Crazy Courier: Deliver At All Costs

Traffic? Buildings? Nothing gets in the way of this manic delivery adventure.

Apr 02, 2025

‣ Deliver At All Costs
From: Studio Far Out Games, KONAMI
Platforms: PC
Release: 22 May 2025
Genre: Open world delivery mayhem
Steam Page • Demo Video • Developer Site

Crash through almost anything, creating a trail of destruction.

Winston Green is down on his luck. The rent is due, but he doesn't have a job. He has a volcanic temper, which got him fired from his previous job. Now, he's hiding out in the sticks, on an island called St Monique, and he needs cash.

Serendipity delivers: an ad on the local radio from a courier service looking for drivers, and he has the reckless disregard to Deliver At All Costs.

It's surprising to see major publisher Konami back Deliver At All Costs, a game from an independent studio that fits squarely in the 'double-A' category: a game with some budget, a lot of passion, and a wacky singular vision.

Presented in an isometric view, you charge around on foot or in your trusty pickup van, completing crazy orders for customers. That's not really hyperbole: in the demo's first mission, Winston's delivery is a bunch of fireworks that keep going off and threaten to blow off his wheels.

The next is to carefully cart rotten watermelons to be fumigated and painted. There's also carting around a thrashing swordfish and getting serious air with a malfunctioning balloon machine.

Winston can crash through almost anything, creating a trail of destruction. Best played with a controller, swerve around cars, through fences, across walkways, and even in and out of buildings. Whether you choose to stick to the roads or go off the track, you can find a way to your destination.

St. Monique is divided into different areas, each with a distinct look, ranging from rural waters to busy docks and industrial sites to the bustling town and touristy boardwalk. It all begs to be explored.

Consequently, the game world is reasonably open. There are ledges to traverse, hidden caves, ladders, and various nooks to discover. Between deliveries, Winston can access side missions and find crates that give him parts to upgrade his car, such as a crane for easy on- and offloading.

Deliver At All Costs, set in 1959, embraces this vintage era with its abundance of old-school roadsters and polka-dot dresses. The local radio jumps between nostalgic ads, feel-good banter, and Cold War paranoia, and the game's soundtrack eggs you on with swinging rock 'n roll.

This period also resonates throughout the story. You eventually learn that Winston is exceedingly smart and worked for a government project that has something to do with nuclear power. But he had a fallout with his employers. There are also hints about his past as a kid, suggesting that the game has an elaborate plot in store.

Just as well, because it has plenty of characters, including a professionally voiced cast of main and supporting characters. Apart from the temperamental Winston, there are his landlord, his new bosses, fellow couriers, and numerous citizens of St Monique.

📽 Demo Snapshot: Help this dweeb impress

Don't expect a traditional point-to-point delivery game. Deliver At All Costs is a madcap game, presenting the best of open-world isometric gameplay. It looks good without requiring a powerful system, and it leans hard into great design and art.

The action can be a little manic, and the missions aim to be very distinct with unique requirements. One moment, you're trading across town, avoiding fireworks in the road. The next, you are driving gingerly to not send watermelons flying. But if you fail, you just restart where you entered the map. It never becomes frustrating, retaining a strong arcade sensibility.

So, slap on some rockabilly tunes, pull down your cap, hit that accelerator, and buckle up for the chaos that comes when you Deliver At All Costs.