Developer posts and news about this game.
We've fixed the issue with Level 8's ski lift , whose arms were spinning wildly out of control. You can once again grab the clamps and drag 'em back onto the car, so you're not guaranteed to fall to your doom.
Holiday Heist Hotfix Happy Holidays and a quick hotfix for the Holiday Heist level from us, with: An out of bounds path, previously available on the immediate left and right on entering the Port of Pebkac, have been blocked off. You forgot your hardhat, so... The stevedore workin
Hello hello and happy holidays and new years to everyone everywhere! Before the team here has a chance to wind down and take a well-earned break, everyone's been working very hard on today's update, which, alongside various bugfixes, increases the length of the game by about 10 %
Because there's not an "Only With Friends" or a "Turn Your Friends Against You" category! We've put the whole year into making Backseat Drivers a frustratingly fun struggle in which you laugh til you cry/cry til you laugh, and muddling through its weird world with your friends is
Hey! A fairly quick patch today, but a significant one: we've updated the game with ARCADE MODE , which supports WASD steering (for those using mouse + keyboard), and a similarly straightforward layout for controllers. This is to further alleviate the motion sickness symptoms fel
Sorry for the delay on this patch — it's a few days later than we wanted — we've been super busy working on more content!!!!! coming soon. Now get in loser, we killed the scariest bugs in the car! Fixed the skin system bug in which swapping from driver to passenger in gameplay di
Come, confused little road users, you want not the overpriced carnival family haunted house ride this All Hallows Eve! 'Tis much more frightening (and cheaper tbh) to take a short drive to us, instead, where terror and dark secrets await, barely cloistered within ... GRAMMA'S HOU
Another round of windshield wipes for another round of sneaky little bugs that got all smooshed and dried on there. As follows: Fixed VSync. Vs now properly synced. Ys can now be inverted! Added a new "Inverted Y axis" option in the settings since it'd been highly requested, poss
Here's the notes for the next incoming hotfix. Please keep your reports coming!! Speculative fix for a GPU crash that's been reported 🤞 Less of the weird wheelies when the car respawns in level 05 (it's already hellish enough) Tweaks to the Niles Pirelli statue puzzle in 2 to dr
Swingin’ by with an incoming hotfix for immediate bugs (please keep ‘em coming): Tuned the deafening flood sound in the level 3 poo room Minor FOV issue fixed in menus Tuned music volume in one of the level 5 areas Removed some lingering debug bits on the fuse from level 5 Tape-i
After a long and winding road with many bumps, twists, turns and crashes … BACKSEAT DRIVERS HAS ARRIVED !!! We’re beyond excited and proud to share with you an (almost! Read on… 👀) fully realized 1.0 version of the game , featuring: The full journey through a campaign of 8 level
First off: we just want to say a massive thank you. Here goes… THAAAAAANK YOOOOOOUUUUU . Since the launch of our demo: Over 235,000 players have added Backseat Drivers to their Steam wishlist It's been downloaded more than 1.7 million times 1.4 million unique players have tried t
We’re thrilled to announce that GhostJam Games has officially entered a development partnership with Foulball Hangover to help drive Backseat Drivers across the finish line. Foulball Hangover, known for their unique and beloved indie titles ( Hydroneer & Die Trying ), shares
The winter tires are off, the AC is on max … and Gramma and Timmy are still trapped inside the car. They did find time to join the community Discord , though, so you should probably do that too. AND they found the time to give the car a summer tune-up! So here’s the notes for tod
We're floored that so many people are continuing to enjoy our demo. We had a peak of 3,472 concurrent players over the weekend, which is sooo many more than we ever expected. We want to give our sincerest thanks again for playing, and for sharing your stories, videos, and feedbac
Hello to all drivers, front seat and back! First, we wanted to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone playing the Backseat Drivers demo. We've been AMAZED by the response so far. Over 30,000 demo players and tons of wishlists is way more attention than we expected on our little
WHAT IS IT? Backseat Drivers is a 2-player co-op carnage game about two hapless people trying to get from A to B… … But there’s a few complications: The driver is small and elderly and can’t see over the wheel. The passenger is a little boy desperately giving directions from the