Dystopian Trail
Six people. One van. A country coming apart.
Keep your crew alive through tariffs, propaganda, and bureaucratic cruelty on the road to D.C.
…even offline!
The game
The system is broken. Keep moving.
Pack for the collapse.
Choose a persona. Buy supplies. Leave room for things to go wrong.
Survive the absurdity.
Make ugly choices. Keep the crew together. Get your evidence to D.C.
Make it to D.C.
Bring your crew and evidence of institutional nonsense to the hearing.
Dystopian Trail. Dystrail, for short.
This is the official home of Dystopian Trail, a free, single-player survival game inspired by The Oregon Trail. Its political satire takes aim at Trump-era tariffs, DOGE accounting, MAHA health claims, and government propaganda, with real-world source notes inside the game.
Choose from six personas, manage scarce supplies, make camp, and face encounters in Classic or The Deep End. Your choices shape who makes it to the hearing in D.C. Read the game guide or explore the open-source project.