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Roadside Research

Cybernetic Walrus · Oro Interactive · 2026-02-12

Steam

ActionCasualMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 12, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 12, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

Roadside Research is an Action, Casual, Massively Multiplayer and RPG game released in 2026, priced at $12.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 4483 reviews).

86%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
17
Nexus mods (11k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

Trailer

Roadside Research trailer thumbnail

Roadside Research - Official Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 338 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 96k–215k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,787 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.04 at GameBillet (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 32 of 53 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65765720262026Week of 2026-02-12: 657 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 412 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 255 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$7.732026-02-122026-08-152026-02-12 — best price $11.692026-03-05 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $10.392026-03-31 — best price $9.742026-04-09 — best price $10.392026-04-14 — best price $10.442026-04-16 — best price $10.372026-04-23 — best price $12.992026-04-27 — best price $8.262026-04-29 — best price $8.452026-05-12 — best price $9.742026-05-20 — best price $12.992026-05-28 — best price $12.622026-06-11 — best price $9.742026-06-15 — best price $10.782026-06-19 — best price $8.052026-06-24 — best price $7.762026-06-26 — best price $12.992026-07-03 — best price $10.442026-07-14 — best price $12.992026-07-23 — best price $7.732026-07-30 — best price $8.832026-08-01 — best price $12.622026-08-05 — best price $12.992026-08-07 — best price $8.832026-08-13 — best price $8.832026-08-15 — best price $12.62
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Russian…

Where its players are

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

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