Pacific Drive

Pacific Drive is a first-person survival adventure. At its center is a station wagon, with which you explore a cut-off region in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Supernatural phenomena, weather and scarce supplies turn every trip into a test of survival.

The single-player game was developed by Ironwood Studios and published by Kepler Interactive.

Pacific Drive was released in February 2024 for PC and PlayStation 5. Steam lists Feb 21 for the PC version, while the international release took place on Feb 22. The native Xbox Series version was released on Oct 23, 2025, together with Whispers in the Woods.

Pacific Drive is available for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. On PlayStation 5, it supports the DualSense controller. On PC, Steam achievements and cloud saves are available.

The adventure is designed as a single-player game. A cooperative multiplayer mode is not part of the game.

Before each trip, you set a route, stow equipment and prepare the wagon. Along the way, raw materials are collected, unknown facilities are explored and hazards are avoided. If you return safely to the garage, you can invest the loot in better equipment and repairs.

The risk rises with every turnoff. A detour can bring valuable materials, but also more damage and resource use.

Whispers in the Woods was released on Oct 23, 2025. The major story expansion leads into an eerie forest with new characters, anomalies and artifacts. These objects change the environment and can make a trip both more rewarding and more dangerous.

Other packs such as We Have Liftoff, Friendly Dumpster, Anomalous and Frosted mainly expand design options for the car.

The PC version requires at least Windows 10, an Intel Core i5-8600, 16 GB RAM and a GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB. Steam recommends a Core i5-10600K and a GeForce RTX 2080 or RTX 3070. Storage requirements are 18 GB.

The station wagon needs fuel, intact tires and a working body. Damage can be patched up on the road. In the workshop, individual parts are replaced, protection is improved and new devices are built.

This is how the car grows from a fragile everyday wagon into a vehicle that can withstand harsher conditions in the zone.

In the Olympic Exclusion Zone, many phenomena do not behave like ordinary obstacles. Anomalies change the environment, interfere with trips or force detours. Radiation and zone storms make lingering dangerous. If you notice a storm too late, you have to reach a safe exit under time pressure.

The story follows the mystery of a region that has been sealed off for decades. Abandoned facilities and traces of the research organization ARDA hint at the origins of the anomalies. Radio transmissions accompany you through ever-new areas and link survival to an ongoing story.

The Endless Expeditions mode, added in April 2025, offers trips with changing routes, special conditions and rising difficulty. After several sections, players must weigh whether to turn back with their loot or keep going.

The update also made it possible to pause longer trips.

Pacific Drive balances calm preparation with dangerous driving. Exploration, repairs and resource management are closely linked. On PlayStation 5, the vibration and adaptive triggers of the DualSense controller provide extra feedback while driving.

The voice acting is in English. German on-screen text and subtitles are available. On Steam, the game supports 14 languages in total.