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Aliens have landed on Earth… to run a gas station. Play solo or up to 4 players and do human tasks to blend in. People depend on you, it’s your job to make sure that the shelves have the correct items, refuel customers passing by, and provide food for travelers. But most importantly, you must conduct your research.

Stay Undetected

Your mission is simple. Gather all data you can from humans without their knowledge. Scan, steal, and test various methods on customers while they stop by the gas station. Be careful not to raise the “suspicion meter” too high, as that will trigger the visit of government officials.

Be Normal, Be Human

During the day, take care of the gas station as an ordinary employee. Restock the shelves, order wares for the shop, refuel passersby, and exchange goods for cash. At night you will be able to gather your thoughts, and plan for the next day.

Upgrade and Customize

Balance between two missions, upgrading the gas station to attract more customers and upgrading your alien tech to process data and gather information more efficiently. To blend in, draw a very normal human expression on your state-of-the-art disguise.

During closing hours, you can also upgrade the station, inside and outside to make sure everything is going according to plan.

Features

  • Chaotic solo or co-op fun: Gather friends or play alone to manage the gas station while pursuing your alien mission.
  • Dual Upgrade Path: Manage upgrades for your gas station and for your alien technology at the same time
  • Satisfying Simulation: Clean, cook, and stock your workplace with all necessary supplies and items to make sure every customer leaves satisfied.
  • Alien Deception: Make sure to stay disguised and don’t get caught by human government officials. If you are too suspicious, they will turn you into goo.
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How To Play Roadside Research on macOS

Playable

Great news, Roadside Research can be played on macOS using any of the methods below:

  1. is the most popular way to play Windows games on macOS. You can play Roadside Research using CrossOver.

See game reports below for details.

Game Reports

See how well this game plays on macOS.

Roadside Research is not natively supported on macOS. See below for ways you can play it that have been tested.

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MacGamer

Broken Demo

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    Parallels (Windows)

    v26.1.1

  • Launcher Steam

Additional Information

The game crashes when you try to start a single player game.

MacGamer

Perfect 1440p < 1 Hour Played 32 FPS Demo

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Tahoe, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    v26.0.0 Preview

  • Launcher Steam
  • Graphics Preset Custom