Global, October 13, 2026 - PapaBazar Games today announced that Dirt Ruckus, its top-down arcade off-road racer, will launch on Steam for Windows and Mac on Thursday, October 22, 2026 at $9.99, with a 10% launch discount for the first week. The game is available to wishlist now.
Dirt Ruckus is six trucks on one screen, in the spirit of the arcade classics: tight dirt circuits, nitro when you need it, a parts shop between races. Then it throws in the crazy stuff. Jump a freight train at a level crossing. Flatten a tourist and the police come for you, helicopter and all. Weave through a stampede, beat the drawbridge, dodge the Crusher, ride a geyser, race a blackout by lightning, and survive the demolition derby.
"I grew up on cartridge racers you played shoulder to shoulder, and I wanted one that still feels like that but has a hundred things to find," said Guy D, founder of PapaBazar Games. "So there's a couch you can drive. And a UFO. And a cow count."
Key features
- 39 tracks, 19 of them crazy. Desert gulches, snowbound passes, swamps, a junkyard, a candy kingdom, a night city, and the Moon at half gravity.
- World Tour. Six countries, six finales: a speed camera on Route 66, creeks that crack under you in Canada, dust storms and a piñata in Baja, footballs in the jungle, a road train in the outback, and a night pass in Japan where your headlights are all you get.
- 22 unlockable rigs. A couch, an outhouse, a UFO, a shopping cart, a hearse, a school bus, a steam locomotive, a lowrider with working hydraulics. Earned with cups, feats and a few secrets.
- Build your rig. Five chassis, paint, liveries, hood decals and a name. Damage shows, and you pay for it at the shop.
- Eight cups with real trophies. Fourth place gets Bupkis.
- Crates you can choose. Blue is speed, red is weapons, wood is armor. Rockets that follow the road, mud bombs, shields, monster tires and nitro.
- 1 to 4 players on one screen, or over Remote Play Together. Full controller support, key remapping, 24 achievements, original soundtrack.
Dirt Ruckus is PapaBazar Games' second title, following the action-racing RPG Neon City Legends, released on Steam in September 2026.
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5314590/Dirt_Ruckus/
Trailer: on steam page or www.papabazar.com
Press kit: available on request from info@papabazar.com
About PapaBazar Games PapaBazar Games is an independent studio making modern games with old-school soul: arcade-era genres rebuilt with current systems and far too much content. Born from late-night game jams and too much coffee, the studio has one rule: the game has to be fun. Its first title, Neon City Legends, is out now on Steam. https://www.papabazar.com
Press contact Guy, PapaBazar Games info@papabazar.com Review keys available on request.