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Play Overview
Play involves clicking to explore adventure scenes that range from walking around an area to riding in a vehicle. As you travel you encounter colourful characters along the road, each with their own complex and compelling stories. You make decisions and advance the story by interacting with these people.
Unusually, these characters have a depth that takes multiple encounters to reveal. When you start as a new teenager, you can meet people from a fresh point of view and in completely different contexts which gives you a chance to talk about different topics and learn new information and perspectives.
The result is a fascinating experience where no two road trips are the same. Each trip, the scenes and characters you encounter are procedurally generated. The way you choose to make your way across Petria, and the friends you make along the way, nudge the various political and social factors in this tense, politically-charged society. As you do this you influence the world and everyone in it.
Each trip is an unforgettable journey of discovery and adventure. As you make your way down one of over 148,000 possible paths toward 20 endings you build the story one conversation, one action, one decision at a time.
Our examiner, Hannah Robertson, first checked Road 96 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 2 weeks ago.
Play Style
You can play this game in the following styles:
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Benefits
Age Ratings
Rated for younger players in the US. ESRB TEEN for Drug Reference, Language, Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco and Violence. This is an adventure game in which players assume the role of a runaway teenager attempting to escape an authoritarian nation. From a first-person perspective, players traverse the road, interact with characters, and make various dialogue and action choices, some of which can lead to instances of violence: a character shot off-screen; a character shoved off a rooftop; a protestor beaten by an officer; protestors shot and killed off-screen. Players can also engage in various mini games, such as avoiding oncoming traffic and shooting other vehicles. One sequence depicts some red blood splatters in the trunk of a vehicle. The game contains some suggestive material: players walking upon a motel door, with a couple inside discussing their affair; dialogue such as "...both dressed like they were into S and M roleplaying...” and "It's their foreplay." As players progress through the game, they can encounter young characters drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. In one sequence, players' character can choose to consume alcohol at a bar, resulting in the teenager collapsing and passing out. The game includes a brief sequence in which it is heavily implied that a motel guest is a drug dealer. The word “sh*t” is heard in the game.
Skill Level
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. Younger players need to be good at understanding conversations and developing relationships with different characters. You need to be willing to commit to choices with unintended outcomes, as well as attempt some forward planning. Embracing failure is a part of the game as you get many chances to progress each time you start a new run.
Costs
Road 96
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
Game Details
Release Date: 16/08/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Point-and-Click, Simulation (Adventure, Narrative and Traversal)
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon