The Road Keeps

Four friends, one car, one night drive home in 1979. The car dies on an old forest road, and by morning three of them are gone. Only Juno, the dog, is still there.

After a short guided prologue it is open survival in a new random world every game: gather, craft, hunt, build a camp, and keep a light burning. At night the dark is not empty. Your light keeps the things out there away, but they drain it, and they hate whoever makes it.

There is no quest list. What happened to your friends and how to get off the road you piece together from what you find: drag marks, a lost phone, an old lineman's journal. Three bosses guard the parts you need to drive away.

Features

• A hand-painted 2.5D world in the style of a 1970s ranger's field guide
• Open survival in a random world: gathering, crafting, hunting, base building, four seasons
• Night rules: your light keeps you safe, but it is a resource, and the dark only hides you for a while
• Juno, your shepherd dog, who tracks, warns and fights beside you
• Big game, caves and three bosses that need real gear
• Solo, private co-op for up to four, or a public server
• English, Hungarian, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Polish

If you like Don't Starve, The Long Dark or Darkwood, this might be for you.

Alpha

The Road Keeps is an alpha, and I make it alone. I would love to hear where you got stuck, what felt unfair and what you liked. Use the "Send feedback" button in the pause menu, or join the Discord: https://discord.gg/FZ4x2NxHh4

During the alpha the game sends anonymous gameplay and performance data so I can see where people get stuck. You can turn it off in Settings.

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11, a dedicated GPU or a recent integrated one (Iris Xe, Radeon 680M or newer), 8 GB RAM, about 3 GB disk space. On weaker computers set Settings > Graphics to Medium or Low.