A new building game on Steam is making hell a business – and you are the manager

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In a new game on Steam, it’s up to you to profit from the poor souls who end up in hell. To do this, you look for employees on the surface and recruit them in a completely harmless way.

What game is this about? Sintopia is a mixture of building game and god simulation. You are managers of Hell and make your money by “recycling” souls for Heaven. At the same time, you influence the upper world and ensure that you never lack souls to punish.

There is currently only a trailer and a few screenshots for Sintopia on Steam. The game is scheduled to go into early access there in 2025.

You can see the official announcement trailer here:

Sintopia: First trailer for the mix of building game and god simulation

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What does the trailer reveal about the game? In order to cleanse your hellish inhabitants of their sins, you need experts: The “Greedologist,” for example, drives the souls out of their greed. The same applies to the remaining 6 of the 7 deadly sins that you will have to deal with.

Because you literally create your own hell in Sintopia, the game is designed to be very humorous. The design of the characters is quite cute and the game doesn’t take itself too seriously. This is also reflected in the methods of purification:

  • Lustful souls are subjected to an unsightly pole dance number
  • Those who indulge in gluttony are surrounded by fast food and sweets, but can never achieve it
  • A soul is locked in a dark room where it can’t seem to do anything except watch movies and series on “Hellflix”.

    • After their stay ends, the souls are reborn and sent back to the upper world. In contrast to Hell, which has an 80s look, it has a medieval design.

    Where does god simulation come into play? If you want, you can make life miserable for individuals in the overworld – accidents happen and houses made of wood burn pretty well. This might even bring you a new soul that you can use to make money again.

    However, be careful to maintain a certain balance in the level of corruption. If too many sins accumulate in the upper world, a demonic invasion occurs. And, as every good manager knows, they are bad for business.

    Another building game on Steam, however, seems to be quite good for business, and not just for the developers: one CEO even gave his employees free copies of the game so that they could learn something for their work. You can read more about it here: A building game inspires gamers on Steam and tech billionaires like Elon Musk

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