Developer and publisher Alawar has confirmed that The Last Gas Station, a cozy management sim interwoven with a slow-building mystery, will arrive on April 28, 2026, for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG. A new trailer dropped today alongside the date.
The Last Gas Station opens with the player inheriting a rundown roadside gas station and the small store attached to it from a previous owner whose whereabouts are unknown. The setup plants a question underneath the business simulation that is unanswered. The game is set in a world where gasoline has been largely replaced by the electric vehicle shift, leaving the station as the one remaining gas station still drawing in the few drivers who haven’t made the switch. The pixel art aesthetic, rendered with anthropomorphic animal characters, keeps the surface warm and inviting, which is part of the point given what the game implies about what happens at night.
The core loop is divided across two sides of the property. The gas station side involves maintaining and upgrading the fuel pumps, expanding the available services, and making the exterior presentable enough to pull travelers off the road. The attached store also requires maintenance: stocking inventory, managing the layout, working the register, and adjusting what the shelves carry as the business grows. Revenue from one feeds the other, and the game’s progression is built around what players choose to invest in first. Multiple endings are listed among the game’s features, which means the narrative track is equally as important as the management side. The night hours are where the game’s tension lies. Every piece of marketing for The Last Gas Station returns to the same warning: stay inside after dark. The previous owner’s disappearance is the thread the mystery pulls, and the game does not appear to be in a hurry to answer it.
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