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📢 Hey, fellow off-roaders!

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Serenity Forge to bring you a little something to wear on the road! 🪄

👉 You can pre-order the brand new over the hill t-shirts now at https://store.serenityforge.com/products/overthehill-explorer-tee

And for everyone who’d like to bring a little of the journey home, pre-orders for the vinyl record featuring a special selection of tracks from the official over the hill soundtrack open on October 14.

Are you excited for the tees? The soundtrack? Or maybe there's another fun little item you’d love to see from us? 👀

📢 Hey, fellow off-roaders!

We're super excited to finally answer the big question - "over the hill when"!!! 🥳

When we started this project, we wanted to capture the freedom of art of rally's free roam, sprinkle in some adventure, and add a touch of peaceful exploration. And wow, it's been a long road getting here! Playtests, Next Fest, and your suggestions over the past year helped us refine and sharpen what we were going for. We're genuinely grateful for your support. 💖

Now we can proudly announce that over the hill is launching on October 14th on Steam, featuring several areas in the Canada and Algeria regions. Each new area packs more content and surprises than what we had in the demo, and we can't wait for you to see it all! We hope over the hill becomes your new favorite zen adventure. 🏕️

🎥 Check out the new trailer here: https://youtu.be/iO-tLX25pNk

Alongside the full game, you'll be able to get the soundtrack as a separate DLC. The console ports for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 will also follow in 2027.

ℹ️ As we get closer to the release and can confirm more details, we'll update the FAQ, which you can check out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/overthehillgame/wiki/index/faq/

📢 Hey, fellow off-roaders!

We hope you're all enjoying the summer! We're back with another progress update and some exciting news. Let's get right into it!

✨ Gamescom, Stream, and the Big News!

We want to share more about our progress and future plans for over the hill, so next week we're hosting another live stream AMA. You won't want to miss this one, because guess what? We're ready to confirm the release date!

See you on August 10th, 10PM CEST / 1PM PDT, at https://twitch.tv/funselektor and https://www.instagram.com/funselektor for the big reveal!

And if you prefer to chat with us in person, we'll be at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, in the Indie Arena Booth from August 26 to August 30, 2026. You're welcome to come say hi, and try over the hill alongside the team. For more information, see: https://home.indiearenabooth.de/gamescom2026 And don't worry, no development time will be sacrificed during the event. ;)

🎁 Pre-release access

We read your comments, and we know some of you feel strongly about the demo's availability. We would have loved to keep it running too, but we want to ensure it represents over the hill at its best. As a small team, maintaining a demo build and free servers worldwide is not feasible for us before the launch.

What we can do, however, is a playtest for a limited number of players. To not miss the signup, join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/TcRCrnh

As we want to get the full game ready for you as soon as possible, we're currently focused 100% on working towards the launch. We appreciate your patience as we get there. 🙏

🌟 What's new?

Since Next Fest, we've made improvements to the areas of the demo that you found most lacking, such as fixing certain frustrating bugs, adding missing quality-of-life features, providing more convenient camera options, tuning upgrades and cosmetics, and of course, optimizing the performance. We've also made great progress working on the Algeria region, and we're already planning the final touches to the game. The amazing soundtrack by Tatreal and Giacomo Giunchedi is also complete. Plus, we can't wait to reveal some extra physical goodies soon!

🛠️ Development Highlights

While we're getting the new stuff ready, here are some SNS highlights from recent months. Enjoy!

We've got 4 vehicle categories:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYUjy2dA66A

A new and better suspension!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPU3EjVVP7Y

Handy tools to get you through treacherous weather!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elj1Nv5WwaI

An Animal Photo Journal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paKmjdUXPds

A cassette player!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XooiyAymXgA

And we've got shooting stars! Did you make a wish? 🌠

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEhZFsKyd-A

📢 Hey, fellow off-roaders! We've got another exciting news!

We'll be at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, in the Indie Arena Booth from August 26 to August 30, 2026. You're welcome to come say hi, chat with us, and try over the hill alongside the team.

ℹ️ For more information, see: https://home.indiearenabooth.de/gamescom2026

See you soon! 🗺️ 💫