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Backseat Drivers

CasualIndieRacingSimulation

Developer GhostJam Games, Deadcat Studios

A punishing 2-4 player driving test of your relationships. Gramma can't see and you can't drive. Together, you'll navigate the world's worst detour in an ancient car that handles even worse than it looks. From the Steam store page

260 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

73
Fresh

175 positive · 64 negative
95% range 67–78%

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Steam reviews175640
Bluesky *3017
Lemmy *001

* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).

Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
425 of 567 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What players are saying

73% recommend · 175 yes, 64 no

Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 239 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (952 of 1,230 positive).

Players find the game hilarious for yelling at friends. [1][2][3] Some report motion sickness and dizziness. [4][5][6] Several reviewers mention bugs and broken levels. [7][8][9]

Liked
Disliked
  • Causes motion sickness and dizziness. [4][5][6]
  • Buggy with broken levels and crashes. [7][8][9]
  • Wonky car physics and janky controls. [5]
Representative posts
  • [5]Steam user Steam user …8461Steam review · Jul 8, 2026 · Not recommended

    I grabbed this on a friend’s rec. None of my crew ever get 3D motion sick, n this game still made all of us dizzy as hell. Only one person can drive at a time, n the other three just sit in the back calling shots with barely any interactions, so participation feels super low. The car’s got wonky inertia too. U gotta mess with angles over n over forever just to squeeze into some spots. The whole build feels super …

  • [1]Steam user Steam user …3433Steam review · Oct 9, 2025 · Recommended

    Great Game to play with Friends and I love that it has Friend's Pass! Also great that you have extra Gamemodes like Racing against your friends in mind for the future. I would also like a Steam Workshop option so people can create own content which will definitely help with the games longevity

  • [12]Steam user Steam user …1792Steam review · Oct 11, 2025 · Recommended

    "Grandpa are you wearing a blind fold?" with these cataracts i might as well be.what is that a turn? IM CRANKING IT DID YOU KNOW IM THE KING OF CRANKIN IT? *violent car crash ensues* 10/10 game i think everyone should play it strengthens bonds if your funny enough

  • [16]Steam user Steam user …0312Steam review · Feb 11, 2026 · Recommended

    One person drives. Everyone else becomes a feral GPS with opinions, trauma, and zero accountability. “LEFT—NO YOUR OTHER LEFT.” “WHY ARE YOU TURNING, I SAID DON’T TURN.” “I SAID DON’T TURN AFTER YOU TURNED.” Congratulations. You’ve just experienced the core gameplay loop.

  • [4]Steam user Steam user …5012Steam review · Oct 14, 2025 · Recommended

    It's a good game, and really fun. But me and my girl could not last an hour and a half playing and ended up puking, because we were so dizzy. Just a warning that you will feel dizzy after playing, thus make sure to take a break. Trust me, I have played a lot of games and ride roller coasters, but this one will actually make you carsick...

Summarised from 34 of the 261 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made

RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account

73% of the 239 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Backseat Drivers. The complaint that keeps coming up: causes motion sickness and dizziness. Deal-breaker or nitpick?

Reactions

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  • Steam user Steam user …6634Steam reviews · Jan 13, 2026 · 4 h played

    typical unlicensed backseat driver telling me that I am driving wrong, smh.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3433Steam reviews · Oct 9, 2025

    Great Game to play with Friends and I love that it has Friend's Pass! Also great that you have extra Gamemodes like Racing against your friends in mind for the future. I would also like a Steam Workshop option so people can create own content which will definitely help with the games longevity

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  • Steam user Steam user …5594Steam reviews · Oct 11, 2025 · 4 h played

    I got so mad at the lava part I started driving without guidance, windshield wipers going, high beams on, and no break pedal I floor that ♥♥♥♥ and my friends started screaming I made it. 10/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …3732Steam reviews · Oct 11, 2025 · 1 h played

    i cant tell if its a good or bad thing that this game perfectly encapsulates what its like to be in a car with an inept driver

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  • Steam user Steam user …8461Steam reviews · Jul 8, 2026 · 1 h played

    I grabbed this on a friend’s rec. None of my crew ever get 3D motion sick, n this game still made all of us dizzy as hell. Only one person can drive at a time, n the other three just sit in the back calling shots with barely any interactions, so participation feels super low. The car’s got wonky inertia too. U gotta mess with angles over n over forever just to squeeze into some spots. The whole build feels super janky right now and is nowhere near actually playable.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4470Steam reviews · Oct 9, 2025 · 7 h played

    Note: This game will ruin your friendships.. Your relationship will be tested.. Your family will disown you.. Your job will suffer.. Prepare to get so angry you will cry.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9749Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025 · 1 h played

    The demo was a banger and the full release is a AN ABSOLUTE BANGER. The best stupid fun I've had with my only friend. Highly recommend the game

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  • Steam user Steam user …4698Steam reviews · Dec 20, 2025 · 6 h played

    This game is pretty fun but it is utterly broken. The skiing machine is functionally broken and hard locks you on the last level. To charge 10 bucks for a completely unfinished buggy mess is really shameful. Other very buggy issues like ragdolls, random things breaking each time you restart checkpoint for no reason are just a few of the reasons I do not recommend this game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3955Steam reviews · Oct 12, 2025 · 1 h played

    Hilarious game to scream at your friends with - and the friend pass is an awesome touch, nice job all!

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  • Steam user Steam user …1792Steam reviews · Oct 11, 2025 · 4 h played

    "Grandpa are you wearing a blind fold?" with these cataracts i might as well be.what is that a turn? IM CRANKING IT DID YOU KNOW IM THE KING OF CRANKIN IT? *violent car crash ensues* 10/10 game i think everyone should play it strengthens bonds if your funny enough

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  • Steam user Steam user …2338Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025 · 2 h played

    The number of times I scream "GRANDMA PLEASEEE" to my friend cause she's making this game a bit too real with her driving.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9249Steam reviews · Jan 6, 2026

    Had the free pass version and my friend paid for it. We couldn't get me into the game. The in game invite failed, accepting invites through Steam failed, join game, etc., etc. Maybe this game is enjoyable, but I can't recommend it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0274Steam reviews · Dec 21, 2025 · 5 h played

    I enjoy this game a lot, but the ski lift level is broken and I can't get past it. Please send out a patch, this games perfect otherwise for tormenting friends.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0312Steam reviews · Feb 11, 2026 · 2 h played

    One person drives. Everyone else becomes a feral GPS with opinions, trauma, and zero accountability. “LEFT—NO YOUR OTHER LEFT.” “WHY ARE YOU TURNING, I SAID DON’T TURN.” “I SAID DON’T TURN AFTER YOU TURNED.” Congratulations. You’ve just experienced the core gameplay loop.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4231Steam reviews · Nov 17, 2025 · 1 h played

    Worse than the demo - settings and menu's are buggy and horrible, inviting doesnt work properly and worst of all it crashes a lot and you lose your checkpoint progress in the level.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9156Steam reviews · Nov 25, 2025 · 2 h played

    ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0232Steam reviews · Oct 9, 2025 · 3 h played

    SUCH A FUN GAME. The world is funny, the driving feels good, and yelling at my friends feels even better. I love it! Easy yes if you like multiplayer games

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  • Steam user Steam user …2752Steam reviews · Oct 27, 2025 · 1 h played

    Too much inconvenience for the fun this game gives. I see how it could be fun for someone, but unfortunately this ain't it

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  • Steam user Steam user …1793Steam reviews · Nov 30, 2025 · 3 h played

    We played it, and there was laughter. Worth what I paid for it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6052Steam reviews · Oct 15, 2025 · 1 h played

    This game is incredible. I love being an old person and not being able to see over the wheel. The realism is on point. It's very fun to communicate and try to tell each other how to navigate, it gets chaotic, and I love to floor it for some reason. FLOOR IT! They also fixed many bugs like the window one. I love the random events. Even in IRL sometimes your window fogs. lol. 10/10.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4448Steam reviews · Oct 13, 2025 · 1 h played

    The game seems like a very fun concept, but the implementation just made everyone super carsick.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7631Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025 · 1 h played

    its kinda funny how the demo for the game works better than the actual game. absolutely horrid

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  • Steam user Steam user …6725Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025 · 2 h played

    Exactly what I would want from a game like this. Friend pass is a great addition and I see this game getting popular here soon.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2849Steam reviews · Aug 17, 2026 · 5 h played

    It was mildly fun, but the game wasn't made for more than two players, it starts to get boring and annoying very quickly.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7857Steam reviews · Jan 18, 2026 · 1 h played

    You'll have a few hard laughs for about 30 minutes and it starts to get pretty stale/boring. I do enjoy the friend's pass as always, but I was hoping the game would lock my friends and I in for at least a couple hours.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4333Steam reviews · Dec 28, 2025

    played with 3 friends for 20 minutes, didnt enjoy a minute of it, its got a funny concept but its just not actually fun at all, not challenging, nothing. its just a bad game with nothing to it

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  • Steam user Steam user …9569Steam reviews · Oct 30, 2025 · 9 h played

    This game has a great idea, however there are too many issues for it to be enjoyable. The further you get in the game, the more glitches and difficulties show up. Do not play this until more patches have been put through

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  • Steam user Steam user …5456Steam reviews · Oct 19, 2025 · 2 h played

    This game perfectly captures the chaos of having someone “help” you drive by yelling directions you already ignored. It’s half racing, half therapy session. You don’t win—you just survive the commentary.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5012Steam reviews · Oct 14, 2025 · 1 h played

    It's a good game, and really fun. But me and my girl could not last an hour and a half playing and ended up puking, because we were so dizzy. Just a warning that you will feel dizzy after playing, thus make sure to take a break. Trust me, I have played a lot of games and ride roller coasters, but this one will actually make you carsick...

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  • bunnienova | bunny mage vtuber 🐰💫🪄 @bunnienova.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    friend game day!! 💜 playing Backseat Drivers with Tobi today ✨ two drivers...maybe LOL, questionable directions, and absolutely no chance of everyone agreeing on where we're supposed to go this should be interesting… 🔴come ride along with us 🐰🪄💫

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  • Steam user Steam user …1435Steam reviews · Oct 25, 2025 · 4 h played

    The best kind of fever dream. If you want to yell at your friends for hours while laughing your assess off this game is worth it. It's great that you only need 1 copy for 2 players, very generous of the devs. Absolute blast of a game and I hope there's expansion DLC at some point! One thing to note is that sometimes the lobby host and players get desynced. There were a handful of times where we had to switch seats because only I could see the pedals/steering wheel on the floor. It only…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4092Steam reviews · Oct 18, 2025 · 1 h played

    This game falls under the genre of 'bad control' game. Its comedy derives from the bad controls and the awkward situations. So why the bad review? 1. The controls are too bad. If turning the steering wheel was a keybind, I would legitimately give this a thumbs up despite the other problems I have. Turning the wheel with your face is too tedious, and helps contribute to the 2nd biggest problem with this game: 2. MOTION SICKNESS Wow, 30 minutes of this game and I felt a tad woozy after.…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9007Steam reviews · Oct 13, 2025

    Concept is fun, but I got serious motion sickness playing it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5903Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025

    Sorry but the mouse controls are horrendous. I think it would be more fun if you'd be able to use A and D for left and right. No, my grandma does not control the steering wheel with one finger and by spinning her head like a madwoman. Bad controls and bad game design choices != fun difficult gameplay.

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  • Suddenly RV 🚐 @suddenlyrv.comBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    7 PM EST we will be giving away games to celebrate 400 followers while playing whatever game I feel like! Then at 9 PM EST we will be playing Backseat Drivers with @opepperoni.bsky.social ! Come hang out and win a game! :) #GiveAway #Vsky #ENVtuber #SuddenlyCollab

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  • Steam user Steam user …1861Steam reviews · Feb 21, 2026 · 4 h played

    rest in peace my granny she got hit by a bazooka

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  • Steam user Steam user …5350Steam reviews · Jan 31, 2026 · 10 h played

    Once all the game breaking bugs are fixed this game will be amazing. Waited quite awhile to have the ski lift fixed, went on to the haunted house and encountered another bug with the cassette tape, kind of discouraging. Game is fun when it works though, although some sections made no sense to us and had to be brute forced by trying over and over.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4124Steam reviews · Jan 12, 2026 · 2 h played

    Driving in my truck right after a beer Hey, that bump is shaped like a deer DUI? How about you die? I'll go a hundred miles An hour! Little do you know, I filled up on gas Imma get your fountain-making ass Pulverize this ♥♥♥♥ ​With my Bergentrück It seems you're out of luck! TRUCK! Beer is on the seat Blood is on the grass Won't admit defeat With cops right up my ass You may have a fleet But still I'm driving fast I'll never be passed I just saved the world From the darkest founts Killed a…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1897Steam reviews · Nov 7, 2025 · 1 h played

    up to 4 player coop but more than two players isn’t much fun 1 talks while the other drives and the rest just waits for their turn fun idea overall but it gets boring very quickly I like the friends pass but its still not worth 10€

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  • Steam user Steam user …3306Steam reviews · Oct 14, 2025 · 2 h played

    This game is actually pretty fun. Fun in the getting repeatedly kicked in the nuts kind of way.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9901Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025 · 1 h played

    its a lot of fun playing with friends. my friend doesnt know how to drive so it was difficult directing him but it was a lot of fun and was funny watching him mess up. i 100 percent recomend if you have friends. only one person has to buy it and all your friends play with you! great work devs!

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  • Steam user Steam user …9136Steam reviews · Apr 25, 2026 · 2 h played

    There's a run of coop games based around communication, most of them to solve puzzles. This one's based around solving some basic driving. Just... drive out of this parking lot! Easy! Ha! No it isn't. You, if you're the driver, are too short to meaningfully see out the front window. So you're relying on somebody in the back seat to call out directions for you. Except the car is cursed. It doesn't exactly drive with precision. But you'll be called upon to do some really precise…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6539Steam reviews · Dec 24, 2025 · 3 h played

    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing but terrible at the same time you gonna love it if you cannot cordinate with your friends

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  • Steam user Steam user …5361Steam reviews · Dec 11, 2025 · 7 h played

    This game is really fun if you have fun friends to play with. I was nervous about it when we first began because it seemed a little difficult but we got the hang out of it after awhile. Sometimes you have to lock in to make progress but we spent the majority of the time goofing around. There's lots of little details in the game that are surprising and silly. I could see this game being ragequitty if you're trying to take it too seriously. Will play more when more content is added.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4358Steam reviews · Oct 23, 2025 · 1 h played

    Terrible game, can't wait to play it again later and crash into a wall accidentally

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  • Steam user Steam user …8848Steam reviews · Oct 12, 2025 · 2 h played

    Nothing more satisfying than just stepping on it and dodging all the danger, but just after that you're stuck Austin Power style for 10 minutes trying to back out of a corner. Meanwhile your friend's rag-dolling in the back with a tape in the mouth while i'm looking for the mother effing steering wheel on on-coming traffic. Honestly it's road rage just like real driving. 11/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …4054Steam reviews · Oct 11, 2025

    First level was fun with friends, then all of a sudden it became an unplayable mess of empty lobbies, crashes and disconnection issues.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0911Steam reviews · Oct 10, 2025 · 1 h played

    Great game to play with friends and awesome for the devs to include a friends pass!

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  • Steam user Steam user …3762Steam reviews · Dec 27, 2025 · 2 h played

    dont play with people who think as fast as the granny in the game walks other than that the game is top tier

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  • Steam user Steam user …4034Steam reviews · Nov 28, 2025 · 2 h played

    Fun game to play with friends. Goal is to ram your car into everything along the path. Highly Recommended. 10/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …9276Steam reviews · Nov 18, 2025 · 2 h played

    greatest game I've ever played, showed me just how reliable I am at crashing into everything around me. 10/10 absolutely recommend.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9952Steam reviews · Oct 13, 2025 · 3 h played

    Honestly a rather painful game, though the fun kinda painful. A rather chaotic mess of miscommunication and jokes, while still being fun throughout the process

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  • Just Some Grey Bunny @greybunny.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Backseat Drivers. $9. Went to look it up and it's actually a year old, but I've seen a few LPers play it recently.. possibly in response to this game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6451Steam reviews · Mar 9, 2026 · 4 h played

    I've seen a few negative reviews on this game and after finishing most of it except the Christmas bonus level I have to say I don't understand it. Me and my mate had a lot of fun getting through this game and we can't recommend it more if you enjoy playing goofy co-op games with a friend. Now yes there are some slight desync issues with the game but I found this only got in the way once when we had to tape get stuck in the passengers mouth with no way to remove it. Besides that minor problem…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8953Steam reviews · Jan 15, 2026

    I didn't play the actual game so I'm not gonna blame the quality of the game itself, but i do wish that it mentioned the friend pass has a 1 person limit higher than at the bottom of the description. I and my friends don't have much money to throw around and i was disappointed when I noticed it in the lobby, from what I've seen of the game it looks fun but be mindful if you're playing with more than one person.

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  • Gamer Shame @gamershame.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2025

    Backseat Drivers: A comedy, co-op driving game where one player is a grandma, too short to see over the steering wheel, and another is her taller grandchild who must yell directions from the back of the car. Looks fun as hell. #IndieGame store.steampowered.com/app/3558400/...

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  • Steam user Steam user …1714Steam reviews · Aug 8, 2026 · 3 h played

    played a few rounds when the game came out and it was great. played it again today got forced into a skin that wouldn't show the tapes in the characters mouth so the back seat person couldn't grab anything which made the game unplayable. 5/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …7544Steam reviews · Jun 2, 2026 · 2 h played

    Haven't laughed this hard in YEARS, I love this game!

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  • Steam user Steam user …0956Steam reviews · Mar 5, 2026 · 1 h played

    Gameplay- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Nothing special ☐ Okay ☐ Bad Graphics- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Will do ☐ Bad ☐ Awful Audio ☐ Amazing ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad Audience ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☐ Adults ☑ Everyone Story- ☐ Lovely ☐ Good ☐ Average ☑ Not great ☐ None Difficult- ☐ Just press a bunch of buttons ☐ Easy ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Not so easy ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls Grind- ☑…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4952Steam reviews · Feb 24, 2026 · 1 h played

    It is funny for the first several minutes but after that doesn't offer anything new as you progress.

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