Nightmare Drive
Playing now
180−22 vs. yesterday
33%of peak
All-time peak
543Aug 2026
Playing now
180−22 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
543Aug 2026
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game update | Main Menu Update - Main Menu has gotten an uplift | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes - 8/27/2026 Bug Fixes - Found an issue with Food items that could cause the vehicle to fly is resolved - When loading a game the building the player saved at would be missing, will now show properly when loading the game - Removed Zombie prediction and multiplayer location syncing for zombies when hit with the vehicle in single player mode, "this was causing zombies to sometimes teleport when hit by the ve… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 8/26/2026 Game Update Patch Notes 8/26/2026 · Ak47 is now a Line trace and no longer relies on the bullet itself, This will line up the firearm properly for headshots. · Navigation had broken in a previous update for zombies, They will no longer get held up on objects chasing the player · Localization added to containers - so other languages can easily see there are multiple fluid types in containers. ·… | — | |
| Major update | Desert Landscape Overhaul, 2 New POI's and existing POI improvements Desert Landscape has been overhauled, the ground is no longer flat, and has plenty of rocks and pebbles like a real desert. With this Desert overhaul, there will be slight gaps in transition tiles "not big enough to fall through, just visual" These will be there until transition tiles and the forest terrain gets the same overhaul treatment. Existing POI's have had Trees and bush around them add… | 24888469 | |
| Major update | Zombie Melee Rework - Game Update 8/16/2026 Melee has gotten some attention as we work into Phase 2 of Zombie difficulty, · New Baseball Bat weapon Zombies now take 2-3 hits to kill, as well as at least hitting them 2 times with your vehicle to finish them off. Because zombie's are getting harder to kill, zombie amounts have been reduced. Additional Zombie spawns are being added inside of POI's that players will have to deal with on foot… | 24759373 | |
| Major update | Game Update - Kobayashi Vehicle Rework Kobayashi has been reworked, Getting a lot of fixes and attention to details in the engine bay area, Undercarriage, Front end and rear end of the vehicle and a highly requested feature - Working Gauges! Vehicle Reworks are happening One vehicle at a time, This takes a lot of time to do, So vehicles are being chosen by how badly they need it done, the next vehicle to be reworked will be the Jalo… | — | |
| Major update | New Vehicle and Durability / Repair Mechanics - Chow A New Ride joins us in Nightmare Drive! Welcome... Chow! Along side a new vehicle now available, We have a new major gameplay mechanic, You all asked for the zombies to be tougher well... I heard you! this is Phase one. Say hello to Durability on car parts and a repair system! · Salvage is now used to repair vehicle parts · Reinforcement Parts now serve a purpose, They protect your car parts fr… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 7/26/2026 Game - Vending machines are now interactable - Victory Foods Commercial TV Added to Gas Station 1 - New Achievement added "One more Time" when a player dies and respawns - Vicio One more Time Easter egg's added to game in Hunting Store and Achievement - Vending Machine added to Radio Tower - Vending Machine added to Arcade - Vehicle Spawn and Reinforcement Part spawn added to Small Shooting Ran… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 7/24/2026 Bug Fixes - Attachable items randomly making the vehicle take flight - Attachable Items randomly disappearing from vehicle while driving - Turrets attached to vehicle upon loading a save game causing vehicle to take flight Please Note we believe these issues to be fixed, if you ever have a report of a vehicle floating, flying or spinning out, please make me aware of it | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 7/21/2026 - Fixed an issue where client trying to join host, would not see terrain tiles and everything would be grey - Added additional fixes for client joining host and would see a mountain and be outside of the map | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 7/21/2026 Game Update - Auto Save feature added 3 Auto saves per game file have been added to the game, Auto save will save the game every 10 minutes, allowing you to go back to a previous save spot to help with sticky situations or even bug issues. Bug Fixes & Optimizations - Terrain has been reduced for GPU performance - Stutter during tile loading / removal improved "This will eventually be gone entir… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update - Patch Notes 7/19/2026 Leaderboards Leaderboards are now active Leaderboards can be accessed from the main menu or from INSIDE of the arcade! · Zombies killed · Miles Driven · All arcade games Unfortunately progress made up until now is not retroactive, This is done because there is no way to know when loading into a game to add the stats of these leaderboards of what should be added / not added, for instance loading into another… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 7/18/2026 Game Play - Engine Performance is now tied to engines, Swapping engine types in vehicles will change performance now depending on the engine - Neon Attachable Light's Added "10 Colors" - Red Hazard Light Attachable Added - Blue Hazard Light Attachable Added - Attachable item grabbing improved on vehicles - Improved host dropping of items and item falling through map issue "client fixes coming s… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update 7/14/2026 New POI Added Gameplay - Arcade POI Added to Map - Arcade POI has 6 arcade cabinets all playable - When playing an arcade machine, players food and water will not decrease Main Menu - Ability to delete saves in the loading screen added Localization - Additional things have been translated into all available languages that were originally missed - New languages added into localizations - zh-Hans - zh-Hant - J… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update 7/8/2026 Patch Notes Game Update Patch Notes 7/8/2026 Vehicles · New Vehicle Added "Golf Cart" Gameplay · New random Road Events · New fail safe system for newer players in case they get stranded, If a player is without a vehicle around them, a Golf Cart will be provided to help get them to the next POI to get items they need to save their current vehicle. Bug Fixes · Fuel pump models updated and now visually corre… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes - 7/5/2026 General Updates · Steam Cloud Save Files enabled for game · Fixed a bug where some save files would not be displayed in the loading screen · Save File fall back guards to help prevent items from being corrupted on changes made to items during updates. · Steam Achievement Fix for "Survive Night #" All previous achievements should now unlock for example, if on night 11 and you load a game, when h… | — | |
| Major update | Zombie Apocalypse Major Game Update Zombie Apocalypse has arrived! The crabs are taking a back seat, along with the midnight horde event, Massive hordes of zombies will spawn throughout the wasteland and at POI's! THE HORDE UPDATE — Zombies & Survivor Progression The roads of Nightmare Drive just got a lot more dangerous. This update brings a living, hungry horde to the world and a brand-new way to grow stronger every time you pu… | — | |
| Community | Zombie Apocalypse Major Game Update - Coming 6/22/2026 Zombie Apocalypse has arrived! The crabs are taking a back seat, along with the midnight horde event, Massive hordes of zombies will spawn throughout the wasteland and at POI's! THE HORDE UPDATE — Zombies & Survivor Progression The roads of Nightmare Drive just got a lot more dangerous. This update brings a living, hungry horde to the world and a brand-new way to grow stronger every time you pu… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes - 5/30/2026 - Majority of the Forest Biome has been reworked - HUD improvements, Objective, Time and Day HUD cleaned up and improved, - HUD improvements, Distance, Gold and Salvage HUD cleaned up and improved. | — | |
| Game update | Game Update - 5/28/2026 - Vehicle handling has been reworked entirely - Vehicle steering now turns much faster - Vehicle Wheel re-centering speed greatly increased | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 5/27/2026 - Ability to Pee added - Notification added to inform player that seat can not be entered during horde event - Respawn System Rework, Player will now be placed at the closest Outhouse where player died, Death marker added to show player where they died. - Found a bug where a completed vehicle did not show all correct parts counted upon loading a save - Loaded game broadcast amounts should now b… | — | |
| Game update | Game Update Patch Notes 5/24/2026 - Starting building has been reworked entirely - Interactible TV added to starting building, More to come to other POIs - Interactible TV has Holy Cow Commercial and Tutorial videos at starting building - Bertha collisions fixed to prevent electric poles from getting stuck into vehicle - Ceiling Fans now rotate - Bertha Wheels now show as "correct part" for the bertha | — | |
| Game update | Patch Notes Update - 5/19/2026 - Toilets are now usable as seats and spawn throughout world - New Hud Bars for Health/Food/Water - fixed an issue of attachable items not saving to car parts on vehicles - When in first person view inside of a vehicle, when looking at a seat can now adjust forward/backwards positioning of the camera position. - Single player mode A-sync physics removed, this was causing loaded games to have ph… | — | |
| Game update | Patch Notes Update 5/17/2026 - 60+ Food and water variety added to spawn points - Names of Food and water is now localized to their perspective languages. | — | |
| Game update | Language Localizations + Garage Bug fixes - Added Language localizations for the following languages - French - Deutsch - Spanish - Russian - Portuguese "Br" - Please note, there are still some things not fully translated, but majority of game now has localization. - Fixed loose items not staying in garage if parts / items left in garage and going to next garage | — | |
| Game update | Bug Fixes and Various Improvements - If vehicle flips over, camera will no longer go under the map - When towing a vehicle, the towed vehicles engine will no longer start - Fixed a bug in garage where food in vehicles would not be consumable upon loading a save - Fixed a bug where Vehicle Racks did not save any items attached to them when inside of the garage when loading a save. - Fixed a bug where containers inside of vehicles… | — | |
| Game update | Patch Notes - 5/11/2026 - Added a Single Player - Non Multiplayer mode, This mode has Async physics for lower end PCs to prevent vehicle lifting or spin out issue with low frames Single player also allows offline play. - Fixed an issue where if frame rate drops below 30fps in multiplayer games, physics become unstable causing vehicle to hit "invisible walls or spinout randomly when going straight" as of testing this n… | — | |
| Game update | Vehicle Trailers and Towing Functionality - Small Trailer added for additional storage capabilities, Working with all current vehicles. - Vehicle to Vehicle Towing Functionality - Outside Lights added to Player Base Garages - Increased Day time from 20 minutes to 25 minutes - Reduced Night time from 15 minutes to 10 Minutes - Slightly increased brightness of night time - Light added to top of Radio Station Tower - Jalopy Physics Update… | — | |
| Game update | Important bug fixes Full Game - 5/1/2026 Important Update - Fixed an issue where vehicles do not get saved properly in Tier 1 Garage's - Fixed Garage Upgrade Prompt not showing for host or client - Fixed the Radio Objectives to properly display in the objectives | — |
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