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Road 96 🛣 cover art

Road 96 🛣

Digixart · THQ Nordic · 2021-08-16

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 14, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 14, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 14, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!

182
playing now
92%
positive of 26k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (140 ratings)
6.8h
to beat · rushed 4.5h · completionist 8.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

182 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Road 96 is a 2021 adventure video game developed by DigixArt. Set in the fictional authoritarian nation of Petria in Summer 1996, the player controls a series of nameless teenagers attempting to flee the country by reaching its northern border as political tensions rise with its upcoming election. The player navigates procedurally-generated journeys composed of various segments in different locations, traveling between them by walking, hitchhiking, or using vehicles including buses, cars, and taxis. In each, the player interacts with eight recurring non-playable characters and engages in minigames before resuming their journey. Each journey can end in success, arrest, or death, which in turn influences the narrative of subsequent runs. The game culminates on Petria's election day, in which the result is based on the player's actions throughout.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 182 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,388 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~299/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 519k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,925 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.96
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.96
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.35 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.94 · on sale 120 of 210 observed days · $16.61 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 2,224 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 991 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,176 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

455282026-08-06 22:00 — 107 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 98 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 122 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 126 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 122 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 160 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 131 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 197 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 117 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 342 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 315 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 138 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 350 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 455 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 110 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 157 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 241 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 81 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 110 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 166 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 85 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 95 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 146 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 76 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 182 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.85$2.992021-08-162026-08-302021-08-16 — best price $16.992021-11-17 — best price $13.372022-01-05 — best price $19.962022-02-23 — best price $15.962022-05-01 — best price $19.992022-06-27 — best price $19.962022-08-14 — best price $9.252022-10-31 — best price $9.982022-12-08 — best price $9.982023-02-14 — best price $8.982023-04-05 — best price $10.852023-06-07 — best price $11.182023-07-25 — best price $19.962023-09-14 — best price $6.982023-11-07 — best price $19.992024-01-10 — best price $19.962024-03-01 — best price $4.992024-04-25 — best price $10.582024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-09-04 — best price $4.992024-11-06 — best price $21.382024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-02-05 — best price $19.962025-03-21 — best price $4.992025-05-26 — best price $22.752025-07-16 — best price $4.992025-09-30 — best price $19.962025-12-04 — best price $16.152025-12-31 — best price $23.492026-01-21 — best price $23.472026-02-13 — best price $23.712026-03-09 — best price $4.992026-04-01 — best price $19.962026-04-21 — best price $15.872026-05-15 — best price $23.242026-06-09 — best price $23.132026-06-29 — best price $3.992026-07-21 — best price $22.822026-08-11 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $19.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

323802026-05-28 — 111 pageviews2026-05-31 — 144 pageviews2026-06-03 — 129 pageviews2026-06-06 — 121 pageviews2026-06-09 — 107 pageviews2026-06-12 — 82 pageviews2026-06-15 — 116 pageviews2026-06-18 — 98 pageviews2026-06-21 — 136 pageviews2026-06-24 — 105 pageviews2026-06-27 — 154 pageviews2026-06-30 — 155 pageviews2026-07-03 — 163 pageviews2026-07-06 — 107 pageviews2026-07-09 — 132 pageviews2026-07-12 — 135 pageviews2026-07-15 — 118 pageviews2026-07-18 — 132 pageviews2026-07-21 — 102 pageviews2026-07-24 — 112 pageviews2026-07-27 — 160 pageviews2026-07-30 — 154 pageviews2026-08-02 — 153 pageviews2026-08-05 — 137 pageviews2026-08-08 — 323 pageviews2026-08-11 — 240 pageviews2026-08-14 — 165 pageviews2026-08-17 — 144 pageviews2026-08-20 — 126 pageviews2026-08-23 — 115 pageviews2026-08-25 — 193 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

23702026-08-26 19:15 — 154 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 149 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 160 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 150 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 142 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 237 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 216 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 80 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "Road Pals"
39.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

1990'sColorfulAdventureEmotionalNarrationPoliticalDystopian Story RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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