ШХД: ЗИМА / IT'S WINTER

ШХД: ЗИМА / IT'S WINTER

Released Mar 2019

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.

76% positive · 880 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

It's Winter launched on March 7, 2019 as a deliberately minimal, atmospheric experience — the store description explicitly states "nothing awaits you" and frames the game as a finished artistic work, part of a broader multi-platform project (book, music album, short film, and theatre play). The game was never positioned as a live service or an evolving product. Of the 5 developer news posts on record, none relate to updates or new content for It's Winter itself. The one post with a development signal (August 29, 2023) announced the studio's next game, Neyasnoe — a separate title. The remaining posts cover merchandise, sales, a music video, and a security notice. There is no history of post-launch content releases, no announced DLC, and no roadmap. The developer's attention has moved on to a new project. The game appears to have launched as a complete artistic package and has received no post-launch content additions. It is a finished product.
Evidence
Developer announced and released an entirely new game (Neyasnoe) on Steam. No mention of any updates or future content for It's Winter.
news post · Aug 29, 2023 source development ending
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Store description frames the game as an intentionally minimal, finished experience — part of a multi-platform artistic project (book, music album, short film, theatre play). No content updates or expansions are implied or promised.
description · Mar 7, 2019 source development ending
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Details

Publisher
ИЛЬЯМАЗО
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

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. Just a broken radio, refrigerator filled with food, loneliness and endless snow.

This game created by Ilya Mazo in collaboration with well-known underground game designer Alexander Ignatov (sad3d) is a part of the "ШХД: ЗИМА" multi-platform project which consists of the book, music album, short film and theatre play.
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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