — avg 490 · peak 1,038Dec 2024 — avg 595 · peak 1,288Jan 2025 — avg 658 · peak 1,371Feb 2025 — avg 677 · peak 2,233Mar 2025 — avg 753 · peak 1,523Apr 2025 — avg 911 · peak 2,239May 2025 — avg 659 · peak 1,665Jun 2025 — avg 489 · peak 1,001Jul 2025 — avg 462 · peak 881Aug 2025 — avg 379 · peak 737Sep 2025 — avg 380 · peak 803Oct 2025 — avg 592 · peak 1,946Nov 2025 — avg 627 · peak 1,350Dec 2025 — avg 556 · peak 1,126Jan 2026 — avg 504 · peak 985Feb 2026 — avg 321 · peak 674Mar 2026 — avg 380 · peak 767Apr 2026 — avg 276 · peak 635May 2026 — avg 685 · peak 2,537Jun 2026 — avg 450 · peak 1,132Jul 2026 — avg 378 · peak 808Aug 2026 — avg 302 · peak 631
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
25252026-09-262026-10-142026-09-26: 25 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 7 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 8 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$7.992024-01-092026-10-012024-01-09 — best price $26.992024-02-26 — best price $23.992024-04-16 — best price $29.992024-05-16 — best price $23.992024-06-17 — best price $23.992024-07-18 — best price $17.992024-08-17 — best price $24.402024-09-07 — best price $16.992024-10-25 — best price $24.402024-12-01 — best price $16.112024-12-24 — best price $16.772025-01-11 — best price $29.992025-02-18 — best price $25.192025-03-10 — best price $29.992025-04-03 — best price $29.992025-04-21 — best price $15.892025-05-27 — best price $15.002025-06-27 — best price $14.992025-07-18 — best price $24.872025-08-27 — best price $14.792025-09-19 — best price $29.992025-10-19 — best price $14.852025-11-10 — best price $13.332025-11-29 — best price $15.002025-12-20 — best price $13.272026-02-18 — best price $15.002026-03-30 — best price $14.992026-05-07 — best price $24.872026-06-01 — best price $10.452026-06-29 — best price $10.682026-07-31 — best price $7.992026-08-25 — best price $8.452026-10-01 — best price $8.62
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2681382026-05-30 — 181 pageviews2026-06-03 — 163 pageviews2026-06-07 — 210 pageviews2026-06-11 — 164 pageviews2026-06-15 — 220 pageviews2026-06-19 — 185 pageviews2026-06-23 — 196 pageviews2026-06-27 — 172 pageviews2026-07-01 — 203 pageviews2026-07-05 — 207 pageviews2026-07-09 — 189 pageviews2026-07-13 — 268 pageviews2026-07-17 — 202 pageviews2026-07-21 — 188 pageviews2026-07-25 — 177 pageviews2026-07-29 — 214 pageviews2026-08-02 — 181 pageviews2026-08-06 — 158 pageviews2026-08-10 — 179 pageviews2026-08-14 — 154 pageviews2026-08-18 — 185 pageviews2026-08-22 — 170 pageviews2026-08-26 — 215 pageviews2026-08-30 — 268 pageviews2026-09-03 — 224 pageviews2026-09-07 — 251 pageviews2026-09-11 — 173 pageviews2026-09-15 — 202 pageviews2026-09-19 — 176 pageviews2026-09-23 — 153 pageviews2026-09-27 — 185 pageviews2026-10-01 — 163 pageviews2026-10-05 — 206 pageviews2026-10-08 — 187 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

39802026-10-01 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 340 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
83%
earned "The Auto Shop"
17.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing7 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2024-02-22, latest 2025-11-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,5203%49
PS5 (PlayStation)14,9707%50
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)5,7841%49

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionSci-fiDrivingCraftingSurvivalAdventureSimulationStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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