- This run has come to an end... But! - 11 September 2026
The playtest is closing and we want to thank all of the playtesters for their feedback, suggestions and the funny content they created. We're still going to leave it open for people who haven't played it yet this weekend, so if you want to try it out and give your thoughts on Arctic Drive, this is the time: https://discord.com/invite/arcticdrive After the weekend, we'll be closing the playtest down so we can get the downtime to fix the bugs, implement new stuff and polish what we have. But... You'll be back on the road before you know it, we are returning for Steam Next Fest in October with a demo that will have QoL improvements, updated POIs (points of interests) and new car decorations! In the meantime don't forget to wishlist the game so you get notified when the demo goes up:
- New patch v0.13.19 is live! - 11 September 2026
New patch v0.13.19 is live!🤝Thank you so much for your feedback and support!🛻 FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS since 0.13.16🛻 ✅ Added visual improvements and effects when character peeing✅ The shack POI (point of interest) will not block the trailer camper anymore✅ Fixed players that would stay naked even if they equipped new clothing✅ Improved airplane visuals✅ Added in-game notification when player's computer has not enough RAM available to run the game properly✅ Improved general translations✅ Numerous fixes in POIs and items✅ Added an indication in the crafting menu to warn player they don't have enough resources to craft an item✅ Improved objectives UI animations✅ Fixed barn doors rotation when attached on cars✅ Crafting: information has been added when you don't have enough resources to craft✅ Fixed barn doors on cars✅ Reduced the quality of the clothes in starting POI✅ Fixed various issues…
- New patch v0.13.16 is live! - 10 September 2026
New patch v0.13.16 is live!🤝Thank you so much for your feedback and support!🛻 FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS 🛻 ✅ Crafting: information has been added when you don't have enough resources to craft✅ Fixed barn doors on cars✅ Reduce the quality of the clothes in starting POI✅ Fixed various issues in POIs✅ Improved physics when driving with a camper trailer✅ Compass: Now hide players' icons when they are closed
- New patch v0.13.14 is live! - 9 September 2026
New patch v0.13.14 is live!🤝Thank you so much for your feedback and support!🛻 FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS 🛻 ✅ Improved controls when throwing and placing items in the cargo of the car (inside and trunk)✅ Greatly improved the graveyard POI, with a chance to spawn a a stash of loot ;)✅ Increased the spawning of Blueprints✅ Fixed Visual glitch in watch tower✅ Fixed camper trailer collisions to avoid players getting stuck between benches and shelves✅ Fixed issue with the shopping cart stuck in the Warden at the supermarket✅ Added controls UI when suing "emergency repair" mechanic✅ Fixed players cannot cook in trailer when vehicle is moving✅ Added the recipe of Revival Kit (level 1) as known by default✅ Fixed Pants going through the lockers✅ Fixed objective not updating if player picks up the repair kit before the objective pops up✅ Fixed invisible trash bags✅ Fixed wrong temperature of the worl…
- New patch v0.13.13 is live! - 6 September 2026
New patch v0.13.13 is live!🤝Thank you so much for your feedback and support!🛻 FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS 🛻 ✅ Improved Warden engine bay's colliders✅ Improved objectives wording✅ Fixed candle light effect when driving✅ Small optimizations
- New patch v0.13.12 is live! - 5 September 2026
New patch v0.13.12 is live!🤝Thank you so much for your feedback and support!🛻 FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS 🛻 ✅ Fixed the objectives that could stay stuck when player had to find a place to craft the flare gun✅ Balanced food poisoning to make it less lethal✅ Numerous fixes and improvements made on items, locations, cars, and players✅ Balancing in car parts that consume electricity✅ Added new trailer wheels level 2 and 3, with better stats, as random loots✅ Slightly reduced height of Warden so the engine bay is easier to manage✅ Fixed flat-bed trailer flipping too easily when pushed✅ Fixed all steering wheels positions, size, and hand placements✅ Added water in the car radiators that spawn in the demo✅ Removed the cargo box from Warden's truck and placed it on the side instead
- 7 updates in 3 days?! What was added? - 3 September 2026
🛻 Patch Summary — V0.13.3 → V0.13.8A series of patches focused on stability, procedural generation, vehicles, POIs, networking, and early game progression, with several quality of life improvements.✨ Major additions🗺️ Maximum travel distance increased to 25 km, up from 15 km.🔭 Right click zoom added while driving or riding as a passenger.🎥 Third person camera controls added.🍳 New early game objective: get a trailer → build a cooking bench → cook food.🏕️ Cooking bench and big box recipes are now available by default in campers.🧎 Crouch toggle setting added.📦 Transport box added to the back of the pickup truck.🎵 Music and voice lines now trigger at key moments in the scenario.🚗 New vehicle clusters.📏 Imperial units toggle added.📯 Pickup truck now has a horn. Meep meep!🚙 Vehicles & drivingImproved driving and handling for Reno and Buck Warden.💪 Buck Warden is now 4WD.Improved…
- Playtest is now open! 🛻 - 31 August 2026
We are excited to finally open up our first public playtest with a brand new scenario mode and many other never-seen-before updates. The playtest is part of the Steam PvE Survival & Crafting Fest, and it comes with a new trailer! The scenario mode builds on the true and tested sandbox experience loved by tens of thousands of playtesters and many content creators like Biffmatic and Camodo Gaming. It includes a more guided way to the game to introduce you to the newest additions and existing mechanics. Build your car, scrap parts and find out what happened to Brian who went to get some more gas to survive.You can play the scenario solo or in co-op with up to 4 players online. The playtest gives gamers 3 additional invites to send out to their friends, or they can join the open playtest via the Steam Page here: Patch Notes: 🎮 NEW SCENARIO: GET YOUR CAR BACK 🎮✅ Brian went away with your c…
- Update: Camper Crafting! - 19 August 2026
🛻 TRAILERS MAJOR UPDATE: MOBILE BASE🛻 ✅ You can now build in trailers: crafting and cooking benches, and transport boxes ✅ Now trailers are equipped with heaters and electricity ✅ Trailers now consume a bit of fuel when attached ✅ Crafting from the bench in the trailer will consume fuel 🚚 NEW TRANSPORT ITEMS 🚚 ✅ We've heard your requests! Keep your beloved items safe in the new boxes and shelves of all sizes! Loot the boxes or craft them, and attach them to your car and trailer. ⛈️ ❄️ BLIZZARDS GET PHYSICAL ⛈️ ❄️ ✅ Blizzards will now be more threatening than ever! Hide your belongings and protect yourself, as the winds will move objects with high force 🎮 GENERAL 🎮 ✅ The usual dozens of fixes and improvements on cars, items and POIs (and hopefully no regression) ✅ Controller Support: additional improvements and fixes 🎮 FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS 🎮 ✅ Improved how storms spawn ✅ Balanced…
- What we did in July! - 6 August 2026
New patch v0.11.12 is live! 🤝Thank you so much for your feedback and support! *This patch was added previous week 🚗 NEW STARTING CAR 🚗 ✅ Start your adventure with a beat-up Facia Reno 12-4S and its 4-cylinder engine from 1978. 🚗 NEW OBJECTIVES 🚗 🔍 We added a few (totally optional) objectives in the top-right corner of the screen to guide new players and help them understand the game's expectations. 🎮 NEW DIFFICULTY BIOMES 🎮 ✅ Biomes like the dense forest now have variations in difficulty that depend on your km driven. 🗞️ NEW BALANCING OF BLUEPRINTS, FUEL, AND ITEMS 🔍 ✅ We improved our behind-the-scene tools to balance the amount of spawn for all of the objects of the game now. But we might be giving too much/too little at some point in your journey. Please keep us updated, as we want resources to be scarce, and the game should be quite challenging. 🎮 GENERAL ✅ Added: Aussie f…
- New patch v0.11.7 is live for playtesters! - 24 July 2026
The world outside the windshield has stopped being one thing. This update brings biomes to Arctic Drive: new vegetation, rocks and tree stumps, and roads that narrow or widen depending on where you've ended up. POI distribution has been reworked so you hit a better mix of small stops and big finds. Drive far enough and the landscape stops agreeing with you.🤝Thank you so much for your feedback and support!🎮 NEW WORLD FEATURE: BIOMES & ROAD WIDTH 🎮✅ The world will now change with sometimes radically different landscape. We will introduce new biomes as we go.✅ New vegetation, tree stumps, rocks have been added to the environment✅ The default road width has been changed to be more realistic✅ Roads width will now dynamically change depending on the biome you drive in🎮 POIs DISTRIBUTION IMPROVED 🎮✅ You should now encounter a better mix of small and big POIs🗞️ NEW ITEMS & BLUEPRINTS 🔍✅…
- Devlog #3 - The Snow in Arctic Drive - 16 July 2026
Snow is most of what you look at in Arctic Drive, so it deserved our attention, now that we prepare for the next beta phases. We replaced the whole thing with our own system. We call it PurrSnow , and it's running behind the scenes for testing now.What changedThe snow is a real surface now, and everything interacts with it:Wheels carve actual trenches. Boots leave footprints. Dropped items land in their own craters.The same wheel prints a tire track when it's on the truck, and a flat circle when it's lying in a ditch. The snow reads the real shape of things.Tracks can fill back in while it's snowing (not implemented, but possible)Drifts blow onto the roads. You can drive through them.Nights got a proper moonlit sheen across the snow.Why build it ourselvesThe old snow was a closed box. This one is ours giving us more control. The game can ask how deep the snow is at any spot. That opens…
- Update 0.9.4 drops for playtesting! - 11 July 2026
This update introduces the Research Station and Blueprints, a crafting revamp, new vehicle, and a whole lot more! Let us know what you think and tag us when you've got something fun to show us! Thank you so much for your feedback and support so far, and we hope you will like this update!🎮 NEW FEATURES 🎮 🔍 Brand-new Research Station! Crafting has been completely revamped with a new progression system. 🗞️ Bring a Blueprint to the Research Station to permanently unlock the recipe of an item. When this run ends, this item recipe will be saved.🧠 Learn how to craft items across six categories: • Vehicles • Decorations • Food • Meds • Clothing • Tools🚗 NEW VEHICLE 🚗✅ Meet the N100-2S! A compact 2-seater version of the N100-4S, perfect for smaller expeditions and efficient road trips.❄️ GENERAL ❄️✅ Completely new snow system! We recreated the snow from scratch to make it look better whil…
- Roadmap - 2 July 2026
We're excited to share the roadmap of Arctic Drive! Take a look at what's coming into the game soon:So we're right now preparing the things for the Open Beta milestone. Better crafting, blueprints, AIRDROPS! But c'mon, even wildlife!Ignition — Closed Beta (live now)Claim and rebuild a garage full of vehicles, keep them running with the new crafting system, and never lose a run thanks to saving and loading. Cook to survive the long haul and coordinate over proximity voicechat.Roadtrip — Open BetaNew crafting benches and blueprint research turn scavenging into real engineering, and your trailer becomes a mobile base you drag across the wasteland. Add full controller support and the first Offroad Event, Airdrops.First Drive — DemoThe demo everyone can try: handcrafted scenarios, cargo equipment that makes hauling a puzzle, and a tutorial so nobody freezes on night one. Localization opens t…
- The beta is ending, here's what has been added into the game! - 18 June 2026
Arctic Drive Major Development UpdateOver the last few weeks, we have been running a massive closed beta with thousands of players.We've released a series of major updates focused on immersion, survival mechanics, exploration, multiplayer, crafting, and overall gameplay improvements.Thank you to everyone who has been sharing feedback, bug reports, suggestions, and reviews. Many of the features below were directly influenced by community requests on Steam forums and our Discord.💾 SAVE & LOAD SYSTEMOne of the most requested features is finally here!✅ Save and load your progress in both solo and multiplayer✅ Leaving to the main menu automatically saves your game✅ Continue your journey later exactly where you left off✅ Multiplayer saves are stored by the host✅ Solo players can now pause the game using the Escape key🔨 COMPLETE CRAFTING OVERHAULCrafting has been redesigned to feel more hand…
- Bonus Stage to Publish Arctic Drive! - 2 April 2026
Bonus Stage announces publishing partnership with Arctic Drive developers to release the game globally!The game is created and developed by two indie developers: Clément Marthe from Canada and Martin Skovrup from Denmark, who have a track record of shipped games and a large open-source networking framework connecting them. The developers share a mutual interest in seeing a co-op survival game where every mile on and off the road feels earned. Go wishlist the game now if you haven't yet, and sign up for playtesting!
- New gameplay trailer of Arctic Drive - 20 February 2026
Hey Arctic Drivers,We have a brand new gameplay trailer to show you!Please watch it and tell us if you liked it, and if you like to see other videos of Brian and his old pal ;)
- Devlog #2 - Building a pickup truck piece by piece - 15 January 2026
Hey folks,I’m excited to share at what we’ve been building with Arctic Drive.You’ll get a peek at:Interacting with the world and objectsBuild a pickup truckIf you’re curious and want to support the project please wishlist Arctic Drive on Steam.Thanks for being here and enjoy the first ride!
- Devlog #1 - Cars physics - 10 December 2025
Hey folks,I’m excited to share the very first glimpse at what we’ve been building with Arctic Drive. In this devlog you’ll see how it all started: from a simple floating box, to a fully drivable truck rolling in snow.You’ll get a peek at:Early suspension + wheel physicsBasic character controlsA first multiplayer test: two players, one vehicle, driving togetherThis is only the beginning, but I think it already gives a good feel for what we’re aiming for. If you’re curious and want to support the project please wishlist Arctic Drive on Steam.Thanks for being here and enjoy the first ride!
- New game Arctic Drive challenges you to survive in the frozen wilderness! - 25 September 2025
Our New Game: Arctic Drive – A 1-4 player survival road trip game is coming soon!Hey everyone! We’re excited to finally share what we’ve been working on next: Arctic Drive is a survival road trip game in a procedurally generated frozen wasteland. Drive and upgrade your off-road vehicle alone or with up to 3 friends, scavenge for fuel, food, and parts, and survive hunger, thirst, and sub-zero temperatures.It's a game that may test your friendship in harsh conditions :) Wishlist Arctic Drive Features: 1–4 player co-op: Coordinate roles, share supplies, revive teammates, and keep the convoy rolling. Immersive simulation: Cars and objects have simulated physics. If you can pick it up, you can cram it in the car or trailer. Drift through blinding snow, then step out to explore and haul loot.Procedurally generated world: Fresh routes, point of interests, and challenges every run. Vehicle cust…
