RESISTOR

About this game

In the year 2060 the world’s governments have long since destroyed one another and in their place stand self-contained city states presided over by a league of powerful corporations. Within the walls of these dense urban metropolises, citizens enjoy a life of comfort and excess, far removed from the harsh realities of the scattered communities that scrape a living in the endless desert wastes of the outside world.

To remain “competitive but friendly”, the corporations take turns hosting an annual racing tournament for the masses setting the finest teams, and bravest challengers, against one another in a series of exhilarating, high-speed death races. The ultimate prize? A one-way ticket to permanent citizenship, and a better life, inside the cities.

For Aster, this year’s event, sponsored by Dekker Industries, represents an opportunity to secure the vital healthcare needed to save their ailing mother. But is life beneath the glossy veneer of Ethan Dekker’s corporate utopia truly as idyllic as it seems?

A battle for the podium soon becomes a war to smash the system! Gather your teammates, fire up your plasma-engines, and above all, RESIST.

• Hit the road and traverse sun-scorched desert wastes in your vehicle or disembark to explore dusty outposts and urban sprawls.

• Compete with your teammates in high-stakes contests featuring explosive vehicular combat and gravity-defying stunts.

• Accept missions from a huge cast of characters to boost your reputation, unlock additional story arcs, and multiple endings.

• Go head-to-head with your biggest rivals in winner-takes-all showdowns to unlock new car abilities.

• Capitalise on your growing reputation to improve your base and develop areas of the map under your influence to reach new locations.

• Recruit teammates and manage relationships within your fledgling crew. Develop affinity and unlock bonuses to aid you in your races.

• Collect outfits, vehicle parts, music themes, and more! Visit your garage to customise almost every aspect of your driver and ride.

Latest news

• Community & Events·29 Jan 2024Official

  RESISTOR joins The Storyteller's Festival 2024

  Hello my friends, Today we’re happy to announce that RESISTOR has been selected to feature in The Storyteller’s Festival 2024, a special Steam event highlighting the very best in narrative focused games organised by the kind folks at Two and a Half Studios. You can check out the full line up of featured games HERE {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44232333/33e7fbbc297446866f4bc514a6cda34ba9f82f3d.png To celebrate we thought we’d share some more details on how we’ll be approaching storytelling in our CARPG. The Great Divide - Types of exploration When you're not earning high scores on the track, you'll have plenty of opportunity to explore the world of RESISTOR in your custom ride, discovering numerous settlements and interacting with the communities that inhabit them to propel the story forwards. Essentially your experience will be split between turbocharged racing in the open-world and more thoughtful on-foot exploration in these more contained areas. One such settlement is ‘The Rig’ a disused oil platform that acts as the focal point for the first area of the map, The Northern Wastes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44232333/cd641dce5b5783c1145499995a33868d88b097a3.jpg The central narrative in RESISTOR is built around multiple branching storylines that will intersect and change depending on how Aster interacts with the various characters and citizens encountered in the settlements. You’ll be able to recruit drivers and staff to your team, learn more about the history of the world, and undertake side missions to boost your growing reputation. Telling The Story - Types of interactions NPC interactions are presented through cinematic mini-scenes that are fully voiced for an extra level of immersion. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44232333/69b4d123711e2f10abdc5caa60479d4c0d567ce1.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44232333/0e3ced0453fe8487b3b03ab460952dc39920dd90.png Often, these interactions will involve helping the locals and communities of the wastes. For example, the kids hanging out in the playground on ‘The Rig’ ...
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• Announcements·12 Dec 2023Official

  New Special Presentation Trailer featuring Gianni Matragrano

  Hey everyone! Last week, we were lucky enough to take part in the Day of the Devs: The Game Award Edition Digital Showcase with a new Special Presentation trailer featuring the vocal talents of the one and only Gianni Matragrano! Check out the feature on IGN below: We'd also like to thank everyone who came down to play our RESISTOR demo at the onsite event in Downtown LA, we had a blast hanging out with you all. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44232333/b232156f0770fae1ad894f6af841dbb3a3145813.png We're going to take some time now to focus on development for the next few months, but will be sure to share more updates as soon as we can in the new year. Thanks for the support as always, Long Way Home & PQube
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• Press Coverage·6 Dec 2023

  This Steam racing RPG is a perfect blend of Mad Max and Borderlands

  Resistor sure looks great. The upcoming driving open-world RPG game has been shown off at Day of the Devs, giving us our best look at what's in store. If you're a fan of the Mad Max game, a little bit of Borderlands' corporate overtones, and some honest-to-goodness death racing, you need to check this out. Read the rest of the story...
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• Announcements·17 Nov 2023Official

  Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition Official Selection!

  Hey everyone! We’ve got some exciting news to share with you all: RESISTOR has been selected to take part in the Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition 2023! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44232333/62a26356521f32b7b015a1eda401963023676e3f.png We’ll be revealing a new video as part of the digital showcase on the 6th of December which will give an overview of the game’s core features alongside some exciting new reveals. Just two days later, on the 8th of December, you can find us at the onsite event in Downtown LA where we’ll have a brand-new RESISTOR demo available for you to play! If you're in the area you can get your free ticket to the onsite event HERE Hopefully catch you there! Long Way Home & PQube
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• Press Coverage·10 Nov 2023

  Watch Resistor's colourful blend of RPG dialogue and vehicular melee combat

  Resistor is a narrative RPG about competing in death races. That's exciting enough to me in concept, but there's a trailer below that finally shows what each of those halves look like. It includes: finely animated dialogue options, and frenetic races in which you can swing the back-end of your car to smash rival racers off the road. Read more
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