Pacific Drive

Pacific Drive is an upcoming survival game developed by Ironwood Studios and published by Kepler Interactive. The game is set in the Pacific Northwest, which the player traverses on-foot or in a station wagon as they attempt to find a way to escape. The game uses a first-person perspective; the player must attempt to avoid metal monsters which latch onto their car. The vehicle can be repaired and customized at the player's garage. Development of Pacific Drive began in 2019 after the founding of Ironwood Studios. Creative director Alexander Dracott conceived the idea while driving through the Olympic Peninsula. He considered creating the game independently but soon realized he would need a team, which he began building during the COVID-19 pandemic. The game was announced in September 2022, and is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5 and Windows in early 2024. Gameplay Pacific Drive is a survival game played from a first-person perspective. The game is set in the Olympic Exclusion Zone in the Pacific Northwest, which the player traverses on-foot or in a station wagon. The player can customize their vehicle in their garage, which acts as their base of operations. Vehicle diagnostics are carried out using a headset; the car will occasionally develop quirks to be repaired, such as the horn sounding when the wheel is turned. Some repairs can be performed while traversing the world, such as swapping flat tires and mending with a blowtorch, though complex repairs are handled in the garage. The garage's Inventing Station harvests resources and creates machines, including some that discover new routes, add fuel to the car, and destabilize a zone. A buzzsaw can be used to harvest scrap metal from other wrecked vehicles. Weather elements alter the vehicle's handling.