Urban Trial Collection

Urban Trial Collection is a PC arcade motorbike package built around three separate stunt-racing games: Urban Trial Freestyle, Urban Trial Playground, and Urban Trial Tricky Deluxe Edition. It is not a verified official storefront rebrand. On Steam, the current official bundle name is Urban Trial Bundle, while Urban Trial Collection is a catalog label used for the combined release.

Three games, three approaches to stunt riding

The collection is best understood as a set of side-view, 2.5D physics racers rather than one unified campaign. Each game sends a rider through obstacle-filled courses, but the emphasis changes from precision racing to freestyle scoring and trick-focused platforming.

Urban Trial Freestyle is the most traditional entry. Its city courses use ramps, rails, stairs, vehicles, explosive objects, and uneven platforms to test throttle control, balance, momentum, and landing accuracy.

The camera remains side-on, giving the game a clear platform-racing structure. You move through a course from one end to the other, then replay it to reduce your time, improve your score, complete optional objectives, or challenge a recorded performance.

Its main modes are Time Attack, Stunt, and additional challenges. Time Attack rewards clean routes and speed, while Stunt events focus on tasks such as jumps, tricks, distance, or controlled landings.

Physics, tricks, and progression

All three games rely on a simple but demanding physics loop. The throttle determines forward momentum, while rider positioning affects how the bike rotates in the air and settles onto ramps, platforms, and sloped surfaces.

Balance control is more important than raw acceleration. A fast approach can produce a higher score, but a poorly timed lean can turn a promising run into a crash. The collection rewards repetition because every failed attempt reveals another detail about a jump, obstacle, or landing angle.

Freestyle includes bike and rider customization, with upgrades that can improve the motorcycle and help players pursue faster times. Its ghost and leaderboard systems give successful runs a competitive target beyond simply reaching the finish.

For players who want a broader off-road racing package with multiple vehicle types rather than fixed stunt courses, open-terrain motorcycle racing such as MX vs ATV Legends offers a more conventional alternative.

Urban Trial Playground shifts toward scoring

Urban Trial Playground moves the action from gritty city streets to bright California-inspired beaches and urban coastal environments. Its courses are designed as stunt surfaces, with ramps, rails, dunes, rooftops, and other objects arranged to support chained tricks.

The central loop is building multi-score combos while maintaining enough control to land safely. Freestyle and Time Trial modes use online leaderboards across more than 50 levels, and Time Trial lets you race against your own ghost to refine routes and execution.

Playground includes six customizable bikes. Their visual parts can be changed, while upgrades to the engine, brakes, and other components affect how the bike handles.

Independent front and rear brake controls add more precision to stoppies, front flips, wheelies, and skid-based maneuvers. That makes Playground the most immediately recognizable blend of speed, balance, and stunt scoring in the package.

Urban Trial Tricky is the trick-focused entry

Urban Trial Tricky Deluxe Edition takes the series in a more colorful and playful direction. Instead of treating tricks as occasional score opportunities, it makes freestyle movement and combo construction the main attraction.

The game offers three single-player modes, more than 30 levels, side challenges, leaderboards, and the ability to ride in both directions. That last feature changes the rhythm of a course, allowing players to return through sections and extend stunt attempts instead of always progressing in one direction.

Tricky combines racing, platforming, and freestyle trick chains. Players unlock new moves, costumes, rider options, and bike customization while working through challenges that emphasize score, technique, or specific maneuvers.

The Deluxe Edition adds six savage customization options. Each includes a rider skin, a signature special trick, and a matching motorbike paint job, making this version the most complete Tricky package listed on Steam.

Content model and current storefront status

Urban Trial Collection does not appear to be a single game with one shared progression system or a conventional season pass. It is a compilation of three separately sold products, each with its own menus, modes, achievements, and content structure.

The official Steam bundle is called Urban Trial Bundle. It combines Urban Trial Freestyle, Urban Trial Playground, and Urban Trial Tricky Deluxe Edition. The individual storefront pages remain active under their own names, so players searching for the collection should also search those three titles.

There is no verified evidence that the series has been renamed to a new franchise identity. The important naming distinction is between the unofficial or catalog-facing label Urban Trial Collection and the current Steam bundle name, Urban Trial Bundle.

There is no traditional DLC catalog attached to the collection as a whole. The notable paid-content difference is that Tricky is represented by its Deluxe Edition, which includes its additional customization options rather than functioning as a separate expansion pack.

Multiplayer, controls, and PC features

The multiplayer description requires care because the three games do not share identical feature sets. Urban Trial Playground supports shared or split-screen play and Steam Remote Play Together, while the Steam listings for Freestyle and Tricky identify them as single-player titles.

That means the collection can support couch-style competition through Playground, but it should not be marketed as a three-game co-op package. The other entries are built around solo mastery, ghosts, leaderboards, and repeated score improvement.

Keyboard play is available on PC, and controller support is documented for the games, with a gamepad particularly useful for analog balance, throttle, braking, and trick timing. Players should expect the control feel and button layout to vary between entries, especially in Tricky's more elaborate stunt system.

Steam features vary by title but include Steam Cloud, achievements, leaderboards, and family-sharing support across the relevant listings. Playground additionally lists Remote Play Together and shared-screen functionality.

The current storefront information does not identify a separate anti-cheat system or mandatory third-party launcher for the Steam versions. The package is primarily a local and leaderboard-driven PC arcade experience rather than a live-service competitive game.

Localization also varies by entry. English is supported throughout, while French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified or Traditional Chinese appear across the individual games in different combinations.

Who should play Urban Trial Collection?

This package suits players who enjoy short repeatable tracks, physics-based motorcycle handling, score attacks, trick challenges, and the satisfaction of turning a failed run into a cleaner one.

Freestyle is the strongest fit for players who want a more structured city-course format. Playground is better for stunt scoring, visual customization, and split-screen sessions. Tricky is aimed at players who prefer exaggerated tricks, colorful presentation, and combo-driven challenges.

The collection is less suitable for anyone looking for open-world exploration, realistic motocross competition, licensed teams, long-form career progression, or a unified multiplayer mode across every included game.

Players seeking the same side-view obstacle-racing DNA with a larger community-created track ecosystem may prefer physics-focused stunt racing in Trials Rising, while those wanting a motorbike action platformer with combat can look toward side-scrolling motorcycle action such as Steel Rats.

Urban Trial Collection FAQ

Is Urban Trial Collection the official Steam name?

No. Urban Trial Collection is a catalog-style name for the combined package. Steam currently lists the official three-game bundle as Urban Trial Bundle.

What games are included?

The package contains Urban Trial Freestyle, Urban Trial Playground, and Urban Trial Tricky Deluxe Edition. They remain separate games with different modes and feature sets.

Does the collection include split-screen multiplayer?

Urban Trial Playground supports shared-screen and split-screen play, including Steam Remote Play Together. Freestyle and Tricky are listed as single-player games, so split-screen should not be assumed across the full collection.

Which game focuses most on tricks?

Urban Trial Tricky Deluxe Edition places the greatest emphasis on trick chains, combo scoring, rider customization, and freestyle movement in both directions.

Does Urban Trial Freestyle have leaderboards?

Yes. Freestyle includes online leaderboards and ghost-based competition, allowing players to compare times and stunt results while replaying courses for better runs.

Is there one shared campaign across all three games?

No. Each title has its own progression structure. The collection combines three standalone arcade racers rather than presenting one continuous story or unified career mode.

Is a controller recommended on PC?

A controller is a practical choice for analog balance, throttle, braking, and trick inputs, although keyboard controls are also available. The exact control layout differs between Freestyle, Playground, and Tricky.