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A child’s handheld game bleeds into a tense car ride, where you gather supplies and fend off a monster from the backseat.
Released 14 May 2025
Send Supplies to Reality
Flash Approaching Monsters
Defend Every Window
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Developed by Curious Fox Sox · Published by Curious Fox Sox
You play as a child in the backseat of a car while your parents argue during a long drive. Their handheld game offers an escape, but its threats begin to spill into the car around them.
Switch between playing the handheld game and watching the car’s windows. Gather supplies through the game’s minigame, listen for clues to where the monster is approaching, then turn and flash a camera to drive it back. Items collected in the game can be used to defend the car with tools such as traps and barricades.
The short main campaign tells the story through its levels and scenes. Hard Mode continues the story with faster threats, remixed levels, and one-life rules; Challenge Mode offers eight presets or custom settings with adjustable characters, enemies, and environment.
In the supplied reviews, players often enjoy the game’s split between handheld play and defending the car, describing its quick reactions and competing tasks as tense and satisfying. The story, retro-styled presentation, and sound design also receive frequent praise, while hard and challenge modes appeal to players seeking more difficulty. Some reviewers find the experience short or repetitive, and others cite demanding audio cues, awkward inputs, or frustration with repeating sections in harder modes.
You are in the backseat of your parent's car during a long drive. As your parents begin fighting, your hand-held game is your only source of entertainment. But the game begins to mirror real life... Collect items on your hand-held game to send them to your world, and use them to defend against the monstrosity that's trying to make its way in.
The Deadseat includes a terrifying, short Main Campaign, and a Hard Mode which continues the story at a horrifying level of difficulty.
Your drive home from grandma's is interrupted by an unexpected detour. Play a hand-held game in the backseat as your parent's drive.
Your hand-held game is beginning to mirror reality... Supplies you collect in the game will be sent to the backseat.
A deadly monstrosity wants to join you in the backseat. Juggle your supplies and defend all sides. In this car, there’s only onwards to drive, and nowhere to run.
The story tackles themes of escapism and a difficult childhood. Your parents can't get along, and you can’t ignore it, no matter how deep you immerse yourself in your game. If only you could get away from it all and escape to somewhere better... And seemingly, the voice in your game says you can.
Continue the Story in a far more challenging difficulty. One life, faster monster, remixed levels, No mercy.
Battle through 8 unique presets (or go fully custom) as you battle many different challenges, from the game's easiest difficulty to it's hardest possible settings. Customize your character, your enemy, and your environment, and see if you can unlock all the hidden lore...
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 11 |
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| Controller required | No |
