Pacific Drive similar games & best alternatives
Pacific Drive
2024
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Quick resume
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Global score
83/100
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing, Simulator
Similar games
Pros
- Unique atmospheric setting
- Engaging car customization and maintenance
- Immersive sound design and music
- Meaningful survival and exploration gameplay
- Strong narrative and voice acting
Cons
- Lack of mid-run save feature
- Performance issues on some hardware
- Repetitive looting and grinding
- Some ui and quality of life frustrations
- Limited social or multiplayer features
Motivations
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Autonomy
Game with the same Autonomy vibe
4"Players have freedom to explore, build, craft, and choose playstyle with adjustable difficulty and custom settings."
Grounded
"Players have freedom to choose routes, upgrades, and playstyle with many customization options and difficulty settings."
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Competence
Game with the same Competence vibe
3"Game involves skillful driving, tuning cars, and managing survival elements with rewarding progression and feedback."
Mon Bazou
"Game involves skillful driving, car maintenance, and strategic resource management with meaningful feedback."
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Competition
Game with the same Competition vibe
-4"Focus is on personal progression and survival without any competitive or leaderboard elements."
Liquidators
"Focus is on solo survival and personal progression without competitive or leaderboard elements."
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Continuation
Game with the same Continuation vibe
4"Players report replayability, long sessions, and habitual play due to roguelike elements and progression."
Bendy: Lone Wolf
"Players report long play sessions, high attachment to car and world, and replayability through roguelike elements."
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Cooperation
Game with the same Cooperation vibe
-5"Single-player experience focused on individual survival and exploration."
Die Young
"Entirely single-player experience focused on individual survival and exploration."
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Creativity
Game with the same Creativity vibe
4"Extensive base building, vehicle customization, and crafting allow creative expression and personalization."
Subnautica
"Extensive car customization, upgrades, and crafting allow creative expression and strategic choices."
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Domination
Game with the same Domination vibe
-5"No evidence of exerting control over others; interactions are solo and cooperative social dominance is absent."
Supraland
"No evidence of exerting control over others; interactions are solo and cooperative social dominance not present."
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Escapism
Game with the same Escapism vibe
5"Strong immersion in a surreal, eerie atmosphere providing escape from reality through story and puzzles."
Cube Escape: Paradox
"Strong immersion in atmospheric, eerie world provides escape from reality and stress relief."
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Expectation
Game with the same Expectation vibe
-4"Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment, not obligation or pressure."
Karnage Chronicles
"Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment, not obligation or pressure."
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Experimenting
Game with the same Experimenting vibe
4"Players explore movement mechanics, routes, and mission creation, encouraging experimentation."
Hover
"Players explore different routes, upgrade paths, and anomaly interactions, encouraging experimentation."
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Exploration
Game with the same Exploration vibe
5"Core gameplay is about discovering new locations, anomalies, and secrets in a vast procedurally generated universe."
RymdResa
"Core gameplay revolves around discovering new zones, anomalies, and secrets in a procedurally varied world."
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Expression
Game with the same Expression vibe
4"Customization of cars and skins allows personal expression within the game."
Trackmania United Forever
"Car customization and cosmetic options enable personal expression and identity within the game."
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Fantasy
Game with the same Fantasy vibe
4"Game features surreal, supernatural anomalies and horror elements creating an imaginative fictional experience."
Platform 8
"Game features surreal anomalies and sci-fi horror elements creating an imaginative, fictional experience."
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Fellowship
Game with the same Fellowship vibe
-4"Minimal social interaction; players mostly experience the games solo with little community involvement."
The Elephant Collection
"Minimal social interaction; players mostly experience the game solo with little community bonding."
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Growth
Game with the same Growth vibe
4"Players learn about car mechanics, parts, and repair processes; personal skill development emphasized."
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
"Players learn car mechanics, survival strategies, and story lore, showing clear personal development."
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Health
Game with the same Health vibe
-4"Primarily sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
"Primarily sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."
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Idle
Game with the same Idle vibe
-3"Requires focused attention during runs; not suited for casual or background play."
Hell Clock
"Requires sustained attention and focus during runs; not designed for casual or background play."
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Intimacy
Game with the same Intimacy vibe
-4"No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are limited to solo play."
Dogpile
"No evidence of close social relationships; interactions are limited to solo play."
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Leadership
Game with the same Leadership vibe
-5"No leadership or group management roles; purely individual gameplay."
Slay the Spire
"No leadership or group management roles; purely individual gameplay."
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Progression
Game with the same Progression vibe
5"Strong emphasis on unlocking vehicles, upgrades, and maps through completing tasks and earning experience."
SnowRunner
"Strong emphasis on upgrading car, unlocking tech, and advancing through zones with new gear."
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Relaxation
Game with the same Relaxation vibe
3"Atmosphere is described as cozy and immersive, balancing tension and calm moments for a relaxing experience."
Krypta FM
"Atmosphere can be both tense and cozy; gameplay balances stress with moments of calm."
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Sensation
Game with the same Sensation vibe
4"Strong sensory stimulation through immersive sound design and atmospheric visuals."
Visage
"Immersive sound design, music, and atmospheric visuals provide strong sensory stimulation."
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Status
Game with the same Status vibe
-4"No social recognition or ranking systems; achievements are personal and not publicly displayed."
Circle Empires
"No social recognition or ranking systems; achievements are personal and not publicly displayed."
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Story
Game with the same Story vibe
4"Engaging narrative continuation with voice acting and lore integration enhances immersion."
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy
"Narrative and lore are integral, with voice acting and story progression enhancing immersion."
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Strategy
Game with the same Strategy vibe
4"Players must plan routes, manage risks, and solve puzzles requiring reasoning and problem solving."
Welcome To The Dark Place
"Players must plan routes, manage resources, and adapt to anomalies requiring problem solving."
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Thrill
Game with the same Thrill vibe
4"Suspenseful and tense moments create emotional excitement and relief."
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
"Tense moments escaping anomalies and storms create suspense and excitement."
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Value
Game with the same Value vibe
4"Players feel the game offers good content and replayability for its price."
Cattails: Wildwood Story
"Players feel the game offers good content and replayability for its price."
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Violence
Game with the same Violence vibe
-3"Combat is minimal and tactical; focus is on survival and avoidance rather than destruction."
Distrust: Polar Survival
"Combat is minimal or absent; focus is on survival and avoidance rather than destruction."
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Survival
Game with the same Survival vibe
5"Core gameplay revolves around avoiding threats, managing resources, and staying alive."
Backrooms: Escape Together
"Core gameplay revolves around avoiding threats, managing resources, and staying alive."
Analysis
Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.
How to use the graph
Similar games map
Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.
- Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
- Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
- Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
- Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.
Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.
Last update: 30/04/2026