Status KP_Neato_Dee Mar 26, 2025
I'd never played a game like this before, and it was pretty neat. Actually finished it!
Open Roads (2024)
Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S
3.09 from 55 ratings
141 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 36 backlogged · 92 wish listed
How long? Main story 4h · with extras 4h · 100% 3h (from 10 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- The Open Roads Team
- Publishers
- Annapurna Interactive
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Themes
- Drama, Kids, Mystery
- Events
- Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition 2023, The Game Awards 2020
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Mar 28, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
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Rating distribution
5 stars
1
4 stars
15
3 stars
27
2 stars
12
1 star
0
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status solarplums Jun 18, 2024
if there are no Opal stans in the world, then I am probably dead.
story: 3/5 gameplay 4/5 dialogue 5/5 graphics 4/5 atmospheric/immersive: yes surpassed expectations: no
Status cwknight Apr 19, 2024
Open Roads was not as good as Gone Home, but I give it so, so much credit for being a video game with a story about mothers and daughters. Like if Amy Tan wrote a video game. We need more games that evoke things like that. Beautiful performances from Keri Russell and Kaitlyn Dever.
Status Nelemania Apr 4, 2024
Short game about a mother and daughter who go on a road trip to reveal a family secret. Walk around places, read short notes and postcards. I played it in one sitting. It works well, except for a small audio glitch.
I like the way the mother-daughter relationship develops, and a whole game where there is not a single man …
Short game about a mother and daughter who go on a road trip to reveal a family secret. Walk around places, read short notes and postcards. I played it in one sitting. It works well, except for a small audio glitch.
I like the way the mother-daughter relationship develops, and a whole game where there is not a single man on screen and four female protagonists have the stage to themselves was so refreshing. I would normally give this game 3 stars, but for overachieving in the Bechdel test I add an extra shiny 4th star.
There is not much gameplay, it is a walking simulator, the game shines in its dialogue.
The German translations of the texts you find are not always accurate, but not too bad either.
I would say that the game's main audience might be younger than me, but there was never a moment when I felt too old for it.
Definitely worth a try if you have Game Pass. 16 Euros on Steam, and that's a sale price with 15% off, is a bit much. If I had to buy it, I would probably wait for the 9.99 price.
