Co-op climbing for up to 8 friends, built on real driving physics. Thin planks, giant pipes and vertical ramps stand between you and the summit, and there are no checkpoints. A friendly push saves your run. A friendly push also ends it.

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The reason we are launching in Early Access is to continue developing the game with the help of our players' feedback and to shape the core experience together with the community. Early Access gives me a great opportunity to build a closer relationship with my players. Your feedback is incredibly helpful in guiding the addition of new features and improvements that will enrich the game. Furthermore, it is an excellent opportunity to spot bugs, polish the balancing, and make meaningful changes based on user input. During this process, our players will have the chance to closely follow the game's development and actively contribute to its final shape.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“The game is planned to remain in Early Access for approximately 1 year.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“For the full release, we plan to expand the game significantly based on the feedback from our community. This will include adding a variety of new content, such as different maps, more cars, and new game modes to enrich the overall experience.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Most of the game's core mechanics are already in place and fully playable. Players can join a lobby with their friends, customize their car's color, and jump into the game together. Through our co-op system, you can have a great time navigating across various platforms to reach the finish line and complete the game. The new features and systems we implement from this point forward will be planned and added based directly on our players' feedback.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The price will remain exactly the same throughout the Early Access period. However, there will be a slight price increase upon the full release to reflect the many new features and content that will have been added to the game.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We plan to actively engage with our community through Discord and Steam to gather feedback and suggestions.”
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Planned Release Date: Oct 26, 2026

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About This Game

The only way out is up

Somewhere above you there is a finish line. Between you and it sit narrow planks, steep ramps, the insides of enormous pipes, and up to seven friends who are all trying to get there first.

Drive UP: Together is a co-op climbing game built on a proper driving simulation. Eight players, one mountain, and absolutely no checkpoints.

🚗 Cars that behave like cars

Weight shifts forward when you brake. The back end steps out if you are too eager with the throttle. Suspension compresses over a crest and unloads on the way down, and your tires will let go of a steel ramp at the worst possible moment.

Momentum is the whole game. Carry too little into a climb and you slide back down. Carry too much and you sail clean over the platform you were aiming for. Getting the throttle right on a near vertical ramp takes practice, and the run where it finally clicks feels earned.

🤝 Eight players, one mountain, no safe distance

Everyone climbs the same route at the same time, and every car is a solid object. That changes everything.

You can park across a gap so a friend has a bridge. You can line up behind someone and push them over a ledge that no single car can clear. On the hardest sections, getting anyone to the top means all of you working the problem together.

You can also wait until your friend is one wheel from the summit and tap their bumper.

Helping and ruining someone use the same controls. Nobody in the lobby ever forgets which one you chose.

⚡ Fall and you start again. All of it.

There are no checkpoints. No respawn point halfway up, no saved progress, nothing to fall back on. Drop off the top and you are back on the first hill you cleared an hour ago.

It sounds cruel, and it is, but it turns every meter into something that matters. People go quiet when someone gets close. Hands tighten on the last narrow beam. A run that ends fifty meters from the finish line becomes a story your group tells for weeks.

Then you drive straight back in, because now you know the road.

🧱 A course designed to spit you off

Planks barely wider than your axles. Pipes where one wrong steering input has you bouncing between the walls. Ramps so steep that stopping halfway is not an option. Tilting platforms, swinging obstacles and drops you cannot see the bottom of.

Every section has a line that works. Finding it is the fun part. Watching someone else fail to find it is better.

🔧 Stuck upside down in a pipe? Call for help.

Cars get wedged. You land on your roof between two beams with all four wheels spinning in the air, and from there you have two choices.

A friend drives over, lines up carefully and shunts you free. Or you reset your car and begin the entire climb from the bottom.

Some of the best moments in Drive UP: Together are four people abandoning their own runs to rescue one player who is stuck sideways in a tube.

🎨 Getting started takes about a minute

Invite friends from your Steam list, pick a color for your car, and drop into the lobby. If you have played racing sims for years, the handling will feel familiar. If you have never touched one, the first hill teaches you what you need.

Easy to start. Genuinely hard to finish. Very loud either way.

Grab your friends, start the engine, and drive up together.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-5500 or newer
    • Memory: 6 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 920M or equivalent
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10-11
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 or newer
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1050ti or newer
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
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