Over the Hill finally has a release date — October 14 on Steam

Over the Hill, the low-poly co-op offroading game from Funselektor, is launching on Steam on October 14. Console versions won't arrive until sometime next year.

The game puts you behind the wheel of an old-school 4x4 across low-poly terrain, with a grappling hook and co-op support for a small group of friends. Funselektor says the launch build will include several areas across the Canada and Alergia regions, with more content and surprises than what was in the demo. If you want to get your hands on it before October, Funselektor will have it playable at Gamescom later this month.

Over the Hill has quietly racked up more than a million Steam wishlists since it was announced a couple of years ago — a remarkable number for a small, chill driving game with no racing, no combat, and no timer. PC Gamer's Andy Chalk played it earlier this year and praised how well it captures the slower, more deliberate side of off-roading: thinking through a line, going at your own pace, and occasionally ending up on your roof anyway. He wrote that Funselektor "understands" the real love of driving "in a way that an awful lot of studios miss" — a quality that tends to be rare in a genre dominated by speed and spectacle.

With a million wishlists converting into launch-day players in October, Over the Hill has a real shot at being one of the surprise co-op hits of the autumn. Anyone eager to try it early has Gamescom as their best option before the Steam release.