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Deadcat Studios, GhostJam Games · Published by GhostJam Games · Official site ↗
Mostly Positive — 77% positive (1,221 reviews) · 63 achievements
Last updated 7 Oct 2026
A punishing 2-4 player driving test of your relationships. Gramma can't see and you can't drive. Together, you'll navigate the world's worst detour in an ancient car that handles even worse than it looks.
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Indie, Simulation, Casual, Racing · 2025 · More £5 - £15 games
Navigate treacherous detours in Backseat Drivers, where teamwork and skill face off against an ancient car's poor handling. Join Gramma and three others for a punishing driving test that pushes friendships to the limit.
About this game
You’re two hapless road-users in the world’s least roadworthy car, and you have a long, long drive ahead of you. The driver can’t see where they’re going. The passenger can see, but can’t drive, and desperately shouts directions from the back seat. All while the car falls to pieces and the world does everything it can to ruin your day.
Have a nice trip!
Gramma take the wheel! As the driver, you have to contend with the car working as hard as it can against you and listen to your passenger if you’ll have any chance of reaching your destination.
Ohhhh boy. Only the passenger can see where the car’s going, so you’re both at gramma’s mercy. Clear communication is key to keep the car from crashing!
Smash, shunt, and crash your way through one big detour of a journey taking you up mountains, down subway tunnels, onto insane highways and through secret government facilities.
Left! Left! No, RIGHT! Stop stop STOP!! The couple that jives together drives together. If the passenger gives good directions (and the driver can follow them) you’re guaranteed a smooth and blissful cruise. But when something goes wrong — which it will — it’s both of your faults.
The car may be an ancient piece of junk, but they don’t make ‘em like they used to. Every component is swappable with something else. No brake pedal? No problem. Just snap a cassette tape where the pedal used to be. Good as new!
Friend Pass - Bring Along a Friend FREE!
Anyone who owns a copy of Backseat Drivers can play with one person who doesn't! If one of you owns the game, both of you can play together.
Note: Friend Pass is limited to 1 free player per 1 paid player. For a 3 or 4-player co-op session, a minimum of 2 paid copies of the game are required.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-core CPU or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible with at least 2GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Six-core CPU or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 12 compatible with at least 4GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
HOTFIX 6
We've fixed the issue with Level 8's ski lift, whose arms were spinning wildly out of control. You can once again grab the clamps and drag 'em back onto the car, so you're not guaranteed to fall to your doom.Read full article on Community Announcements (GhostJam Games)Patch NotesOfficial
HOTFIX 5
Holiday Heist Hotfix Happy Holidays and a quick hotfix for the Holiday Heist level from us, with: An out of bounds path, previously available on the immediate left and right on entering the Port of Pebkac, have been blocked off. You forgot your hardhat, so...The stevedore working in the warehouse doesn't warp around no more Driving out of the metropolitan elite restaurant tower to the action movie down-the-side-of-the-building path no longer makes the car flip out and go nuts Doors on the smash-thru container shouldn't get stuck Added collision to props and environment that was missing it Removed collision from props and environment that didn't need it Made it harder to fall off the sides of the down-the-tower path Told the bartender to chill out. Rather than fidgeting around on the spot he's now reading his phonePick you up for the next one.Read full article on Community Announcements (GhostJam Games)Patch NotesOfficial
PLAYABLE DOG!! NEW LEVEL RELEASED! HOLIDAY HEIST UPDATE
Hello hello and happy holidays and new years to everyone everywhere! Before the team here has a chance to wind down and take a well-earned break, everyone's been working very hard on today's update, which, alongside various bugfixes, increases the length of the game by about 10%! Featuring a new level, new cosmetics, new car paint jobs, new driver and passenger skins and more, here's everything you're getting when you unwrap The Holiday Heist.A DOG'S NOT JUST FOR THE HOLIDAYS ...One of today's major additions is an adorable (if slightly addle-brained) doggie as a playable passenger, with art by Jason, fully functional with custom animations courtesy of Max/Deadcat, voice acting by Joey's dog Queenie and additional sounds by Garrett ... and without progression or rating-gating involved. That's right! This little fella roams free, and is available to play for everyone who's purchased a copy of Backseat Drivers.Said pooch comes in a variety of breeds:He's playful:He's mischevious:He's cute:And most importantly, he's yours (if you can stay out of a jail cell):... IT'S ALSO FOR ROBBING BANKSThe second major piece of content released today is a new level, The Holiday Heist, in which the occupants of the Harlow Patchwork, back in the city of Pebkac and en route to holiday shopping, take a detour which has them stumble into a tense police standoff situation, then commit some larceny maybe, and make a get-very-far-away. All totally by accident, your honor, I swear. This level also isn't gated and is available to play for everyone no matter how far through the game you've got, as a thank you to all players for accompanying on this long and winding journey. Thank you all for riding with us. You're hilarious and we love you and we've loved having you with us. A road trip without good company is no company at all. You are the ones who have made all the work worthwhile.OTHER NEW STUFFFor some reason, even though the so-called heist was totally by accident, Gramma and Grampa also ...Read full article on Community Announcements (GhostJam Games)AnnouncementsOfficial
Nominate us for "Better With Friends" Steam Award!
Because there's not an "Only With Friends" or a "Turn Your Friends Against You" category!We've put the whole year into making Backseat Drivers a frustratingly fun struggle in which you laugh til you cry/cry til you laugh, and muddling through its weird world with your friends is the most important element in making it feel like a fun and rewarding experience. It's also the only way to experience it at all, but that is beside the snuggly, cute, marshmallowy, heartfelt point I am trying to make.Seriously. Your time spent playing, and all your many clips of the ensuing chaos, have made it all worth it to us already, but if you enjoyed the game at all, your nominations and your reviews would be the cherry on top!!The Halloween content update and the Arcade update that just went live weren't the last, either. More content is incoming, so stay parked right there 'til we're done!!NOMINATE BACKSEAT DRIVERS FROM NOW TIL DEC 1st @ 10AM PACIFICRead full article on Community Announcements (GhostJam Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Accessibility Update: Arcade Mode w/ WASD steering + simple controller scheme!
Hey! A fairly quick patch today, but a significant one: we've updated the game with ARCADE MODE, which supports WASD steering (for those using mouse + keyboard), and a similarly straightforward layout for controllers. This is to further alleviate the motion sickness symptoms felt by some players who struggle with the mouselook-driven steering wheel controls — or, for whatever reason you want. It's your game, after all. We just made it.A couple of other fixes snuck through along with this, so here's everything:Arcade Mode, whereby direct, remappable inputs (e.g. WASD) control steering wheel direction, as opposed to the click-and-drag-and-spin-your-head default or the click-and-drag-and-spin-your-hand Center Interact.Steam Cloud Saves are now supported, so you can keep your unlocks and progression wherever you might be*The particle collider tunnel in level 6 that you have to rocket through to get to the portal was occasionally really hard to rocket through, so we've smoothed it out and made it a bit more forgiving. Because we forgive you.Some improvements to the menu flow when using a controllerMade the extra thicc accessibility / mode menu text lose some of its chonkinessMore steps to get that gorgeous green Steam Deck Verified checkmark More network optimizationsWe are still cooking more substantial updates with new content and other surprises, so stay tuned, because we'll be picking you up for the next one.Known Issues:We're having an issue with the ski-lift on level 8 with a controller, you can use your mouse as a workaround right now. We're planning to have a fix for this soon.* Valve does provide information on disabling steam cloud. You can follow the instructions on this page if needed.Read full article on Community Announcements (GhostJam Games)
