Steam’s Start Your Engine Festival is built for players who love the journey just as much as the destination. Whether it’s hauling cargo through frozen wastelands, surviving brutal weather conditions, managing a massive transport operation, or speeding across dangerous terrain, this event puts mechanical vehicles at the center of the experience.
To celebrate the event, we picked a mix of upcoming releases and discounted games that deserve your attention. Some focus on realistic driving and logistics, others lean into exploration, survival, or stylish arcade action, but all of them understand one thing: vehicles are more than transportation, they are the heart of the experience.
Frostrail
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: Early Access in Q4 2026
Frostrail is a ruthless open-world survival FPS (solo or co-op) set in a frozen, corrupted post-cataclysmic wasteland. Players explore, scavenge, craft, and fight eldritch horrors and revenants while operating and upgrading a steam-powered train that serves as a mobile fortress and lifeline along the tracks.
Silent Road
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: 2026
Silent Road is a first-person psychological horror game where you play as a night-shift taxi driver in a remote, haunted forested region of Japan known for high suicide rates and supernatural phenomena. You pick up increasingly strange passengers, fulfill their unsettling requests, navigate eerie roads, and uncover dark mysteries as the night grows more terrifying.
Frostliner
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: 2026
Frostliner is a survival city-builder on rails set in a post-apocalyptic frozen wasteland (inspired by Snowpiercer and Frostpunk). You command a massive nomadic train city, gathering survivors, scavenging resources, managing carriages/facilities, researching tech, and keeping the engine running while racing ahead of the endless frost.
Arctic Drive
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: 2026
Arctic Drive is a first-person co-op driving survival game set in a procedurally generated frozen Arctic wasteland. You drive, upgrade, and maintain customizable off-road rigs (with trailers/RVs), scavenge for fuel, food, parts, and supplies, explore on foot, and survive harsh elements like blizzards, hunger, thirst, and sub-zero temperatures.
Truck World: Australia
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: 2026
Truck World: Australia is a next-generation truck simulator where you drive massive multi-trailer Road Trains across Australia’s vast open world, from coastal highways to rugged outback dirt tracks. Key features include realistic physics, manual cargo loading/securing (step out of the cab), dynamic weather/day-night cycle, and immersive trucking with road events.
Crescent County
Platforms: PC (Steam), Xbox Series X/S
Release: 2026
Crescent County is a single-player, open-world delivery life-sim set on a vibrant witch-tech (solarpunk) island. You play as Lu, a messy young adult who moves there for a fresh start, zooming around on a customizable motorbroom for daytime courier jobs. Additionally, you’ll be able to street race with friends/crushes at night, flirt and date, and also uncover island stories.
Petal Runner
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: 2026
Petal Runner is a cozy, coming-of-age slice-of-life open-world RPG with retro Game Boy Color-style pixel art and solarpunk vibes. You play as Cali and their foxy sidekick Kira, training as motorcycle couriers in the coastal city of Sapphire Valley. Deliver digital pets, explore, meet quirky characters and friends, play minigames, build relationships, and uncover a story about life, loss, and growth.
Over the hill
Platforms: PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2
Release: 2026
Over the Hill is a serene off-road exploration and adventure game (solo or co-op with up to 3 friends) from the creators of Art of Rally. Set in the golden age of off-roading, you drive iconic 1960s–1980s vehicles through vast, beautiful wilderness areas inspired by real-world locations.
Denshattack!
Platforms: PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 (day-one on Xbox Game Pass)
Release: June 17th, 2026
Denshattack! is a fast-paced, trick-based 3D platformer/action-adventure where you ride, flip, grind, and drift a customizable gravity-defying train through colorful levels in a Japanese dystopia. You battle rival gangs, take down a shady megacorp (Miraidō), rack up style points with skate-like tricks, and tackle 50+ levels — blending Tony Hawk-style skating, extreme sports, and shonen anime vibes.
Truckful
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: June 17th, 2026
Truckful is a single-player pickup truck delivery adventure game with cozy vibes that turn into horror. You drive through peaceful countryside valleys, complete errands and quests for villagers, manage cargo loading (with physics-based handling, weight distribution, and fragile items), upgrade your truck, and gradually uncover an ancient mystery lurking in the old forest.
Nomad Drive
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: Early Access in Q2 2026
Nomad Drive is a driving survival game where you repair, upgrade, and customize a rundown RV, then hit the road solo or in 1–3 player co-op. Explore a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world, scavenge resources, manage survival needs (cooking, fishing, etc.), and make your mobile home fully interactive and personalized.
PACS – Post Apocalypse Courier Service: Co-op Delivery Simulator
Platforms: PC (Steam)
Release: Early Access in Q2 2026
PACS – Post Apocalypse Courier Service: Co-op Delivery Simulator is a co-op driving/delivery game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You and up to 3 friends (solo also supported) scavenge parts, repair/upgrade/customize rugged vehicles, navigate treacherous terrain (mud, sand, ice, ruins), and deliver packages to grow your courier business from a small garage operation into a wasteland powerhouse.
Currently discounted games
If you’re looking for even more games to grab during the event, Steam’s discounts also include several excellent picks worth checking out while the sale lasts. Parking Garage Rally Circuit is currently 50% off at around $4.99, while Absolute Drift is also discounted by 50%, bringing it down to about $6.99. Sci-fi exploration game ADRIFT is available for roughly $8.99 with a 35% discount, and snowmobile simulator Sledders drops to around $20.99.
Stylish road-trip adventure Heading Out and its soundtrack bundle are 55% off at about $11.99, while sailing adventure Sail Forth is available for around $9.99 until May 26. Management fans can grab Motorsport Manager for just $3.99 thanks to a massive 80% discount, and cozy food-truck adventure Fruitbus is currently about $15.99. Finally, arcade racing title Victory Heat Rally rounds out the recommendations at roughly $13.99 with a 35% discount.
