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Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.

Heading Out is a visual novel, stylized and rogue-like game developed by Serious Sim and Crunching Koalas and published by Crunching Koalas.
Released on May 07th 2024 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain and Portuguese - Portugal.

It has received 572 reviews of which 444 were positive and 128 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam with a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified Heading Out into these genres:

Visual Novel Stylized Rogue-like Rogue-lite Choices Matter Narrative Choose Your Own Adventure Comic Book Interactive Fiction Nonlinear Resource Management Dynamic Narration Driving Movie Racing Indie Adventure Singleplayer Arcade Strategy

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-10320 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 560
  • Storage: 30 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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July 2025
Great game - story was interesting, and a very unique way of presentation. I thought that the driving would be the crutch and the storytelling would be a drag - but it was quite the contrary. In fact, I found myself looking forward more for the story than the driving, especially towards the end when I was dealing with 3-4 police chases in every state. The soundtrack is an absolute banger and the radio hosts have such personality - my only real issue with the game is the sun glare while driving - it's a pain in the butt. Despite this, still a solid game and worth every penny, even if it's not on sale.
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June 2025
Great concept and art style, driving with demons and style. I love the fourth wall breaking meta kind of aspect it has. Makes you think about and reflect on yourself's past. Soundtrack also is very good to awesome and well suited for easy listening outside the game.'Same old road' on the soundtrack hit me hard emotionally. This whole experience has a full additional level that's waiting to be discovered below the obvious at first sight. The thing is though: right now it's not enjoyable on Deck. That's not the developer's fault per se though. Let me explain. It's one of those games that detect whether it's running on a Deck. They disable graphics settings then, like Skyrim also does for example. The problem with this practice now is that Deck isn't a closed system like other handhelds are. Moreover, Valve effed up with last stable 3.7.8, making performance worse big time. They're only slowly and partially recovering from that with latest beta 3.7.9. This game is especially suffering from that because it's CPU and GPU heavy. I don't know for sure, but I suspect Valve is endorsing that no graphics settings practice with developers. It just doesn't work the way they'd like it to, and that's their own fault. Fortunately, there's a workaround for that. Just add SteamDeck=0 %command% exactly like that in Steam's startup settings for command line options for the game. Graphics settings are unlocked then, even though they're not exactly comprehensive. People have played it fine at 60FPS on medium preset in the past. Doesn't work with current SteamOS anymore. From my tests I'd suggest 30FPS on medium preset with vsync and SMAA Low, with GE-Proton10-4 as compatibility layer. Still stutters occasionally, especially at the beginning of a new game, but gets better when driving for a while. Let's hope Valve gets their act together again fast.
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May 2025
An arcade-y racer with a nice story and beautiful presentation. The way the game uses color in an otherwise black and white road is fantastic and the design philosophy is something I'm genuinely left in awe by.
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Feb. 2025
A lot of people seem to have decided to play this game not knowing what it is. So let me tell you. It is a game that asks you several personal questions (like your fears, biggest regrets, love life, etc) and will use that information to show you people similar to you, and different. The racing is only half the game. Its more like half racing game, half visual novel. You have to manage cash, focus, reputation, fame, time and your car condition. Politics are a part of the game, from the rightwinged Steve who is a total #### to the stoner leftist Reily or racist cops, this game does touch on "touchy" subjects. Rates: Visuals: 9/10 (The game gives a almost comic feel and its amazing.) Gameplay: 7/10 (The game is fairly simple, but fun, only problem is that some things tend to get boring after a while.) Story: 9/10 (The game doesnt hide that it will #### some people off. The story has minor issues, but I still loved it. Plus all the side quests are a blast. I prevented a mob hit.) Difficulty: Easy-middle-ground. (It was very easy for me to get into the game and it wasn`t to hard, you still have to try. The hardest part is when other drivers do stuff you don`t expect.) Again? 5/10 (some events, or dialogue will repeat, by the end of the game I was tired of hearing the same things over and over after outrunning cops.) Length: 8-12 hours. (Im putting 8-12 because, sure you can technically get a ending in under a hour, if you want to beat the main ending it takes longer. It took me 9 and this was after a failed run at the very start. Overall: 9/10 (+1 due to bias) The game is great if you want a unique race, I recommend answer all questions honestly during your first ruin because you will really see how your actions have consequences. Drive in with a open mind and dont forget, You Cant Run Forever.
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Jan. 2025
Don't let the mass amount of mixed reviews sway you too much. A lot of the people complaining about the game seemed to have bought it without actually reading the game description first. What you get here is a solid mix of story, and a great driving experience, with gorgeous visuals, as well as a killer soundtrack. Yes, it is broken up into more than just "race the other drivers". There is a narrative that you are following, and a lot of the game is making decisions on how to approach scenarios. The game has a very special charm to it, and if you let it, the game is a fantastic experience that you will enjoy your time with.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Heading Out is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

Heading Out is currently available at a 60% discount. You can purchase it for 7.99€ on Steam.

Heading Out received 444 positive votes out of a total of 572 achieving a rating of 7.35.
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Heading Out was developed by Serious Sim and Crunching Koalas and published by Crunching Koalas.

Heading Out is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Heading Out is not playable on MacOS.

Heading Out is not playable on Linux.

Heading Out is a single-player game.

Heading Out does not currently offer any DLC.

Heading Out does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Heading Out does not support Steam Remote Play.

Heading Out is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Heading Out.

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Heading Out
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Serious Sim, Crunching Koalas
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Release 07 May 2024
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