The game
Saunamies is a game about life in a small Finnish village by a frozen lake. There is a sauna. There are neighbours. It is very quiet, and mostly normal.
We're building it in Unreal Engine, slowly and carefully, the way you heat a wood-fired sauna.
Current conditions
- Outside
- −18 °C
- Lake
- Frozen
- Sauna
- °C
- Village
- Mostly normal
Better.
Questions
What does Saunamies mean?
Finnish for “sauna man”. It’s pronounced roughly SOW-nah-mee-es. Close enough is fine. He’s not much of a talker anyway.
What is löyly?
The steam that rises when you throw water on the hot stones. Finnish has a word for it. Finnish has a word for most things that happen in a sauna.
When is it coming out?
When it’s ready. You can’t rush a sauna.
Is there something strange about the village?
No. Why do you ask?
How can I help?
Follow along and tell a friend. That’s already more small talk than most Finns manage in a year.
Follow the development
Our YouTube and X channels open soon. We’ll post things here when there’s something worth showing.