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Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
Developer Mad About Pandas
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory. From the Steam store page
115 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
76 positive · 36 negative
95% range 59–76%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
162 of 230 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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60 of 115 · most liked firstFor more reviews from the pens of gamers and enthusiasts, stroll on over to [url=https://saveorquit.com/]SaveorQuit. "Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real." - Iris Murdoch This is one of the first notes you can find, lazily jotted on a post-it sticky, taped to the inside of a car visor. It belongs to a warm and amicable raisin farmer, whose ride you hitched through expanses of rural America. In the golden brown fields covered in puffy, rolling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sublimely directed and voice-acted, this is a road movie fever dream that we have not experienced since 'Virginia' came out, six lifetimes ago.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was relieved to finish this game - which is hardly an appraisal, I know. If, like me, you wanted something akin to Road 96 with a youthful flare; colourful and wild in the pursuit of freedom on the open road, this is not it, alas. The gameplay is as constrained as it could possibly be, and Hitchhiker plays out a slow, meandering philosophical conversation about many existential topics that never seemed to come together in a coherent narrative. I came here wanting to scratch a [url=…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thought-provoking story-based mystery game where you solve various riddles. I really like the original idea of being a passenger in your own thoughts and meeting strangers along the way as try to figure out the answer. Considering that the game was made in Unity it's quite terrific what the developers managed create from the engine. I would like to point out a few negative things: When you minimize the game and then try to get back into the game the mouse cursor seems to either disappear or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is really not worth the money and I cannot believe I paid what I did for it. The story is quite profound and does get you thinking and involved with it but overall, in terms of gameplay, it feels unfinished - especially ride 3 - they have just avoided creating content that would have been more engaging and brought further options for gameplay and then just told you about what happened afterwards. It just doesn't feel like a game that was worth paying over £10 for - maybe 5 at most but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know what to make of this games storytellers.. the game itself is a laid back low key Indie AA, decent production values. Not the *best* Indie AA I have ever played but a fair attempt. I'm really on the fence between a yes and no recommendation.. okay so MASSIVE STORY SPOILER WARNING: So the story itself is very chilled out, I enjoyed it for the most part.. until you get to the end and you have been doing all this for your dying girlfriend whom you know was cheating on you?? .. WHY…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly cannot recommend this game. The game is way too pretentious, trying to pull a David Lynch on players with the overdone dialogue and vague narrative, but there is no payoff at the end. Gameplay wise, there are some puzzles here and there, but nothing to write home about. I honestly feel scammed as I had anticipated a narrative adventure game with the hitchhiker concept; but it turned out to be an edgy game with little to no connection established with the player. The whole game is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok I see some people are disappointed and I think it is because the description of the game don't allow you to make proper expectations. THIS GAME IS FOR YOU, IF: You like mysterious plots with thoughts about life and relationships. Very realistic part about any drive in Eastern Europe when drivers suddenly begin to explain their opinion about you and anything else. You are looking for a laid back and pretty easy visual novel but not dump. The game often rebuilds your understanding of a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory. As a hitchhiker with no memory or destination, you catch a series of rides across a strange and beautiful landscape, tracking the mysterious disappearance of a person close to you. The game is basically a walking simulator, but instead of walking you are the passenger of a stranger's car. You're just there for the ride, trying your best to listen to the five drivers you'll be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is no mystery just someones brain farts. Every story car has choices that are pointless and lead you no where. One of the most disappointing games I have ever played. I feel like I wasted 4 hours.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More a visual novel in a constrained inside space (most often a car driving around) than an actual adventure. There was an inventory with items you could look at but not really use and a few very simple puzzles, though. In terms of graphics, they were fine, not particularly good, and the outsides were too repetitive with barely any sights to break the visual monotony. I often felt "railroaded" as in told exactly what to do. I didn't like it when there was just one reply, like a next button, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do NOT waste your time. This is not a puzzle or mystery game. It is a story where your actions are little more than click to continue. Choices make little impact on events and the few puzzles in the game are simple and childishly easy. So not what i thought it was but I was ok with that because the story was decent until the end. All of the build up and questions raised have no answer and no pay off. I’m sure in someone’s mind there is a statement in that, but it just adds up to a half baked…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found the rides themselves - the music, the scenery, and the delightfully sophisticated conversations - quite enjoyable. The main story itself, however, feels a little too unsubstantial and nebulous to serve as an overarching narrative that connects all the pieces, especially that the ending is such a cliff-hanger. Still, overall, it's a nicely written, artfully presented story game that blends in elements of magic realism, stream of consciousness, and just a tiny bit of puzzle solving. Not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found this tedious within about 10 minutes, but, i did pay for it, and like achievements, so I soldiered on until I completed it. I was not turned about on my initial opinion. What puzzles there are are not that interesting or tricky - which is not a bad thing if it has a good story. It does not. It's so ponderous, more interested in crafting long winded musings on random things than creating a mystery that directly engages the player. There's so little to do apart from listen to these…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall I liked it. It definitely isn't for everyone - I didn't love it, and I was bored at times, but it was enough to bring a tear to my eye and make me think a bit, and what more can I ask for really. My favorite thing is that it was easy to put yourself in the shoes of the protagonist, as they didn't know who they were any more than I did. My least favorite thing was the lack of concreteness - the game leaned more towards the unknown rather than a concrete story, making it difficult (at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉-𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓋𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓅𝓊𝓏𝓏𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓋𝑒. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓃 𝒶 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓉. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝟧 𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒹𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎 𝒶 𝓀𝑒𝓎 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First person Kentucky Route Zero with colorful graphics. Not bad at all!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Are walking simulators too much of a hassle for you. Well I have great news for you. We gladly introduce sitting simulator™ where you only sit and fiddle with things around you. Narative is great and philosophy is good. Ending is pretty open-ended but I dont know why is everybody so salty about that. Tbh it was pretty obvious from the start.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all I do NOT recommend this for those who you expect a lot of game play. And neither for those who want to have hours of Story line. Also I would not pay the full price due to Hitchiker being a really short story. I finished it in 4 hours. Now with all negatives out of the way, this is why I think you should get it while it is on sale for < 3.50 Eur. The atmosphere, music, voice acting and story made me finish the 4 hours in one go. It slowly becomes more clear where the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dat ending doe 😭 seriously really like the game and it fell so flat on the ending.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was enjoying it until the end. The ending meant nothing to me so I didn't enjoy the product as a whole. The "ride" was fine though, thinking I'd get to an ending that makes sense.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Philosophical road trip, where the word “trip” might be a part of the word “trippy”. Surreal and thought-provoking, with phenomenal storytelling, it’s definitely worth a playthrough for those who like to ponder on things. You start as a hitchhiker in someone’s car. There’s little information given on who you are, where are you and, most importantly, why are you there – in that moment. As the ride unfolds, there comes the realization that you’re searching for something – yourself? Missing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only reason I'm not recommending this game is because of the price tag and advertising. If it's on sale, go for it. It's essentially a walking simulator with a few puzzles and barely any interaction. The description of the game makes it seem like the player is more involved than they really are. You can say a few things to the drivers, but it doesn't go anywhere. As for the ending, I usually like ambiguity and philosophy, but hardly anything is explained. It kind of just ... ends. The story…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm torn to not recommend it. The story-telling is really good and seems to leave it up to the player to decide what's true and what's not. Unfortunately the ending hits the breaks really hard and left me questioning and unresolved. Forewarning: The game has a single narrative. I don't believe your "choices" will have much impact apart from changes to dialogue.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed being slightly confused the entire time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hitchhiker is a short narrative game that lets you go through a series of surrealistic experiences as a passenger in various cars. Your objective is to regain lost memories through conversations with the drivers (and by solving a couple of very simple puzzles). The story was interesting enough to keep me engaged, but it isn't really anything special for a game of this type. It is also completely linear. Your dialogue options lead to different revelations that may affect your interpretation of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I kinda liked this one, but my recommendation comes with a few caveats. First, it's short. A full playthrough lasts less than three hours. I personally do not have a problem with this as I have trouble finding time for games as it is. Second, it is extremely simplistic in terms of mechanics. You basically only use your mouse to look around and the left mouse button to interact. There's a heavy emphasis on narrative rather than gameplay in the conventional sense. Third, the plot strives to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed it. A very light experience. Mostly an interactive film. The ending needs work. Very short. 5 drivers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Storytelling Vehicles Take your anticipated oddness. Double it. Swirl in boldness in a 1:1 ratio. I usually take my tea and coffee black, but I'll make an exception for you, Hitchhiker. It's certainly odd to think of that Humble Bundle Original from 2018 - the 'First Ride Prototype' - and how it's grown into this mini-epic vehicle for storytelling. One that sees you planted firmly in that passenger seat, expected to listen. At its heart it's a binary dialogue point-and-click adventure game.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just did not enjoy this game. Usually I enjoy walking simulators and visual novels just fine, but this was more on rails than a House of the Dead title. The plot did nothing for me, as the protagonist was pretty unlikeable, and none of the drivers/spirit guides/what have you were very interesting. I kept waiting for a hook or for the plot to kick in, but it just stayed flat from beginning to end. Generally if you’re going to do a game where the characters are pretty static, you need to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked this game except for the ending that was too open-ended, leaving too much up to interpretation. Hitchhiker is a story-driven adventure game with a surreal twist. Gameplay is minimal, focusing mainly on narrative with a few minigames. We play as an amnesiac hitchhiker trying to piece together his forgotten past by following the tracks left behind by his missing girlfriend. We catch rides with a series of peculiar drivers, journeying along American highways while listening to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's funny. I read reviews as I played a couple chapters and thought "they're being too critical. I like it so far." This game is super disappointing. It doesn't look to be doing too well, so maybe that is for the best. While it does some interesting things, it ultimately fails to be a compelling or thought provoking experience worth having. I actually feel mostly used for emotional resonance in moments that hit after we get to "the end." I feel manipulated. Usually in movies they'll…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game because I heard it was similar to Road 96. Beyond the basic premise of playing a character who is hitchhiking, I can't say I noticed many similarities. The concept of Hitchhiker was interesting enough, though I'd consider the genre of the game to be magical realism more so than mystery. There were a few thought-provoking moments, but I didn't connect with the story or with any of the characters. The ending falls completely flat, and in fact there isn't a true ending at all,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As Boring as a Long Car Ride Hitchhiker is one of the most boring, pretentious, and just out right pathetic excuses for a narrative driven game that I've ever played. Not only is the game riddled with performance issues such as scenery constantly popping in and out, and buggy animations, but the puzzles are boring, the lame excuse for a narrative is so vague and underdeveloped that it feels like they had 5 different 25 minute stories they wanted to tell but didn't know how to finish any of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not usually one to write reviews but for this game, I made an exception. I was immediately hooked by the writing, the voice acting and the story. The simple game-play mechanics also made it very easy to get immersed in this beautiful game. Can't recommend enough. It's short and sweet and left me wanting a Part 2. Well done to the devs, keep up the amazing work.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deck Nine nervously smokes aside. Deep and crazy. Shaken, not stirred. Long aftertaste.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great story. Definitely recommend this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very tentative thumbs up, and that's only if you paid less than $10. Hitchhiker is a minimally interactive movie interspersed with simplistic puzzles and the barest excuse for dialog choices. You spend the game locked to your seat, only able to move your head, listening to NPC dialog, and occasionally clicking a trigger point to move the dialog forward.... that's it. The story has its moments, but it's mostly cliched "existentialism" wrapped up with a very predictable (and played out)…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, this another "recommended, but..." Hitchhiker is an interactive novel with wildly uneven writing that leans more towards good, but mostly in the first half of the experience. While you are still trying to figure out what is happening, there's a great, surreal vibe to the conversations and the story vignettes. Then the experience starts to go off the rails as the central story starts taking hold, and you realize that it's just another Metaphor Game - a walking (riding?) simulator…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game , need answers tho
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an excellent adventure/mystery game that takes on love, grief, trauma, and dreams. The sleepy kind, not the goal kind. Each encounter was distinct, well-written, and does a good job of revealing both subtle and not-so subtle clues to the nature of what's happening. I am purposefully vague to avoid spoilers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HitchHiker, developed by Mad About Pandas and published by Versus Evil, is a narrative-driven adventure game that transforms the ordinary act of traveling into a surreal meditation on memory, identity, and loss. The player takes on the role of a mysterious hitchhiker who awakens on the side of a rural highway with no recollection of who he is or where he’s going. All he knows is that he has a toothbrush in his pocket and a strange feeling that he’s searching for something—or someone. From…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for a hitchhiking game, do yourself a huge favor and go play Road: 96 instead. It's way better in every possible way. I recently played this game, and I've already forgotten how it ended. The game is split into 5 sequences with 5 different drivers. You're supposed to piece together your own backstory, but it's quite hard when the sequences are dreamlike and not realistic. There is barely any interaction, except from choosing some dialogue and clicking on a couple of objects.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had no idea what's the story is about. Not worth your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The HitchHiker is bit of a mixed bag. The presentation is a bit low poly, but for me, the rather nebulous story and the kind of philosophical discussions were super interesting and kept me very interested into the game. It gets a bit creepy at times and other times it becomes super strange, but overall i enjoed it a lot. There is not much gameplay, but there are some puzzles that you need to solve. But these wont keep you off for too long. Best to grab it on sale if i am honest. Sincerely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brought a tear to my eye and scratched the itch left in me by "Alice isn't dead". If you enjoy surreal Americana and carefully written stories, this is for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mysterious storytelling game with an open ending. Not exactly what I expected but I did enjoy it, to be honest, I am not sure if I would buy it, if it was not part of a bundle. The gameplay stays the same so if you do not like the game in the first 20 minutes, it's probably not for you. As for the gameplay, there is very little, it's more about listening to a story and looking around while interacting with things and solving a few puzzles. The whole game is voice acted, which adds a lot in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s quite a ride… One that borders on the philosophical, the existential and the insane. Far more an experience than a game; something for those that don’t care if it doesn’t make sense, that regardless will try to prevail, that will ponder a while in the end – rather than blame the devs for an unsatisfying finale. Personally, I do not regret my experience even if it wasn’t what I was expecting… but then again, what was I expecting? From a walking simulator in a car? I enjoy a narrative,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 not my cup of tea
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ehhh, this game is too slow and uninteresting. It tries really really hard to be "intellectual" but only ending up sounding like some dumb teenager who thinks they have everything figured out. I got it on sale for $7.49, but even then, I feel like I paid way too much for it. This is easily like a $1-3 game. The voice acting is really bad, the soundtrack is really weird. There's like no ambient noise or anything during dialogue, so it ends up making the game feel unpolished. A lot of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was stupid. I thought the premise was interesting, but I had no idea this game was going to be erring on the side of supernatural. It was incredibly boring and didn't connect at all. I was under the assumption this was going to be a detective type game where you have to go through clues to really figure out who you were. I wasn't a fan of the surrealism that was present, but I'd leave that to opinion. Game was not fun at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clever, emotional kind of game that is a little hard to describe (especially while avoiding spoilers). I would say this is a slightly David Lynchian game, if not in tone than in themes. I would recommend playing it all in one 3 hour sitting and letting the story wash over you. I thought it was really well done, definitely piqued my curiosity, but if you have low tolerance for indie emotional "on rails" kinda games, you probably won't like it. I thought it was a clever riff on the walking…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is some serious David Lynch vibe in this. While the gameplay is basic and simple (most of the time you will have limited things to do anyway), the story-telling is highly sophisticated and non-linear. The writing and casting are extremely good, and overall pacing is very well-done that will keep you interested and engaged. The game does not provide concrete answers to all the questions surfaced along the way, a lot is indeed up to the player’s own understanding and interpretation.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thoroughly enjoyed this game. If you're at all interested in games as an alternative medium for telling interesting stories, games as an experience, or games as art, grab this. Heck, even if you aren't and you just want an afternoon's diversion, grab it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun game to lay down and enjoy a good story and narrative, the characters have their charisma and make you want to find out about what is going you with them and about yourself - since your character seens to have amnesia -. Would give it a 8/10, I don't really enjoy those "point and click narratives" games but this one catched my eye
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very awesome game. Great Story, simple game mechanics, incredible voice actors. I really appreciated the short playtime, so I was able to finish the game on one weekend. Great job to the whole team. I can highly recommend playing the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the ride, but not the ending. Full playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wTgk8IftuQ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the great ambiance at certain parts, I found myself being bored despite the short length.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game” A (mostly) passenger seat perspective mystery with lots of interesting expressions. The absurd and mysterious story seems to have lost its reputation, but I was moved by the sincerity in it. The Japanese translation has some quality problems, but it is worth a look!
unlabelledView post →I wouldn't say it's a bad game, but it definitely isn't for everyone-- know what you're in for before buying it. The beginning felt slow and boring and I took a break from playing, but I came back and did the final chapters and I found them to be much more interesting. The gameplay is minimal, but it's a very calm and thought-provoking game. The overall narrative is very interesting and leaves a lot up for interpretation. It felt more like a movie than a game, so if you're looking for…
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