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Join the shelter crew and create the best Alpine resort in this cozy narrative tycoon! Enjoy rich character stories, attract and rescue alpinists, manage your resort, and forge new trails. Grab your map, pour a warm cup of tea, and brace for the harshest winter of the 1960s!
Above the Snow is a cozy, resource management and story rich game
developed by Above the Desk
and published by Wandering Wizard.
Released on April 23rd 2026 is available only on Windows
in 11 languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, French, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian.
It has received 381 reviews of which 286 were positive and 95 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 14.70€ on Steam with a 40% discount.
The Steam community has classified Above the Snow into these genres:
Cozy
Resource Management
Story Rich
Atmospheric
Management
Simulation
Building
Snow
Hand-drawn
Time Management
Strategy
Casual
Nature
Family Friendly
City Builder
Relaxing
Shop Keeper
Cute
Dogs
Immersive Sim
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Above the Snow:
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| Spanish - Spain | |||
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| Portuguese - Brazil | |||
| Ukrainian |
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10/11 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 10th generation/AMD Ryzen 5 5600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1650
- Storage: 4 GB available space
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In short I bought this game for an in depth hotel management game in the unforgiving frozen mountains. In the games current state management is basically non-existent order regular shipments of food to the kitchen and wood for the central heating. What the game does offer is a beautiful cosy shelter in the Swiss Alps that you can decorate and customise to your heart's content to bring in different groups of customers. The interesting management of the surrounding mountains laying trails tailored to different groups. A harsh climb to the summit of a mountain or a snowy forest hike to a campsite.
Cozy winter hotel game. The main reason I'm giving this a thumbs up is due to my enjoyment of snow. Otherwise this is just a hotel management game. This game has that terrible reputation mechanic to where you can't buy a helicopter unless enough people have given you a positive review. I also think the game moves too fast, I'd like to see something where the hosts of the hotel have to build the furniture & buildings. I also wish there was a heat pipe system to where your heat placement has to be specifically placed, also wish that the employees of the hotel manually refilled the heaters that run on other fuel. Then lastly this game has my least favorite heat mechanic where it's just a specific area and then the heat stops. There is no movement of heat or insulation, just 5 ft radius from the heater & then you might as well be outside.
I'm currently about 40 hours into the game, and I'm really enjoying it. There's clear love and polish that has been put into it. It's currently a bit rough around the edges in a few places, including a good deal bugs, but most of them I've encountered haven't been game breaking, just temporary setbacks that just need a little experimenting to work around. With that said, the devs are extremely responsive on discord to the bug reports, and I've seen them manually fixing save files for other people when they've run into a few gamebreaking bugs. I was originally considering waiting until I finished the game to provide a review, but I've been really impressed with the devs, I feel like they are going to not only iron out the bugs but also deliver nice quality of life features later on, so I wanted to give the rating a nice boost now while it's still fresh as a nice release. I'll see if I update my review later with more details once I've completed the game. Anyway, I'm about halfway through the story campaign (I think), though I have unlocked everything that's currently available in the tech tree. I've been thoroughly enjoying my time and think it's well worth the $25 price tag. The core gameplay loop of buying/upgrading what you can with the day's income, designing trails, and juggling work assignments is very engaging. Rescuing hikers who've had accidents is simple, but still feels a bit rewarding, and the quests so far have added a good variety. I definitely recommend the game..
Above the Snow is a unique title in a sea of management games in terms of its setting - you have to bring a decrepit old mountain hotel back in to use, attract climbers to stay with you and build them the trails they then go and climb in the mountains. The campaign takes about 11-12 hours on the normal difficulty, but doesn't present too many challenges once you've realised that you can just spam helicopter drops of supplies and that money is very rarely an issue. The fun is in building out your trails, and sending the groups on the way. Sadly, this side of the game becomes a little simplistic and weak - you can build a trail and then upgrade it with climbing chains, barriers and even a cable car, and doing so reduces the difficulty. Unfortunately these upgrades aren't visible on the map (yes, even a cable car) and the climbers themselves are hilariously stupid and regularly get themselves in to trouble. Rescuing them is a doddle though and not a challenge as expected - I never staffed the rescue centre. Fixing up your hotel is the other area you'll spend your time - opening up new rooms, plopping down beds and other entertainment. This scratches the normal management game itch, as you try and fill demand bars (comfort, storage and entertainment), but again rapidly becomes a bit shallow and easy to cheese. Who said you couldn't have a room just full of TV sets to get the +15 bonus eh? It'd be nice to see a bit more complexity in the overall management game aspects - such as scheduling of jobs, specific room requirements (eg: a bedroom needs beds, wardrobe, lamp, bedside table) and a wider variety of items to fill the space. Yet despite all the above, it comes together in to a well-done cohesive whole. Heck, I did the campaign in a weekend. I just wish it had more to offer, and deeper systems.
Very charming management game. The beginning can feel a little overwhelming as you don't have enough beds, don't have trails established to the areas people want to visit, and are low on resources, but once you realise it's OK to let the guests suffer a bit at the start, and in fact meeting all their demands actually can be detrimental as your star rating goes up and then their requirements increase even further. It's best to take things slow, have some unsatisfied guests, but overall a majority who are happy, and the pressure vanishes. There are a few QoL improvements that could be made, such as a global task management window so you don't have to spend as much time changing views and selecting buildings/items to assign your team. That's probably my biggest complaint so far. There have also been a couple bugs, including some soft-locks, but the dev team have been super responsive to these, releasing fixes and offering to fix savefiles sent to them to fix any softlock issues without you needing to restart. Their response time has been exemplary. Overall I fully trust the issues will be resolved, and I'm sure future updates will only make the game better and more enjoyable, so I highly recommend this game to anybody who enjoys management games with a story.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Above the Snow is currently priced at 14.70€ on Steam.
Yes, Above the Snow is currently available at a 40% discount. You can purchase it for 14.70€ on Steam.
Yes, Above the Snow received 286 positive votes out of a total of 381 achieving a rating of 7.09.
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Above the Snow was developed by Above the Desk and published by Wandering Wizard.
Yes, Above the Snow is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Above the Snow is not playable on MacOS.
No, Above the Snow is not playable on Linux.
No, Above the Snow is not playable on Steam Deck.
This information about Above the Snow is not available yet.
No, Above the Snow does not support VR.
Above the Snow is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Above the Snow. Explore additional content available for Above the Snow on Steam.
No, Above the Snow does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Above the Snow does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Above the Snow is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Above the Snow.
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| Steam price | 30 October 2026 15:31 UTC |
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Developer
Above the Desk
Publisher
Wandering Wizard
Release
23 Apr 2026
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