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Driving Is Hard

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Prove your skills by driving the Bathtub on Wheels! Solve puzzles, collect soap, and dive into Jeff's family drama. Drive, Fall, Learn, Repeat.

What works
  • Challenging and skill-based gameplay
  • Diverse and visually pleasing environments
  • Fun and intuitive controls
  • Good value for price
  • Customization options for vehicle skins
Things to keep in mind
  • Frustrating physics glitches and clipping issues
  • Some unfair difficulty spikes
  • Weak and forgettable story and voice acting
  • Game crashes reported by some players
  • Lack of manual save and some design inconsistencies

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Ria's Hook

  • ALTF42

  • Get To Work

  • Cloudbuilt

  • BLACKHOLE

  • TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2

  • I Am Bread

  • Crumble

  • Egging On
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Ria's Hook

  • Nimbus

  • Dark Roll
If you liked…

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Driving Is Hard: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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  • Expectation

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Fantasy

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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  • Story

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  • Violence

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  • Survival

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