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A flying saucer crash-lands in a distant Russian village, turning a rundown kolkhoz into the first, thin bridge between civilizations. As the first point of contact, you must dictate how this encounter unfolds and ultimately determine history’s outcome.
Kujlevka is a adventure, character action game and exploration game
developed by Callback
and published by Crytivo.
Released on April 06th 2023 is available on Windows and Linux
in 2 languages: English and Russian.
It has received 570 reviews of which 530 were positive and 40 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 and higher, 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 650
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Linux 32-bit
- Processor: Pentium® 4 1.5 GHz / Athlon® XP
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX® 11 compatible
- Storage: 3 GB available space
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Kujlevka is a narrative experience that thrives on atmosphere, ambiguity, and the quietly surreal, presenting a story that unfolds more like a dream than a traditional adventure. Developed by Callback and published by Crytivo, the game situates you in a remote Russian village in the early 1990s, a time defined by uncertainty and post-Soviet disillusionment. You play as Valery Potikhonchenkov, a wounded veteran whose solitary existence is upended when a UFO crashes directly into his home. From this unlikely premise, the game builds a meditative journey through personal trauma, societal collapse, and the ineffable strangeness of first contact. Rather than leaning into science fiction spectacle, Kujlevka uses the alien encounter as a prism through which to explore human fears, desires, and contradictions. The moment the UFO lands, the village becomes an improvised visitation center, and Valery, by virtue of circumstance, becomes its gatekeeper. Much of the gameplay unfolds at a simple wooden desk, where villagers approach you with their hopes, grievances, and delusions. You decide who gets to enter the spacecraft, supposedly to commune with the extraterrestrial visitors. These scenes reveal a community staggered by poverty, superstition, and political change, each character carrying their own blend of desperation and eccentricity. The choices you make are not grand moral dilemmas but subtle judgments shaped by personal instinct and interpretation. It is in this understated decision-making that the game’s narrative quietly deepens, portraying a society trying to grasp meaning amid chaos. Communication with the aliens becomes another peculiar ritual. You form messages by choosing a limited collection of words — fragments of meaning cobbled together into rough approximations of intent. This constraint mirrors the game’s broader themes of miscommunication and uncertainty. You are never entirely sure how the aliens interpret your words or how your choices will influence the villagers’ fates once they step inside the mysterious ship. Instead of clear causality, Kujlevka offers a haze of partial understanding, encouraging you to rely on intuition rather than logic. There is an almost bureaucratic absurdity to the process, reminiscent of satirical takes on authority and governance, yet the tone remains contemplative rather than comedic. As the days pass, the boundaries between reality and imagination begin to blur. The game shifts into haunting dream sequences that reflect Valery’s internal struggles — ghostly trains carrying skeletal soldiers, barren landscapes steeped in symbolism, and cryptic dialogues with strange entities. These visions are often unsettling but never gratuitous, instead acting as emotional mirrors to Valery’s past and the larger philosophical questions underlining the story. Kujlevka becomes as much a psychological portrait as it is a tale about aliens, using surreal imagery to expose sorrow, regret, and the remnants of wartime trauma. These sections elevate the experience beyond a simple narrative experiment, offering moments of introspective resonance that linger long after they end. The village itself, rendered in muted palettes and simple models, feels like a place suspended between decay and nostalgia. Its quiet streets, peeling buildings, and lingering Soviet iconography create a mood of stagnation that contrasts starkly with the cosmic presence lodged in Valery’s home. Dialogue is delivered with subdued performances that enhance the sense of isolation, capturing a community struggling to orient itself in a shifting world. The soundscape — understated, melancholic, and atmospheric — underscores the emotional weight of every encounter and dream. Rather than relying on spectacle, the game’s strength lies in its restraint, allowing its tone to wash over you gradually. Kujlevka’s slow pace and limited mechanical variety may deter players looking for more traditional structure. Its choices occasionally feel more thematic than consequential, and the gameplay often prioritizes mood over interactivity. Yet these qualities serve the narrative’s purpose. The game is about uncertainty, about trying to create meaning in a world that refuses to give clear answers. It invites contemplation instead of mastery, reflection instead of efficiency. For those willing to embrace its deliberate pacing and abstract sensibilities, the experience feels uniquely intimate and emotionally heavy. Ultimately, Kujlevka succeeds as a quietly powerful story about the human condition, using the fantastical to illuminate the ordinary rather than overshadow it. Its blend of surrealism, melancholy, and grounded rural life creates a narrative that feels both alien and familiar, a dreamlike meditation on community, identity, and existential longing. It leaves you with more questions than answers, but those questions feel purposeful — a reminder that understanding, whether of oneself or the cosmos, often resides in the spaces between certainty and doubt. Rating: 9/10
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Country in existential crisis. Somewhere on it's periphery, ageing disabled man with PTSD... in existential crisis. In his living room: crashed spaceship with miraculous technology capable of granting wishes. At least if you translate the interface well... Will it bring hope to the vast, abandoned land? Or at least give extra udders to the old neighbour's goat? Kujlevka is absurd comedy. Very bitter and introspective though, on personal level as well as societal. You can laugh at crazy situations, feel for protagonist's complicated life and ponder the great insight into post-totalitarian society that has no clue about what to do with itself. In Czechia we were (and still are) in similar situation, though luckily not so severe, and Kujlevka's view feels very spot on. It doesn't write essay about it, it shows it through characters, their thoughts and interactions. It's actually very Gogol-like type of comedy. Sad and disquieting amidst chuckles and laughs. Bonus exquisite double cameo: Bush and Yeltsin on a drinking spree. P. S. If you want to discover other less knows gems, you're welcome to visit my curator page: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45655021-Nods-for-Underdogs/]Nods for Underdogs .
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A well thought through game which takes a different, very Russian approach to the alien invasion genre. A good selection of central characters which explore the attitudes of different sectors of Russian society immediately after the fall of the iron curtain. Perhaps some things are lost in the English translation, but it is still recommended.
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Неожиданно неплохо. Короткая философская новелла с неплохой долей юмора. За двести рублей более чем стоит своих денег.
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Kujlevka is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
Kujlevka is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Kujlevka received 530 positive votes out of a total of 570 achieving a rating of 8.66.
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Kujlevka was developed by Callback and published by Crytivo.
Kujlevka is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Kujlevka is not playable on MacOS.
Kujlevka is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Kujlevka is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Kujlevka. Explore additional content available for Kujlevka on Steam.
Kujlevka does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Kujlevka does not support Steam Remote Play.
Kujlevka 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.
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Callback
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Crytivo
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06 Apr 2023
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