How to win

The goal of a run

The developer describes success as reaching the prison alive after repairing the bus, collecting prisoners, and surviving anomalies. This page organizes those objectives into a checklist; it does not promise a guaranteed win.

Before departure

• Check which mode you selected. A Hardcore attempt has different stakes from a regular run.
• Read the current repair objective and complete the actions shown by the game.
• If playing with a group, agree on simple callouts for road events and new objectives.

The mode and objective checks come from the game's description. Group callouts are our planning advice.

During the route

Work through the prisoner pickups shown by the game and keep track of the current objective. Treat an unexpected event as a reason to read the game's cues before committing to an action.

At the destination

Look for the game's own completion result before leaving the session. The exact distance and completion checks are not documented yet.

Keep the bus and crew going

A run can end long before the prison if the bus or the crew runs out of something. Keep an eye on:

• Fuel for the bus. The Driver and Mechanic classes help here.
• Health, restored with bandages and health packs.
• Hunger: eat when you can.
• Ammo for your guns.

See weapons and items and classes for what helps with each.

If you go down

A revive gets you back up where you fell. The Medic class revives faster, so players can revive each other in a normal round. Paid revives cost more each time in the same run, and Hardcore uses its own revives. See revives.

After a failed attempt

As a learning exercise, note the mode, the last objective you completed, and what appeared immediately before the failure. A short recording is more useful than guessing a trigger from memory.

Compare only what you observed. An event happening after an action does not, by itself, prove that the action caused it.

What to try next

After a win, check the Hardcore rules. If you want a shorter route, read about Quick mode. For your first attempt, the beginner guide provides more context.