Desert Child (2018)
- Developer
- Oscar Brittain
- Publisher
- Akupara Games
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Genres
- Shooter, Racing, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
- Rating
- 2.4 of 5, 6 player ratings
- Where to get it
- Nintendo eShop
How it feels
A scrappy hoverbike racer scrambles for cash in a neon desert, balancing twitchy racing with odd jobs between bursts of arcade action.
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About
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.
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