Action · August 16, 2021

Road 96 🛣️ (2021)

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Summer 1996, Today is the day! You hit the road. Adventure. Freedom. Escape. Run. Flee the Regime. Try to survive. On this risky road trip to the border, you’ll meet incredible characters, and discover their intertwined stories and secrets in an ever-evolving adventure. But every mile opens up a choice to make. Your decisions will change your adventure, change the people you meet, maybe even change the world. There are thousands of roads across the authoritarian nation of Petria. Which one will you take? Road 96 is a crazy, beautiful road-trip. The discovery of exciting places, and unusual people on your own personal journey to freedom. An ever-evolving story-driven adventure inspired by Tarantino, The Coen Brothers, and Bong Joon-ho. Made by the award-winning creators of Valiant Hearts and Memories Retold. Announced as part of the OMEN Presents initiative from HP Inc. Moments of action, exploration, contemplative melancholy, human encounters and wacky situations. Set against a backdrop of authoritarian rule and oppression. A stunning visual style, a soundtrack filled with 90s hits, and a thousand routes through the game combine so each player can create their own unique stories on Road 96.

Action releases from 2021

198 Action titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume21.4k Steam reviewsTop 23% in Action
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 28%
Metacritic79/100Genre average 77 — top 47% of Action titles
Concurrent peak144 playersTop 30% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 70% for session depth among Action

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • First-Person · 899
  • Colorful · 876
  • 1990's · 870
  • Adventure · 808
  • Choices Matter · 793
  • Story Rich · 768
  • Atmospheric · 684
  • Multiple Endings · 671
  • Narration · 644
  • Choose Your Own Adventure · 632
  • Dystopian · 625
  • Exploration · 592
  • Singleplayer · 583
  • Emotional · 580
  • Political · 566

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 21.4k reviews

19.7k positive · 1.7k negative

Metacritic

79/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.1/10

Curator recommendations

19.8k

Peak concurrent players

144

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Polish volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Polish

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • HDR available
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“one of the best indie video games of the whole year” 90 – IGN “Often funny, hard-hitting, and tense, Road 96 is a wonderful game” 9 – God is a Geek “Interactive storytelling at its finest” 100 – NME

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

12

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 16, 2021
DeveloperDigixart
PublisherTHQ Nordic
Base price$4.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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