Lovecraftian horror has found a home within gaming, but it has stayed relatively confined to its source material and familiar settings, such as icy tundra and seaside towns. Dead Static Drive is shaking up the formula, with what the dev team describes as a “Grand Theft Cthulhu” game. With less than a week till release, we finally have an idea of what awaits us in this vehicular adventure with the reveal of the Dead Static Drive achievement list.
Developed and published by Australian Indie dev team Reuben Games, Dead Static Drive is a single-player survival-horror road trip through a twisted version of 1980s Americana, where you’ll have to scavenge, sneak, and fight your way across unsettling small towns and haunted highways. As Hearst, a wayward traveler, you’ll need to rely on others to survive, but trust is a scant and valuable resource. With only an unaddressed letter to guide you, on a search to find your family and answers to what is going on, you’ll have to keep your wits about you if you want to survive this unraveling world.
The Dead Static Drive achievement list, available on the TrueAchievements website, has only 15 achievements, totaling 1000G, with most hidden as secret achievements. We have kept those hidden to avoid spoilers, but readers can take a look at their own discretion.
| Name | Description | Gamerscore |
| Bond with Heather | Become best friends with Heather. | 50G |
| Bond with Shane | Gain the trust of Shane. | 50G |
| Bond with Marcus | Earn the respect of Marcus. | 50G |
Secret A Father Undone | Secret Defeat John Louis. | Secret 80G |
Secret The Sacred Hunt | Secret Eliminate the hunter plaguing Sacred Heart. | Secret 80G |
Secret An Unlikely Friend | Secret Defend the Grand Mass against the hunt. | Secret 80G |
Secret The Fall Hunt | Secret Eliminate the hunter plaguing Dark Highway. | Secret 80G |
Secret Hidden Beast | Secret Eliminate the hunter plaguing Wormwood Pines. | Secret 80G |
Secret Eradicated Wormling | Secret Eliminate the hunter plaguing Blasted Heath. | Secret 80G |
Secret Released from the Void | Secret Help a friend to let go of their obsession. | Secret 50G |
Secret Freed from Obsession | Secret Help a friend to let go of their obsession. | Secret 50G |
| Reach Bridgewater | Arrive in the town where your parents now live. | 50G |
| Of the People | Gain the strongest bond with many befriendable characters. | 100G |
Secret The Throat Opens | Secret Break the teeth binding our worlds. | Secret 100G |
Secret Cone Zone | Secret Make every party member wear cones. | Secret 20G |
From what we can see without spoiling anything, you’ll want to make forging relationships with certain characters a priority to unlock the Of the People achievement, and not just because it’s a nice thing to do.
That’s all we can really say about the achievement list of Dead Static Drive! All that’s left to do is wait to get behind the wheel and hopefully leave any Lovecraftian horrors in the rearview mirror.
Dead Static Drive releases on November 5th across PC, Xbox Series, and is a Day One launch for Game Pass.
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