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{{Short description|2020 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Sauna2000
| image = Sauna2000 Cover.png
| caption = itch.io version cover image
| developer = 靄 Moya Horror
| genre = [[Software:Simulation game|Simulation]], [[Software:Horror game|horror]]
| platforms = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| released = 3 February 2020 (demo)
| modes = [[Software:Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}

'''''Sauna2000''''' is a [[Engineering:Video game|video game]] under development by 靄 Moya Horror, the production team of Japan-based independent developer Amos Sorri. Described as a "comedic sauna simulator", ''Sauna2000'' is a [[Software:Horror game|horror game]] with a Finnish setting.<ref>{{cite web|website=Moya Horror|date=3 February 2020|url=https://moyahorror.itch.io/sauna2000|title=Sauna2000}}</ref> A demo of the game was included in the 2020 [[Software:Horror game|horror game]] compilation ''Haunted PS1 Demo Disc'' by Irish developer Breogán Hackett, prompting the launch of a successful Kickstarter campaign. The game was praised for its unusual setting and light-hearted tone, particularly by Finnish critics.

== Gameplay ==

[[Image:Sauna2000 Gameplay.jpg|thumb|left|A screenshot of gameplay in ''Sauna2000''.]]

Set in the summer of 2000 in the small Finnish lakeside town of Muhvijärvi, the player plans to visit a summer retreat and relax, have a sauna, and drink beer. However, after crashing their car into a moose and finding their summer cabin vandalized, it is up to players to undertake a series of tasks to restore the cabin and set up the sauna. Players can also complete other recreational activities, including drinking, shooting, fishing, and taking photographs of the scenery.<ref>{{cite web|website=Den-Fami Nico|title=Sauna2000, a mysterious horror game that lets you experience a Finnish sauna, has been released|language=Japanese|date=30 August 2022|url=https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/220830g}}</ref> However, players are required to complete tasks before sundown, before they are visited by a spirit that will chase and strike down the player.<ref>{{cite web|website=Indie Games Jam|title=Sauna 2000|date=8 December 2021|url=https://www.indiegamesjam.com/sauna-2000/}}</ref>

== Development ==

''Sauna2000'' was developed by Amos Sorri, a Finnish developer based in [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]]. Sorri was inspired to create the game after playing ''[[Software:Control (video game)|Control]]'', a 2019 video game by Finnish developer [[Company:Remedy Entertainment|Remedy Entertainment]] that features an inaccessible sauna. Sorri developed the game in a short timeframe of one and a half months, having been given the deadline by ''[[Software:Haunted PS1|Haunted PS1]]'' to include the game in the ''[[Software:Haunted PS1|Demo Disc]]'' compilation.<ref name=ILT/> Following inclusion in the 2020 ''Demo Disc'', Sorri launched a successful Kickstarter campaign on 23 June 2020 that reached its funding milestone the following month.

== Reception ==

The demo of ''Sauna2000'' received positive reception. Calum Fraser of ''Alpha Beta Gamer'' praised the game for its unusually bright [[Software:Horror game|horror]] tone, stating "it’s a fantastic game with a very unique setting and vibrant visuals that prove that you don’t need darkness and dimly lit corridors to scare people."<ref name=ABG>{{cite web|website=Alpha Beta Gamer|title=Sauna 2000 – Alpha Demo|last=Fraser|first=Calum|date=7 February 2020 |url=https://www.alphabetagamer.com/sauna-2000-alpha-demo/}}</ref> The game was particularly popular with Finnish critics, who compared the game favorably to ''[[Software:My Summer Car|My Summer Car]]'', a game with a similarly humorous interpretation of Finnish life.<ref>{{cite web|website=Tilt|last=Fräntilä|first=Jarkko|title=Sauna 2000 is a Finnish sauna simulator that became a viral hit - 300,000 viewers on the video: "What the hell?"|language=Finnish|date=10 March 2020|url=https://www.tilt.fi/uutiset/sauna-2000-on-suomalainen-saunasimulaattori-josta-tuli-viraalihitti-300-000-katsojaa-on-tyrmistynyt-mita-saatanaa/}}</ref> Samuli Leppälä of ''Iltalehti'' stated the demo "combines horror, humor and the beauty of a Finnish summer night into a psychedelic package".<ref name=ILT>{{cite web|last=Leppälä|first=Samuli|date=15 July 2020|title=The Finnish sauna game hit hard and hard! - The crowdfunding goal was met|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/pelitjaesports/a/e2b8ef7c-0f62-4a34-9453-f70ceaf46ee3|language=Finnish}}</ref> In September 2022, Sorri released a second demo, ''Sauna2000 Autumn Night Prelude'', described as a "standalone experience that serves as an introduction to the full game", with new and separate content different to the original demo.<ref>{{cite web|website=Moya Horror|title=Sauna2000|author=Moya Horror|url=https://www.moyahorror.com/sauna2000}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{official|https://www.moyahorror.com/#sauna2000}}


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