Barren Roads

Barren Roads

Forcequitapplicatons · June 2, 2015 · Action, Adventure, RPG, Early Access, Survival

Buy Barren Roads from Steam at $8.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Barren Roads price by region

Barren Roads costs £5.99 in the United Kingdom, $5.99 in Georgia (USD), $8.99 in the United States, €8.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$9.99 in Canada, NZ$10.99 in New Zealand and R$17.99 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Barren Roads offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £5.99 £5.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $5.99 $5.99 — 1
United Statesyour region $8.99 $8.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €8.99 €8.99 — 1
Canada CA$9.99 CA$9.99 — 1
New Zealand NZ$10.99 NZ$10.99 — 1
Brazil R$17.99 R$17.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

About Barren Roads

✦ AI summary

Barren Roads is a post-apocalyptic survival game where you scavenge vast streaming maps of ruined highways and cities while managing hunger, thirst, and shelter through day-night cycles and brutal winters. Face off against other survivors and mysterious threats in permadeath multiplayer gameplay with dynamic weather, wildlife hunting, and crafting systems across iOS, Android, Mac, PC, and Linux.

Five platforms: iOS, Android, Mac, PC, and Linux.

One game: Survival: Barren Roads.

Nuclear weapons have the left the world barren and scorched the earth. Survival has never been harder for mankind. Resources are scarce as life has left this world. You are forced to constantly move and scavenge the next area for resources. Rivers are dry. Many of wanderers never survived the icy nights as the moon crosses the sky. Roam a massive streaming map featuring ruined highways and cities. Survive and outwit other survivors, like yourself. Scavenge, loot, and explore during the day and find shelter during the freezing nights. Beware of the beasts and unknown as the sun sets.

Basic non-competitive multiplayer online or LAN.
Permadeath.
Random event system for a different experience every play

Line of sight and hearing enabled.

Map streaming system.
Huge streaming map - if you can see it. You can walk to it.
A massive content filled world. Likely the largest on the appstore.

Tons of areas to explore: towns, distant houses, bases.
Weather system included.
Player needs: health, hunger, thirst, shelter.
Full day and night cycle.
Inventory backpack system
30+ firearms
15+ melee weapons
Character armor.
Customizable weapons: scopes and silencers.
Craft-able weapons.
Hunting system - animals spawn into only certain areas defined by their behavior. Learn these areas to find success hunting.
Loot, gather resources, and scavenge ruined towns, wrecks, vehicles, and more.
and much, much, much more...

Barren Roads — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player, Co-op, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Barren Roads has been abandoned by its developers for years with no updates or communication, leaving players frustrated with its buggy, incomplete state and technical issues like crashes and screen problems. Players consistently warn against purchasing the game, noting that the developers have shifted focus to mobile apps rather than fixing the PC version's numerous problems. The general consensus is to avoid spending money on this title entirely.

Not recommended Dec 30, 2018
Abandoned!!! https://youtu.be/J-viMtYUhQI Sadly not much more to say. Going on 3+ years no communication.
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 4, 2019
Please Update. This game has so much potential and it is being wasted into this buggy mess.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 24, 2018
game devs have stopped work on this, dont bother glitchy and buggy as hell, there more intrested in there android n apple apps, then to fix this!
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 17, 2025
I didn't even know I had and refunded the game, this game fell off hard
Not recommended Jul 15, 2023
Don't spend any money on this. The game is wholly incomplete and hasn't been updated in 8 years. It's been abandoned by the Dev(s).
Not recommended Nov 27, 2020
They must have just lost interest in the project. It's clunky and yucky. Not a visually rich environment. The screen is all messed up when I try and play it and it crashes.

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