ByMatt Gardner,
Senior Contributor.
I’ve never played a game from Kazakhstan, but after finally finding one from the country — Quite a Ride, from Almaty-based studio Goodwin Games — I don’t think this’ll change any time soon. That’s not because it looks bad — it just seems absolutely terrifying.
Quite a Ride is a surreal “biking survival horror game” and has been signed by Northern English publisher Silver Lining Interactive, whose members have worked on titles as diverse as Dave the Diver, The Alters, and Caravan SandWitch. It’s not the first partnership between the pair, as Silver Lining also helped Goodwin bring its Slavic-inspired and emotionally charged debut Selfloss to PC and consoles in 2024.
This follow-up couldn’t be further from its predecessor. Quite a Ride puts you on the saddle of a pedal bike as a lone wanderer journeying through “a haunting rural landscape where thick mist spawns anomalies, poisoning the land” to create monsters and apparitions. Your only quest is to find out what’s going on — positioning itself as a scarier alternative to the spectacular Pacific Drive, as you don’t even have a car to hide in.
