13 survivors
All characters in Roadtrip
Roadtrip's 1.0 roster is 13 characters, not 9. Five of them have their own pages because the unlock is easy to miss. The other eight stay in this table.
Updated
| Name | Unlock | Role | Added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor | Available by default | Starter all-rounder | Launch (EA 2025-09-22) |
| Bananaperson | Walk over the banana costume lying on the floor in the base camp | Throwable specialist | Launch (EA 2025-09-22) |
| Sheriff | Win one run (reach the final stop and beat the boss) | Ranged reload specialist | Launch (EA 2025-09-22) |
| Chicken | Craft 3 different legendary items (requires the workbench) | Minion summoner | Launch (EA 2025-09-22) |
| Astronaut | Defend the shuttle on the dedicated canyon map with a space-shuttle icon (guaranteed since official update 0.17). | Armor / crit tank | Launch (EA 2025-09-22) |
| Death | Stay on one map for 12 minutes, let Death hit you, then extract by bus before Day 8 (not in Endless mode) | Melee revive bruiser | Launch (EA 2025-09-22) |
| President Knabe | Main menu, bottom-left key icon, paste the code and confirm | Throwable crowd-control | Launch (EA 2025-09-22) |
| The Carver | Loot a Pumpkin Patch on the Fields map (meadow biome), keep the pumpkin in your backpack with a knife next to it, and beat that map's boss | Turret summoner | 0.17 (2025-10-27) |
| Santa | Defeat a boss in the Snowy Peaks biome (achievement 'Peak Performance') | Airstrike artillery | 0.18 (2025-12-04) |
| Bushy | Complete the 'Sharp-Shooter' achievement (kill 1000 zombies with the rifle) | Trap zone controller | 0.19 (2026-03-19) |
| Penny the Clown | Complete the 'Juggler' achievement (have 3 Rubber Balls in your backpack and active) | Homing throwable | 0.21 (2026-06-08) |
| The Surfer | Reach 6 dashes worth of stamina (community: link a shoe item to the spring) | Dash attacker | 0.22 (2026-08-31) |
| Vampire | Unlock the Shady Merchant at the workbench, buy his syringe (max HP -50%, 2% lifesteal), then trigger a lifesteal hit | Lifesteal melee | 1.0 (2026-10-29) |
Pages for the tricky unlocks
- Death: 12 minutes on one map, a real hit, then the bus, before day 8, and not in Endless.
- The Carver: pumpkin from the Fields patch, knife beside it, boss of that map.
- Astronaut: defend the shuttle; 0.17 guarantees it on the canyon map marked with a shuttle icon.
- President Knabe: key icon on the main menu.
- Vampire: shady merchant syringe, then one lifesteal proc. Added in 1.0.
The eight that stay in the table
Survivor starts unlocked, with six empty cells and no character item. Bananaperson is the banana costume on the camp floor, and after 0.18 that costume waits until the first apple upgrade. Sheriff is a won run. Chicken is three different workbench legendaries. Santa is the Snowy Peaks boss (the Peak Performance achievement). Bushy is 1,000 rifle kills in one run. Penny needs three active rubber balls. The Surfer needs six dashes of stamina; the 0.22 notes say that and stop there, while players describe linking a shoe item to the spring.
Xbox's store sentence says '10+ eccentric characters'. That line agrees with a 13-person roster. I am not treating it as a promise of more hidden names beyond the thirteen.
| Claim | Status | Source scope |
|---|---|---|
| Launch unlocks | 3 independent guides | JingShing / Suguru / Glücksjäger |
| 13-character roster | Editorial count | 7 launch names + 6 separately announced additions |
| Vampire syringe sequence | 1 community thread | 2 agreeing replies; official source gives merchant hint |
Questions
How many characters does Roadtrip have?
Thirteen in 1.0: the seven from launch, then Carver, Santa, Bushy, Penny, Surfer, and Vampire.
Who should I play first?
The Japanese guide and the unlock guides treat Survivor as the flexible first clear, because the backpack starts with the most free space.
Related
Sources
- Steam guide · JingShing — checked 2026-11-02
- Steam guide · Suguru — checked 2026-11-02
- Steam guide · Glücksjäger (German) — checked 2026-11-02
- 1.0 announcement — checked 2026-11-02