RoadCraft is a lot like Death Stranding, only conceived by Hideo Kojima’s British cousin Ian, who works for the council. Â
The premise is this: you work for a company that specialises in restoring areas affected by natural disasters, removing rubble and clearing safe pathways before rebuilding entire road networks.
You take control of heavy machinery to achieve your goals, using diggers to excavate dilapidated sites, bulldozers to clear debris and rollers to flatten freshly laid asphalt. It’s intensive stuff, judging from Saber Interactive’s recently released trailer, and nary a traffic light in sight.
The Snowrunner developer has moved on quickly from Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game to deliver an experience filled with familiar activities to fans of ‘runner games. There are lots of muddy sections to drive 4×4 vehicles through, winches to set and pleasingly convincing mud physics to admire.
Resources can be collected and recycled into components to help you in your mission, which can take you to the desert, through mountain ranges and onto flood-affected coastlines, with online cooperative gaming promised for up to four players.
RoadCraft is set to release sometime in 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. And there won’t be any BTs around to ruin all your handiwork. We’ll look forward to receiving more details on this intriguing sim soon.
Do you like the look of RoadCraft? Let us know in the comments below.
