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You are a hungry, young hoverbike racer who needs to get off Earth before it E-X-P-L-O-D-E-S. Hunt bounties, throw races, and do whatever you can to get to Mars and win the Grand Prix.
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Review score: 75% on 2026-11-01 → 75% today (80 reviews)
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Hey Racers, Happy Halloween month! We hope you've been enjoying the new updates to the game (see 1.1.0 Patch Notes). New Olympia is feeling festive this month only, so you should come see before it disappears like a ghost at the end of the month! Bug Fixes The…
Hey Racers, long time! Have you been cravin' a race or a little ramen? Big Changes Added Gun Shop - You can now purchase new guns at any point while in New Olympia 3 New Podcast Episodes added to the Record Shop Halloween Update - Starting on October 1st, this…
Hey Racers, a few more bugs were found and fixed after the 1.0.2 patch! Thanks to user jabberwok for discovering a few of these. Patch Notes: Balanced Bounty Hunting job for shotgun Fixed issue in tutorial when starting a new game after recently completing spe…
Hi Racers! Happy 2019! We have been gathering feedback since Desert Child has launched and we have a patch with new features and a few fixes. Patch Notes: Increased difficulty for New Game + Added 1 second delay between shots for Shotgun Created controller con…
Hey Akuparians! Guess what, it’s our birthday!, Akupara Games is turning 8 years old and to celebrate, we have put Desert Child on sale for 78% off! Be sure to grab those deals, check out our lovely event page, and check out the sales! Maybe the game you’ve be…
Hey, Racers! Spooky month is here which means it is time to decorate, dress up, and eat some candy! We take the celebration of Halloween a million miles away from Earth and incorporate it into Desert Child! Load up Desert Child in October to see the spooky dec…
Hey, Racers! Just because we're not on Earth anymore doesn't mean we don't celebrate All Hallow's Eve! Everyone enjoys a good pumpkin, even if it's gotta be grown in red sand under a sun 150 million miles away. Load up Desert Child and take a look at the spook…
Check out Buddy & Chris go head to head on Remote Play! Grab the game right now at 60% off here! https://youtu.be/h_g2ikGNTjM In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to find a way off Earth to get to Mars to compete in the Grand …
Game subscription services are everywhere these days but Humble Bundle have been doing this for a while. Their former service Humble Monthly is being replaced with the fresh-faced Humble Choice which comes with the ability to choose the games you get, but a hi…
Hey Racers! We hope you've been enjoying those quality of life updates. We're very happy to announce that trading cards are now available! You can unlock exclusive emoticons and backgrounds by completing sets. If you haven't had the chance to revisit New Olymp…
Since 1984 s Elite, and in sci-fi before it, space has promised careers of freedom. Work for yourself, work only when you want to, make your own adventures. For better and for ill, space is sci-fi s wild west, a lawless frontier to explore and find independenc…
We're excited to announce that Desert Child has been nominated for the NAVGTR Awards in the categories of: • Game, Original Racing • Song Collection • Song, Original or Adapted (Mega Ran and Bag of Tricks Cat - Love is Here) We're so proud of this and hopefull…
Hello! We're currently experiencing an issue where users with high refresh monitors will run some races insanely fast, 2-4 times the intended speed. This results in the racer crossing the finish line very quickly, and ends with a glitchy graphics, upside down …
Desert Child feels like being an ordinary Joe making ends meet (legally or otherwise) in the offbeat sci-fi world of Cowboy Bebop. In fact, it’s launch trailer doubles down on that, riffing directly off the classic anime’s opening. Part arcade shoo…
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32663218/97fcbd60f072b791581addfff579518cee52f902.png Rev your hoverbikes! The highly anticipated hoverbike racing shooter, Desert Child, by Australian indie developer Oscar Brittain and publis…
We are excited to announce the launch date of the hoverbike racing adventure, Desert Child, coming on December 11, 2018 for $11.99. https://youtu.be/nyFZAD4Ek2o In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to find a way off Earth to g…
We had been keeping this a secret for a while and E3 was our debut party! Some of you may have already seen it at E3, but if you missed it, here’s more information about all the love that went into creating a custom arcade cabinet for Desert Child. https://ste…
More than anything else, solo dev Oscar Brittain’s upcoming sci-fi shooty-racer Desert Child reminds me of Cinemaware’s ancient DOS and Amiga games. It’s one thing to present a racing career as a series of circuits with nothing of note in-bet…
Works great on Steam Deck. Results from Valve's own testing.
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