Desert Child

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About the Game You’re broke, you’re hungry, and your only friends are a vintage hoverbike and a bowl of ramen noodles. In Desert Child, you are a young and talented hoverbike racer who needs to figure out how you can scrape enough cash together through racing and odd jobs to punch your one-way ticket to the Red Planet to enter the biggest race in the universe, the Grand Prix.

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Developer:
Oscar Brittain
Publisher:
Akupara Games
Engine:
GameMaker: Studio
Release date:
11 December 2018
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (79)

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About the Game



You’re broke, you’re hungry, and your only friends are a vintage hoverbike and a bowl of ramen noodles.

In Desert Child, you are a young and talented hoverbike racer who needs to figure out how you can scrape enough cash together through racing and odd jobs to punch your one-way ticket to the Red Planet to enter the biggest race in the universe, the Grand Prix.



The world as we know it is slowly starting to become unhabitable, as many people on Earth have moved to Mars for a better quality of life, thanks to a government subsidy that assisted in relocating citizens by providing affordable passage. After several years of running this program, the government announces that in two weeks, tickets to Mars would go up in price, making the exodus to the Red Planet unobtainable for regular citizens.

You’ll deliver pizzas, collect gun parts, hunt bounties, and make some fans along the way. In between races, you’ll explore colorful cities where you can repair and upgrade your bike, dine on the local cuisine, and fight your way through gangsters, bounty hunters, and all sorts of interesting characters, just so that you can have a decent meal and keep your bike running.

Nothing’s free in Desert Child.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS:
Windows 10
Processor:
3rd Gen i3/AMD FX-4100 Series
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce 7 Series/Radeon R7 Series
Storage:
150 MB available space

recommended*

OS:
Windows 10
Processor:
5th Gen i5/1st Gen Ryzen (or better)
Graphics:
GeForce 7 Series/Radeon R7 Series (or better)
Storage:
150 MB available space

User reviews

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Recommended | 19 Jun 2025
2.6h played

Pixelated arcade racing game with interesting aesthetics and retro like atmosphere. Game have side view perspective. Controls are ok for the most part. You boost and fire your weapons to get those coins and to fill up

Helpful: 13
Maya
Not recommended | 19 Mar 2025
3.9h played

Nope. Slow, boring, main gameplay is lost in a very bad decision to make the game a slog. Is there meant to be a story-based game? It's too boring and slow. Is this meant to be an action racing-shooter? Very little

Helpful: 5
Child of God
Recommended | 11 Jul 2024
3.6h played

The only problem with this game is that there isn't enough of it. I would absolutely play 20+ hours of a game just like this. I was a little bummed to find the ending so quickly. The mechanics are just plain fun.

Helpful: 2
LeGendAry SHAdow
Recommended | 18 Dec 2024
7.8h played

Fun Game, the jokes and artstyle was very good. The only downsides is weird racing winning line, not that important. You have some variety of races to prevent repetitiveness. The game will only feel repetitive if you're

Helpful: 0
Itohiro
Not recommended | 10 Nov 2025
7.3h played

This feels more like an art project than a game. While its art is consistently well made, it has way too many game design flaws, leaving players wondering what they are supposed to be doing. First of all, you are

Helpful: 4
Tuv
Recommended | 19 May 2026
7.0h played

Game is good. Achievements are a little grindy but not impossible. The greatest part of this game is its vibes. The pixel art animation is amazing. The actual gameplay is a little slow but overall good.

Helpful: 0