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PANELKI

Alexander Gromyko · 2022-03-04

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!

PANELKI is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $0.87, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 2755 reviews).

7
playing now
86%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4h
to beat · completionist 14h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.87
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 610 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~76/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,175 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 55k–124k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,755 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2024-01-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12412420222026Week of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2512026-09-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
881Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 36Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 27Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 17Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 35Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 19 · peak 120May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 34Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 28Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 25 · peak 77Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 52May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 26Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 198Nov 2025 — avg 57 · peak 766Jan 2026 — avg 88 · peak 955Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 188May 2026 — avg 47 · peak 999Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 39
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$0.742022-03-042026-08-242022-03-04 — best price $6.992022-05-15 — best price $3.842022-07-07 — best price $6.992022-08-22 — best price $2.792022-10-03 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-01-23 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $2.092023-04-17 — best price $6.992023-06-30 — best price $1.392023-07-25 — best price $6.992023-09-08 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $1.492023-12-11 — best price $4.992024-01-25 — best price $0.742024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-13 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-24 — best price $0.992024-10-14 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.592025-01-02 — best price $0.792025-03-01 — best price $7.992025-03-31 — best price $0.792025-06-05 — best price $7.992025-07-11 — best price $0.792025-09-07 — best price $7.992025-10-07 — best price $0.792025-12-04 — best price $7.992026-02-18 — best price $0.792026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-05-17 — best price $0.792026-07-09 — best price $0.872026-08-24 — best price $0.87
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
43.1%
earned "Valve moment"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Polish

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-07-15, latest 2022-12-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)86711%16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

6DOFCuteSnowSandboxLife SimRelaxingCinematicOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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