Let’s Revisit That Gas Station: Why This Same Roadside Setup Keeps Turning Up

Maybe it is not just me anymore. That same roadside gas station setup keeps showing up, and it is getting harder to ignore.

A while back, I published Three Games, One Gas Station? Visual Compare. At the time, I treated it the way it should be treated: as a visual comparison, not a verdict. The point was never to throw accusations around. It was simply to say that something looked very familiar, and familiar enough to be worth documenting properly.

Now I am revisiting that same conversation because another example has turned up. This time it is tied to Ghost Master: Resurrection | Ashes & Abyss, an add-on for Ghost Master: Resurrection that brings a gas station setting into the picture. And once again, the overall look brings that same roadside fingerprint back into view.

Overhead view of the gas station layout in Ghost Master: Resurrection | Ashes & Abyss.

What makes this stand out is not just the idea of a gas station itself. It is the structure. From the overhead view, the layout immediately feels familiar: the main store section, the attached garage area, the back-room footprint, and the way the entire location is shaped. It is the kind of resemblance that goes beyond a general roadside vibe and starts to feel like the same shell, or at least a very closely related one, dressed a little differently.

That is where this gets interesting. One similar detail means very little on its own. But when the building footprint, interior flow, shelving logic, counter placement, and overall proportions begin lining up again, it starts to feel less like coincidence and more like a recurring production shortcut that keeps slipping into view.

Ghost Master: Resurrection | Ashes & Abyss – Official Trailer

That pattern is what made the earlier comparison worth doing, and it is what makes this latest example worth adding to the conversation. At this point, the story is no longer just about whether two screenshots happen to resemble one another. It is about how one very specific environment style appears to keep resurfacing across multiple games in a way that players can actually notice.

Why this matters beyond one screenshot

There is an important line to keep clear here. Reusing marketplace assets is normal. Small teams do it. Mid-sized teams do it. Bigger productions do it too when it makes sense. There is nothing automatically shady about using a commercially available environment pack. In many cases, it is one of the most practical ways for developers to build a location without spending months creating every prop and structure from scratch.

The interesting part is what happens when one environment becomes recognizable enough that it stops blending into the background. That is where this gas station now seems to be heading. The more often it appears, the less it feels like invisible set dressing and the more it starts to feel like a recurring character quietly making cameo appearances in different games.

Interior view of the gas station shop in Ghost Master: Resurrection | Ashes & Abyss.

The interior screenshot strengthens that feeling. The counter position, the aisle flow, the wall treatment, the shelving arrangement, and the overall room logic all feel like they belong to the same family of layouts already seen elsewhere. Again, that is not proof on its own. But it is enough to make the comparison stronger than a vague resemblance.

That is also why this has become a story in its own right. Not because anyone has been caught doing something wrong, but because the same visual identity keeps resurfacing across projects that otherwise have very different tones and goals. One game may use it for horror. Another may use it for mystery. Another may treat it as a quick roadside stop. But the shape of the place still rings a bell.

The asset angle is part of the story

There is also a practical reason this keeps coming up. A commercial Rural Gas Station pack by QuadArt is publicly listed on major asset marketplaces, and the more you look at it, the more it starts to feel like one of those quietly powerful environment packs that can leave a real visual footprint across multiple games. A rural station with a shop, garage, props, shelving, pumps, and dressing already assembled does not just save time. It gives developers a ready-made location with enough character and structure to become instantly usable, and apparently memorable too.

That does not automatically prove every version seen in the wild is the exact same pack. Unless a developer confirms it, or someone checks the files directly, that would be too strong a claim. But it does offer a very plausible and completely ordinary explanation for why similar layouts and dressing choices keep appearing. In other words, this may not just be a useful asset. It may be one of those rare reusable environments strong enough to become recognizable in its own right.

And maybe this is the strangest part

What really stands out to me is that hardly anyone seems to be talking about this in a serious way. From where I sit, it still feels like Fix Gaming Channel is one of the only outlets actually lining these frames up, checking the storefronts, and saying: hold on, have we seen this place before?

Maybe that is because most people do not care. Maybe it is because asset reuse is so common that it rarely becomes a wider conversation. Or maybe it is simply because no one else bothered to stop and look closely. But once you notice it, it becomes difficult to unsee. The gas station starts showing up like a familiar face in a crowd.

Visual comparison of the asset pack next to earlier game examples that raised the same familiar gas station question.

So no, I do not think this is just me. I think this same roadside setup has quietly appeared often enough that it deserves to be documented as a pattern. Not sensationalized. Not turned into cheap outrage. Just tracked properly, with common sense, context, and a careful eye.

And if this keeps happening, then this strange little gas station may end up becoming one of the most recognizable reusable roadside environments in recent indie games, simply because it keeps showing up with a shape and identity that players can actually remember.

Related Reading

Earlier comparison: Three Games, One Gas Station? Visual Compare

Reference pack: Rural Gas Station by QuadArt on Fab

Marketplace listing: Rural Gas Station by QuadArt on ArtStation

Steam pages: Roadside Research, Before Exit: Gas Station, The Legacy, Ghost Master: Resurrection

Written by Ronny Fiksdahl, Founder & Editor of Fix Gaming Channel.