Pacific Drive

Pacific Drive

Steam Deck Playable

Ironwood Studios · Driving · Feb 22, 2024

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $9.89.

83%
Very Positive
27k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 150 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 102 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 27k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I think that there can be a bit of very interesting story behind the zone and what happened here, but a lot of things are just walls of text and I don't want to read that.
150 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
+Enjoyable gameplay loop(except the dlc)
102 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Game has really amazing world, with mysterious and chilling climate and genius soundtrack.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The lacking visuals of this game are boosted by what appear to be many attempts at setting a mood.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Controller support is great, but a lot of the analogue control inputs (IE starting the cars engine, releasing handbrake) require manual selection; there are no hotkeys, so it makes it slow and clunky unfortunately.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters150 reviews
Gameplay102 reviews
Audio45 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty37 reviews
86%
Optimization25 reviews
44%
Performance18 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Interface18 reviews
33%
Bugs15 reviews
47%
Crashes14 reviews
50%
Combat9 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.89.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
49
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.