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Wander a snowbound apartment block, handle everyday objects, and sit with the quiet of an isolated winter.
Released 07 Mar 2019
Fry an Egg
Explore a Snowy Courtyard
Read Scattered Poems
Panel houses, snow, overcast sky, tiny kitchen, shabby staircase… It's Winter is an indie game which genre could be classified as sandbox, post-soviet, sad 3d, russian sadness. Nothing awaits you: there is no chance to get out, no room for adventures and breathtaking plot.
Developed by ИЛЬЯМАЗО, sad3d · Published by ИЛЬЯМАЗО








You explore a small apartment and the surrounding courtyard of a snow-covered residential block. The setting’s worn interiors, empty streets, and falling snow frame a quiet, solitary winter.
Walk through the apartment, stairwell, and courtyard, and interact with ordinary objects: switch lights, open the refrigerator, prepare food, and use the radio. Scattered poems and ambient sounds add details to the spaces you visit.
There is no conventional mission or clear progression. The experience is built around looking around and performing small daily routines, without those actions unlocking a larger story or substantially changing the environment.
Players who connect with the game often praise its stark winter atmosphere and its evocation of loneliness, nostalgia, and familiar post-Soviet surroundings. Some also highlight the ambient sound and small environmental details, finding the simple routines conducive to reflection. Other reviewers feel the sparse interactions, limited space, and lack of goals leave too little to do, and some describe the experience as very brief.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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