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Work as a utility worker in a procedurally generated Siberian housing district, clearing snow and earning enough for a ticket out.
Released 04 Mar 2022
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A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
Developed by Alexander Gromyko · Published by Alexander Gromyko
You play a utility worker in a seemingly endless Siberian city of apartment blocks, trying to earn enough money for a ticket out. Explore its streets, courtyards, buildings, and basements in an open-world setting.
Take on municipal chores such as clearing snow from entrances, cars, and roofs; collecting litter; cleaning graffiti; and replacing stairwell bulbs. Snow can also be piled into towers, and some tasks can be done with a friend online.
The city uses procedural generation, changing weather, and a day-and-night cycle. Cold can build up outdoors, so you can warm up inside and find useful items in basements. A camera lets you capture views of buildings, with some photos earning money.
Players who enjoy PANELKI often praise its bleak, wintry housing-estate atmosphere and nostalgic sense of place. Many find the straightforward chores calming and like taking their time to explore or make photos; some also enjoy cleaning and playing snowball fights with friends. Other reviewers find the tasks repetitive and the experience limited, so the slow, atmospheric approach is not for everyone.
In childhood parents told you that you would become a janitor in future, but you did not live up to their expectations and became a top manager? Even if not, in this game you will be able to play the role of utility worker.
Carry out various assignments from utility services, get money for it and enjoy the atmosphere of the Siberian city. Your task is to save up for a ticket to leave the city and start a new life.
You enter the endless open world of the city of panel houses. It consists a lot of procedurally generated objects: roads, houses, playgrounds, garages, schools and other structures. The main feature of the Sibreain city are panel houses, uniquely generated both outside and inside. No house is like any other.
In Panelki you can interact with snow. Dig snowdrifts in the entrances, cars, clean the roofs of houses or just build a giant snow tower. With the help of different shovels you will be able to dig more and more snow.
The Panelki world has dynamic weather and day/night cycle. Full immersion in weather conditions: from a heavy blizzard at night to a quiet snowfall at noon. If you stay in the cold for a long time, the player starts to freeze. You can warm up in the indoors.
Come into the basement. There you will find useful items such as shovels, intercom keys, light bulbs, snowman carrots, a flashlight, or other things. You can turn on heating in the basements.
In Panelki you can stop anytime and anywhere, turn on the camera and capture the harsh view of the Siberian city. Due to a lot of image settings, you can give the picture any mood. You will also need a camera in the game: if you have completed all the actions in the house, you can take a photo of it from the outside and get some in-game money for the picture.
Clean the entrances, screw in light bulbs, erase graffiti, play snowballs with a friend! The main thing is not to lose sight of each other.
Join our discord server (in the links section of the game's Steam store page).
* all screenshots are taken with in game cinematic mode.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 16 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Content notices |
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| Website | Official website |
