Saber Interactive's Next Publishing Venture Puts You Behind the Wheel of a Surreal Rideshare Nightmare

Saber Interactive, the studio best known for publishing last year's hit Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, has unveiled its next publishing project — and it's a sharp left turn from bolter rifles and power armor. The game is called Rideshare "Stimulator" (those quotation marks are intentional and part of the official title), developed by Unigine, and it casts players as a rideshare driver navigating a city populated entirely by oddballs, cranks, and conversational catastrophes.

At its mechanical core, the game functions like a fairly traditional driving sim. Players pick up passengers, ferry them to destinations, follow traffic laws — or bend them when running late — and manage their vehicle's condition through repairs and car washes. Passenger satisfaction feeds into a rating and review system, and tips aren't just a bonus; they're a financial necessity given that upkeep costs fall entirely on the driver. It's a loop that will feel familiar to anyone who's played a sim in this vein before, and Saber has plenty of experience in the genre.

What sets Rideshare "Stimulator" apart — at least on paper — is its cast of passengers. One rider apparently insists he's only banned from a single aquarium, not all aquariums. Another is convinced birds are secretly controlling traffic signals. A third takes the opportunity to compare the driver unfavorably to a disappointing grandson. The game appears to be leaning hard into absurdist character writing as its primary hook, using the rideshare format as a stage for a rotating cast of human chaos.

The satirical framing is an important lens here. Rideshare work is frequently cited as one of the clearest examples of gig economy exploitation — drivers bearing full operational costs while platforms skim significant percentages and customers leave ratings that can make or break income. Games that gamify such labor without acknowledging its real-world tensions risk feeling tone-deaf. Unigine seems aware of this, with the parade of nightmare passengers reading as a winking acknowledgment that yes, this job can be genuinely miserable.

No release date has been announced for Rideshare "Stimulator" as of yet, leaving interested players without a launch window to track. Visually, the game opts for a photorealistic style — a choice likely aimed at drawing in the simulation-focused crowd, even if a more stylized look might have better complemented the game's comedic tone. It's one to watch, cautiously.