RoadCraft (PC) Review

Last year, Saber Interactive impressed me with their game: Expeditions, A MudRunner Game. A game primarily focused on driving various types of off-road vehicles and using them to explore different maps to accomplish varying types of missions and goals. While I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing it, Saber Interactive have continued to capture my attention, this time with their newest release RoadCraft, a similar style game that steps it up a notch by adding a construction element to it.

Early on, you learn you will be tasked with rebuilding roads and structures to take you and your fleet of vehicles after floods or other various natural disasters have occurred. You will be required to not only scout out the area to keep supplies running, but clear the path and eventually building roads, as per the name RoadCraft.

Players will find them using a wide array of vehicles from various types of offroad trucks, dozers, cranes and haul trucks to accomplish various goals, all having their own unique learning curve. This was something I found gave a much-needed challenge to this game, while also immersing me into the game, as I have always had a fondness of heavy equipment and seeing and learning how each machine works to do its job at hand. Not all jobs are as simple tasks either, many require using multiple machines to work together to complete a specific goal, such as using a crane to load a haul truck so it can carry its load to the next point in the map to complete other tasks or a dump truck bringing sand to fill in patches of path that you will later smooth out with the dozer.

I quickly found myself behind the wheel of my own fleet of vehicles clearing paths and collecting a number of materials and working to get my crew where they needed to go. While RoadCraft takes a number of its elements from it’s sister games Expeditions, MudRunner and SnowRunner, I found this immediately became my new favorite in Focus Entertainment’s roundup of trucking games as I feel the game felt it had much more to do over its predecessors.

“Saber Interactive have continued to capture my attention, this time with their newest release RoadCraft…”

With approximately several KM worth of terrain to explore, and 7 unique maps, each environment will challenge you with its unique elements, from muddy forests, to dusty and dry deserts, you and your fleet will be pushed to their limits and challenge you each step of the way. While I only spent my time testing the game on a forest map, I plan to work my way through the game and continue to test my skills to see what all RoadCraft has in store to offer.

For those not wanting to play alone, players can not only work together in co-op mode to achieve goals quicker, they can each play cross-platform, something I personally liked as a pc gamer while many friends of mine prefer their home consoles. You can also voice chat over the game, further enhancing the overall experience, though I was not able to test this due to the early preview I was testing.

I thoroughly enjoyed my gameplay time on RoadCraft and was impressed at what they were able to accomplish here. It very much felt like a mash up of two of my favorite games lately, Expeditions and Construction Simulator 2025. I hope Saber Interactive continues to add further missions and goals to the game to add more gameplay over time, or different vehicle packs to enhance the overall experience and add more variety to the fleet you can build. Overall, this was an excellent game and I look forward to seeing what Saber Interactive will deliver next.