Road to Jukai Guides

Welcome to the Guides Hub for Road to Jukai, the upcoming first-person psychological horror game from Endflame, published by tinyBuild. You play a night-shift taxi driver ferrying odd passengers between small Japanese towns that sit on the edge of a vast haunted forest—the Jukai, or “sea of trees.” This hub is the map for every practical how-to on the wiki: what the game is, how to get into the Steam playtest, how controls feel on keyboard and controller, how the six-night structure works, and what the core loop asks of you once the meter is running.

Road to Jukai is not a Roblox experience and not a multiplayer taxi sim. It is a single-player PC Steam title with a mature tone, partial controller support, and a story that unfolds across six nights rather than a linear checklist of fetch quests. The game was formerly titled Silent Road and was renamed at TinyBuild Connect in September 2026. A full release is planned for 2027, while a Steam playtest is available now for players who request access. If you only read one page before wishlisting, start with Getting Started, then jump to the topic that matches your question.

All guides on this wiki

• Getting Started — premise, wishlist checklist, first-night expectations, and links into playtest, controls, and structure pages.
• Join the Playtest — how to request Steam playtest access, what a playtest build usually includes, and how to give useful feedback.
• Controls — driving and first-person camera notes, controller caveats, and focus tips for foggy night roads.
• Six Nights — how the campaign frames six nights, non-linear storytelling, and tension escalation without heavy spoilers.
• How to Play — the core loop: pick up passengers, drive forest routes, fulfill unsettling requests, and watch for clues.
• Jukai Setting — sea of trees folklore context, town-edge geography, and spoiler-light Japanese horror atmosphere.
• Content Warnings — mature themes, suicide depictions advisory, and who should wait before playing.
• Roadside Stops — leaving the taxi for passenger assists and the tension of exiting cabin safety.

Use those anchors whenever you share the wiki. Every guide page cross-links its siblings so you can move from “what is this game?” to “how do I drive?” without hunting the nav menu.

Who these guides are for

Newcomers who saw a trailer and want a spoiler-light briefing should stay on Getting Started and How to Play, then skim Jukai Setting if the forest title still feels abstract. Playtest applicants should open Join the Playtest and the Wishlist Guide so Steam notifications and access requests are configured correctly. Players unsure about mature themes should read Content Warnings before installing anything. Hardware planners should pair Controls with System Requirements before assuming a laptop can hold a stable foggy night scene. Story-curious players who want structure without ending spoilers belong on Six Nights and the Passengers Hub. When a fare asks you to step outside, Roadside Stops is the practical companion to How to Play.

This wiki deliberately avoids codes, scripts, and tier-list pages. Road to Jukai is a narrative horror drive, not a live-service gacha. Practical value here means orientation, expectation setting, and honest coverage of what Endflame and tinyBuild have shown publicly—trailers, Steam store copy, playtest status, and press reactions such as Game Rant calling the game “deeply unsettling” and ComicBook noting that it clearly understands what fans of Japanese horror look for.

How to use this hub during early access moments

Before launch, guides change when official information changes. If the playtest window opens or closes, Join the Playtest is the page to refresh first. If a new trailer drops, check the Trailers update and then return here for mechanical context. If you only care about the calendar, the Release Date page summarizes the 2027 window and what remains unconfirmed.

When you finish a guide, follow at least one sibling link. Getting Started points into playtest and controls; How to Play points into passenger archetypes and strange requests; Six Nights points back to How to Play so structure and loop stay connected. That cross-linking is intentional: horror games reward players who notice patterns, and the wiki should model the same habit.

Related wiki sections

• Passengers Hub — archetypes and how to handle unsettling requests.
• Updates Hub — rename news, trailer roundup, and release window.
• Tools Hub — system requirements and Steam wishlist / notify steps.
• Official Links — Steam, Discord, X, YouTube, Bluesky, and more.

Bookmark this Guides Hub if you want a single URL that always lists the current how-to set. As Endflame shares more about routes, passenger logic, and accessibility options, new child pages will appear in the list above with the same trailing-slash internal links used everywhere else on the site.