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Glasgow Belter
You are the big man everybody phones. Drive a top-down Glasgow built from real street maps, take the jobs Mags rings through, and keep one step ahead of the polis. Act One is free to play now; Act Two is coming later.
The game
Act One: the dispatch desk.
The real city
Streets, buildings, rail lines and the Clyde come from OpenStreetMap, from the West End to the East End and south of the river.
A story told by phone
Mags is closing her book before she leaves the dispatch desk. Her jobs ring through across the city centre, the West End, the South Side, the canal and the East End, and end with One Last Round.
Polis on your tail
Wanted stars, pursuits and busts. Lose them in the back streets, hide stopped and unseen, or respray at Rab’s to cool the search.
Jobs with a twist
Stay with Norrie’s white van up lanes the satnav’s never heard of, wait out of Dougie’s eyeline by the canal until he shows himself, collect a van on foot, and drive Leanne’s aunt Iona from Central without turning the scone in her handbag to crumbs.
An open city
Taxi fares with a tip streak, Ayesha’s street races, speed traps and traffic cones to put on statues, starting with the Duke of Wellington.
Workshop and safe houses
Repairs, resprays and two tuning tiers for each car, plus safe houses across the city with a garage and wardrobe.
Act Two is coming later. Finish Act One and the game asks what you thought; you can sign up there for one email when Act Two is out.
Screenshots
From the streets.
How to play
Controls
- Drive or walk
- W A S D or arrow keys
- Handbrake, or run on foot
- Space
- Get in or out of a stopped car
- F
- Interact when stopped
- E
- City atlas
- M
- Menu
- P or Escape
- Recover your car
- R
Questions
Before you start
Is it free?
Yes. Glasgow Belter is in early access: all of Act One, and the whole open city, is free to play in your browser, with nothing to buy, install or sign up for. Act Two is still being written and is coming later.
How do I give feedback?
Open the menu in the game and choose Feedback, or follow the Give feedback link on this page, which starts the game with the form open. It takes a couple of minutes, every question is optional, and it never asks who you are. You will also be asked when you finish Act One.
What do I need to play?
A recent version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari. A keyboard works best; on-screen touch controls are included. The first visit downloads about 5 MB of city data; after that the game loads from your browser and can even start offline.
How do I save?
Progress saves automatically in your browser on this device. It does not sync between devices, and clearing your browser data removes it.
Is it the real Glasgow?
The streets and buildings are real map data from OpenStreetMap, drawn as a top-down pixel world with a fictional 1990s feel. The characters and story are fictional, and the map covers a selected part of the city.
Ready to drive?
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence. Terrain contains Scottish public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.