Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, widely regarded as one of the worst video games ever commercially released, is getting a 2025 release on Steam and the exhumation of this 2003 disaster does not appear to be a joke, some sort of meta-commentary, or a stealth psychological horror game disguising itself as Big Rigs.Instead, publisher Margarite Entertainment appears to be of the opinion that the oft-mocked Big Rigs is a classic trucking game and that its release on Steam in the coming months will mark its triumphant return. A news release from Margarite Entertainment effectively touts the same inaccurate promises that Big Rigs box art made more than 20 years ago, which the final, barely-playable game certainly did not live up to.Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was developed by Stellar Stone which outsourced the games development to Ukraine and originally released by GameMill Publishing. In its original state, the game was an unmitigated disaster. The games AI-controlled truck that you were supposed to race against didnt move at all. The games physics and collision detection were virtually non-existent, meaning you could drive your rig up the side of mountains and through buildings. Even the games acceleration was completely busted; players could move in reverse at speeds of up to 2 million miles per hour. The game is also infamous for its congratulatory message YOURE WINNER ! when completing a course. A patch released for Big Rigs addressed some of the games glaring issues, including some of its broken English, but even then, many of the features promised on the games original box (and now in Margarite Entertainments announcement) were never part of the game. That includes stay[ing] one step ahead of the law and hauling loads yes, two of the games four drivable trucks have trailers, but the contents of those haulers are not visible nor are players aware of their contents. You might consider them Schrdingers load.Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing has long been a well-deserved punching bag for critics and content creators for decades. GameSpot famously scored the game a 1 out of 10 in reviewer Alex Navarros 2003 assessment, which was paired with a funny video of Navarro suffering through the barely functioning game. Similar popular takedowns from the Angry Video Game Nerd and Cr1TiKaL have echoed just how bad Big Rigs is. At this years Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning charity event, runner szcymanski completed all five tracks in 3 minutes, 29 seconds, a feat pulled off completely in reverse to showcase the games brokenness.Its still unclear if publisher Margarite Entertainment truly knows what it has on its hands. Margarite Entertainments website says that the companys mission is acquiring and licensing classic games and that it is eager to present these exceptional games to an emerging audience. Thus far, the only game the publisher has announced it has rights to is Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing. (Margarite appears to be based in China, going by the companys domain registration and investment from Hong Kong-based ACG Plus Capital.)Time will soon tell what the 2025 release of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing will play like. But given the games infamous quality, dont expect much more than a fresh batch of memes and comedic playthroughs.