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Deadly Days: Roadtrip Leaves Early Access With Full Steam And Console Release

Sidekick Publishing released Deadly Days: Roadtrip, developed by Pixelsplit, on October 30 for PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The roguelite bullet-hell game combines grid-based inventory management with automatic zombie combat.

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Why it matters

The console launch and the bulk of new content arrive after an early access run that drew a peak of about 7,500 concurrent Steam players and a Very Positive review status, so the full release is the point where the game's audience can move beyond PC early access.

Deadly Days: Roadtrip Leaves Early Access With Full Steam And Console Release

Key Facts

  • Sidekick Publishing released Deadly Days: Roadtrip on October 30 for PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
  • Pixelsplit developed Deadly Days: Roadtrip, a roguelite bullet-hell game with grid-based inventory management.
  • The full release adds the Vampire playable character, new weapons, maps, bosses, a revamped tutorial, and over 30 achievements.
  • Deadly Days: Roadtrip began Steam early access in September 2025 and peaked at about 7,500 concurrent players on SteamDB.
  • The game has about 3,000 Steam reviews, of which 87 percent are positive.

The full release adds a Vampire character, new weapons, maps, and bosses, a revamped tutorial, over 30 achievements, and a base camp coffee stand. All versions support Japanese text.

The full release also ends the early access period that began in September 2025 on Steam. During that run the game drew a peak concurrent player count of about 7,500 on SteamDB and earned a Very Positive user review status, with about 88 percent of roughly 700 reviews positive at the time. It now sits at about 3,000 reviews with 87 percent positive.

The new Vampire character starts without a weapon and fights by controlling a swarm of bats that grows with each level-up. The base camp coffee stand grants increased movement speed and longer daytime hours in the next run. Two-player co-op is local only, and items are managed individually by each player.

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