- Over the Hill has reached over 200k downloads over the weekend
- Game attains concurrent player peak of 5,954 on Steam
Funselektor and Strelka Games’ cosy off-road driving sim Over the Hill has enjoyed an incredible weekend of player engagement.
OTH’s free demo saw over 200,000 downloads on Steam, reaching an impressive concurrent player peak of 5,954 in the process. To put this into perspective, the similarly challenging and cathartic off-road driving sim SnowRunner managed 5,396 players in the same 24-hour period, and was previously reported to have been Wishlisted over one million times.
Considering the latter has reached over 20 million players during its lifespan (albeit across multiple platforms), these are incredible numbers.
The demo is still available as part of Steam’s Next Fest promotion, which got underway today, and will remain playable until 22nd June. A full release date has yet to be revealed, but it’s expected to appear on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 before the end of the year. Boxed copies of the PS5 and Switch 2 versions are also expected to be available for pre-order soon.
The game focuses on vehicular exploration, using stylised visuals and a soothing soundtrack to convey a relaxing gameplay vibe. Four-player cooperative play is also possible, both in the demo and the final release, which could well help make it the sleeper driving game hit of 2026.
A small bug-fixing patch has been released for the demo, too, with the changelog listed below.
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Over the Hill demo changelog
QoL Improvements
- When completing an area, the fog of war is now completely revealed
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the host would sometimes become unable to release the winch
- Fixed an issue where the host would sometimes not be able to access the merchant or interact with scenic points
- Fixed an issue that caused the server list to continuously focus the first server when it refreshed
- Fixed an issue that prevented the player from fast-traveling to a cabin if a pinpoint was placed on top of it
- Removed invisible colliders near the waterfalls in Emerald Lake
- Fixed an issue where the end of demo video would not display correctly on Steam Deck
- Fixed an issue where the end of demo video would display incorrectly on ultrawide resolutions
- Minor localization fixes for: Russian, Chinese