You’re broke, you’re hungry, and your only friends are a vintage hoverbike and a bowl of ramen noodles.
In Desert Child, you are a young and talented hoverbike racer who needs to figure out how you can scrape enough cash together through racing and odd jobs to punch your one-way ticket to the Red Planet to enter the biggest race in the universe, the Grand Prix.
The world as we know it is slowly starting to become unhabitable, as many people on Earth have moved to Mars for a better quality of life, thanks to a government subsidy that assisted in relocating citizens by providing affordable passage. After several years of running this program, the government announces that in two weeks, tickets to Mars would go up in price, making the exodus to the Red Planet unobtainable for regular citizens.
You’ll deliver pizzas, collect gun parts, hunt bounties, and make some fans along the way. In between races, you’ll explore colorful cities where you can repair and upgrade your bike, dine on the local cuisine, and fight your way through gangsters, bounty hunters, and all sorts of interesting characters, just so that you can have a decent meal and keep your bike running.
Nothing’s free in Desert Child.
*Mature Content Description*
The developers describe the content like this:
The game has some strong language, and use of tobacco and alcohol.
Key features
Hunt bounties, deliver pizzas, throw races - do anything you can to earn cash
Explore a pixel-art solar system inspired by Cowboy Bebop, Akira and Redline
Customize your beloved bike with Guns, Amplifiers and shameless advertising
Dine on a range of interplanetary cuisine with sweet buffs to help you win
Master deep combat and racing mechanics and define your own style
Race, shoot, and get better! Designed for replayability, with secrets that keep you coming back
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This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck