RPGFit check
Is Desert Child worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Racing fans who want story progression tied to earning fare for a major event
- Action players who want combat alongside hoverbike races and city jobs
- Players who enjoy upgrading a vehicle and exploring pixel-art settings
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a racing game focused solely on track competition may find the job and city activities interrupt the race-to-race flow.
- Those seeking a realistic motorsport simulation may not want pixel-art settings, combat, and fictional hoverbikes.
- Players looking for online multiplayer may not find a suitable mode; the described multiplayer is local.
Our take on Desert Child
Rather than moving directly from race to race, the game ties its racing goal to earning money through jobs, then spending time on bike repairs, upgrades, meals, and city exploration between competitions.
What is Desert Child?
Play as a young hoverbike racer trying to earn enough money to travel from Earth to Mars and enter the Grand Prix.
Make cash by racing, delivering pizzas, collecting gun parts, and taking bounty jobs. Between races, explore cities, repair and upgrade the bike, eat local food for buffs, and fight gangsters and bounty hunters. Bike customization includes guns and amplifiers. The game combines racing and combat with jobs and city exploration, while a pixel-art solar system provides the setting. Local multiplayer lets friends race or play together. Earth’s worsening conditions and a planned rise in ticket prices provide a deadline for the trip to Mars.
How Desert Child plays
- 01Odd-job earnings
- Pizza deliveries, bounty work, and races provide ways to earn money for the trip.
- 02Bike customization
- The hoverbike can be upgraded with weapons and amplifiers.
- 03Food buffs
- Meals from different parts of the solar system grant gameplay buffs.
- 04Local multiplayer
- Friends can join through local multiplayer.
- 05Replayable races
- Secrets accompany the racing and combat mechanics.
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Desert Child: platforms & release
Is Desert Child worth it?
It is worth it if: racing fans who want story progression tied to earning fare for a major event. Skip it if: players looking for a racing game focused solely on track competition may find the job and city activities interrupt the race-to-race flow.
Where can I download Desert Child?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Desert Child's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Desert Child on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
