Deadly Days: Roadtrip

Deadly Days: Roadtrip is an action roguelite in which a bus full of survivors drives through a zombie apocalypse. At each stop you fight ever-larger hordes in a 2.5D pixel world, collect weapons and fuel, and decide when it is time to move on. The loot is just as important as the fights: in the limited backpack, items must be arranged so that their effects boost each other.

Deadly Days: Roadtrip launched on PC in Early Access on Sep 22, 2025. The full version was released on Oct 29, 2026. Owners of the early PC version received version 1.0 as a free update. Saves already created can still be used.

The finished version has been released for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. On PC there is the Steam version, plus a Windows version through Xbox Play Anywhere. An Xbox purchase can be used on Xbox Series X|S and compatible Windows PCs. There is a separate version for PlayStation 5. Deadly Days without the Roadtrip subtitle is a different game.

In each stage, you fend off waves of zombies and search for useful equipment. Attacks and movement must work together as the number of enemies rises. The bus connects the sections: you search for fuel, decide whether to retreat and move on to the next stop. Because routes and enemy encounters vary, different runs emerge.

The Supporter Pack is sold separately from the base game. A soundtrack with music from Deadly Days: Roadtrip is also offered separately. Both should be distinguished from the full main game. Local co-op, the zombie campaign and the 1.0 content belong to the actual game.

For Windows, Steam lists at least an Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 8 GB RAM, a dedicated graphics card on the level of a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or Radeon RX 570, and 2 GB of free storage. Windows 10 or later in a 64-bit version is required.

The backpack is the most important tactical tool. Each weapon and object occupies squares in a grid. Some effects act on neighboring items or on specifically marked equipment. By rearranging, upgrading and combining items, very different attack and defense strategies emerge. A stronger item only helps if it also fits in your limited storage space.

Each trip consists of several stops that you choose yourself. The maps are assembled procedurally and can offer special enemies, traders or extra experience points. While you search for gas for the bus, you have to find the right moment to set off. Looting more promises equipment but increases the risk of being overwhelmed by the hordes.

Weapons range from melee tools to firearms and flamethrowers. With workbenches and combinations, equipment can be upgraded or combined into new items. Effects such as more attack power, faster looting, healing or chain reactions affect the whole build. The full version includes more than 110 weapons and items.

Rescued characters join your group and open up new ways to play. They bring their own traits and special equipment options. One example is the vampire, who starts without a starting weapon and gains more bats with each level up. They attack enemies up close and can regain health.

Deadly Days: Roadtrip can be played alone or locally with two players. On PC, Steam Remote Play Together also allows a game over the internet without both people needing to own the game. In co-op, each player gets their own backpack. Certain equipment effects can work together across both inventories.

Regular zombies, elite enemies and final bosses require different equipment strategies. In later stages, the characters come under greater pressure. The bosses include Laz, a former IT freelancer who has built a hostile robot army from cleaning robots. The fight against him is one of the core features of the full version.

Between trips, you return to the base camp. There you unlock upgrades, manage supplies and prepare further trips. A coffee stand provides temporary benefits for movement and loot searching. Long-term unlocks and new survivors ensure that even a failed run can change the next attempt.

The fast-food chain MKing is at the center of the story behind the outbreak. After several trips, you can prepare a major mission against the corporate headquarters. To do so, you collect bomb parts and break into the complex. The story gives the repeatable trips a fixed goal that goes beyond simply surviving one more night.

In endless mode, you can build up equipment combinations over a longer period while enemies become more and more dangerous. There are also weekly challenges with preset characters and modifiers, plus leaderboards. These game modes offer additional goals alongside the regular journey and the finale.

The full version adds the vampire as a survivor, the boss Laz, more areas such as a ski resort and a golf course, and new weapons and items. The package also includes an expanded base camp, a reworked tutorial and new achievements. The 1.0 version brings together the content from the Early Access period and is not a separately available sequel.

The PC version has German menu text and subtitles. Steam lists 16 supported interface languages in total, as well as controller support. Spoken dialogue is not listed in the language overview as fully voiced.