Ludography
47/100
Players6 ratings
52/100
Critics3 reviews
More scores
Metacritic7 critic reviews
60/100
Metacritic usersuser score
60/100
GameFAQsJust Right/Tough
2.67/5
Player reviews
75% positive80 reviews
Steam Deck
Verified
Runs on
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
US$4.19

Where to get it

Desert Child cover

2018 · Oscar Brittain · Shooter · Racing

Desert Child

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.

Released
11 December 2018
Platforms
PlayStation 4LinuxWindowsmacOSXbox OneNintendo Switch
Genres
ShooterRacingRole-playingSimulationAdventureIndieArcade
Developers
Oscar Brittain
Publishers
Akupara Games
Modes
Co-opLocal multiplayerMultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Engine
GameMaker: Studio
Age ratings
CERO BESRB MPEGI 16USK 12
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil) and 5 more
Features
Family SharingFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPRemote Play TogetherShared/split-screenShared/split-screen PvPSingle-playerSteam achievementsSteam trading cards
Time to beat
3hmain story7hcompletionist

Players say

Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows11 December 2018Worldwide
macOS11 December 2018Worldwide
Nintendo Switch11 December 2018Worldwide
PlayStation 411 December 2018Worldwide
Linux11 December 2018Worldwide
Xbox One12 December 2018Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Included in
Akupara: Action BundleThe Akupara Classics Bundle

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