Driven Out
Released Oct 2019
Beautiful 16 bit retro art style with fluid animations and deliberate combat. Read the enemy and act accordingly in this seamless world without any load screens.
84% positive · 274 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
Driven Out launched on October 18, 2019 as a complete, self-contained 2D side-scrolling action game. Following release, the developer posted three patches between October 24 and December 4, 2019, addressing bugs and making small gameplay and story adjustments. The final post on December 4, 2019 added Japanese language support and included additional bug fixes. Since that date, there have been no further developer communications, no announced DLC or expansions, no unreleased content listed on the store, and no roadmap suggesting future additions. The store description presents the game as a finished product with a defined feature set. This is a small indie title that launched as a complete package, received a short round of post-launch polish, and has been stable ever since.
Evidence
Final developer post: added Japanese language support and applied additional bug fixes. No mention of future content or updates.
Store description presents a fully featured, self-contained game with no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned additional content.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Jens Kolhammar
Achievements
21
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Driven Out is a challenging 2d side-scroller with deliberate combat and beautiful 16 bit retro aesthetic. A farmer is forced from her home into a dangerous world in upheaval. Forced to fight dangerous fantastical creatures.
Luckily she has stumbled upon a magical contraption that creates copies of herself if she perishes. As long as this device has power she can place custom checkpoints. However it is a fragile device and if the enemies choose to attack the device it will quickly break.
Enemies are numerous and varied in this seamless world. The farmer has no combat experience but as long as she keeps her wits about her and read the enemies she can prevail. The enemies are also not without wit and might choose to attack the checkpoint if left unprotected.
Features
- Deliberate combat. Read the enemy and act accordingly.
- Beautiful 16 bit retro art style with fluid animations.
- Seamless world without any in-game load screens.
- Checkpoints can be placed anywhere.
- Destructible checkpoint, if left unprotected the enemies can choose to attack the checkpoints instead of the player.
- Skill based combat. No character progression and no loot.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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