The ‘worst game ever made’ is coming to Steam. The legendary truck racing disaster is tagged as psychological horror
Big Rigs is coming back, and I’m not sure reality is real anymore. The game that defined ‘broken’ is about to haunt my dreams all over again.
If you think The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is the worst game of the millennium, then you clearly haven’t heard of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing by Stellar Stone. This legendary disaster from 2003 is apparently coming to Steam this year and everyone’s asking the same question: is this a joke?
The ultimate gaming trainwreck
First, let’s talk about what makes Big Rigs so infamous. Released for Windows, it’s widely considered one of gaming’s most legendary failures– and for good reason. Your opponent never moves, so you win every race by default. There’s zero collision detection, meaning you can drive straight through buildings, trees, and even out of the game world.
The physics? Completely broken. You can reverse at infinite speed, accelerating faster than light, and some tracks don’t even let you finish because the checkpoint system is missing. Add in ugly textures, no engine sounds, and missing animations, and you’ve got a true masterpiece of failure.
Screenshot by Beautiful_Fishing569Source: Reddit
But the crown jewel of this mess is the legendary ‘YOU'RE WINNER!’ victory screen when you win a race. And as Alex Navarro perfectly put it in his 2004 review, ‘It's as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend.’ So naturally, Big Rigs became a cult classic for those who love gloriously broken games.
Big Rigs returns in 2025, and I have so many questions
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was developed by Stellar Stone, a company based in Santa Monica, but the actual work was outsourced to a Ukrainian studio called TS Group Entertainment. Stellar Stone had a reputation for using cheap, pre-made engines to churn out low-budget games, and Big Rigs was no exception. Rushed out with basically zero quality control, it launched in 2003 under GameMill Publishing – and the rest is gaming history.
Now, it looks like the game has a new publisher, Margarite Entertainment. According to their own words:
Old games should not be forgotten
We focus specifically on acquiring and licensing classic games, with non-exclusive or exclusive contracts offered depending on your preferred agreements . We hold worldwide rights to some of the most classic games , including Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, and we are eager to present these exceptional games to an emerging audience.
Make of that what you will.
Big Rigs, the ultimate non-stop driving ‘experience’ – is coming in Q2 2025 with Steam achievements, and somehow, it’s tagged as psychological horror, immersive sim, sexual content, family-friendly, hentai, and more. Honestly, this is way too much for me to process today.
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