Roadblock Rodeo

Roadblock Rodeo is a neon-noir crime-and-pursuit game in a low-poly 80s night city, seen from the road behind your car. Steal a car, get your Heat up, and try to disappear before the police run you down. A chase lasts a few minutes, and if it goes wrong you are back in it in seconds.

Every crime raises your Heat, and the police answer harder: patrol cars first, then interceptors and roadblocks thrown across the road ahead of you. Break their line of sight. Drop a spike strip behind you. Ditch the hot car and steal a civilian one. Pay for a respray. The longer you run, the more your bounty is worth, but you only keep it if you get away.

What you do

• Quick Chase. Drop straight into a solo chase against police AI in the night city.
• Heat 1 to 5. A five-pip meter that climbs while you cause trouble, and a police response that escalates with it.
• Steal any car. Pull up beside one and press the button. If nobody saw you do it, the police are looking for the wrong car.
• Gadgets. Turbo to run, spike strips to drop behind you.
• Pay ‘n’ Spray. A fresh coat of paint and a cooler head, if you can get in unseen.
• Online chases for 4 to 6 players, one device each, on the Raven Iron server.

Three ways to see it

Switch at any time: the chase camera behind the car at street level (the default), a tilted top-down view that zooms out as you speed up, and a straight top-down view of the whole map.

Sound and controls

• An original synthwave score that climbs with your Heat, with engines, sirens, tyres and impacts synthesised for the game.
• Gamepad, keyboard, or touch on Android, with three ways to steer on a phone (a floating stick, two arrow buttons, or tilt).

Try it first

The download is free, and it is the whole game, for 8 chases. If you want to keep playing, buy it on itch.io for $8.99, then paste your itch.io download key into the game’s Unlock screen. One key unlocks up to 3 of your devices, and stays unlocked offline.

Get it

Out now for Windows, Linux and Android on itch.io, $8.99, free to try for 8 chases.

Coming

• Off-road driving: cutting across parks, plazas and lots. It is not in this version.