# This Driving Survival Roguelike is one of the Great Video Game Mash-ups

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/this-driving-survival-roguelike-is-one-of-the-great-video-game-mash-ups/
- Published: 2026-08-29T13:01:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-29T13:17:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/pacific-drive-what-to-play-xbox-game-pass-playstation-plus/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Pacific Drive combines survival, driving and roguelike gameplay.
- Your customisable station wagon is central to survival.
- High-stakes runs can lose loot and progress.

## Summary

Pacific Drive is presented as an unusual blend of driving, survival, roguelike and science-fiction horror elements, now available through Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus. Set in an alternate 1990s Pacific Northwest, it asks players to explore a dangerous irradiated exclusion zone in a station wagon that becomes central to both the gameplay and the game’s personality.

Players undertake semi-randomised expeditions to gather materials, uncover mysteries and upgrade their vehicle, while managing hazards such as toxic waste, lightning and hostile scrap. Failed or abandoned runs cost collected loot and can leave the car badly damaged; escaping requires triggering a gateway and racing through a collapsing landscape, with no opportunity to save during an expedition.

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