"Snowtopia is a ski resort construction game with a hint of strategy and respect for the environment. It is intended for ski enthusiasts and tycoon players."
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a game with little to no substance, dropped by it's devs after god knows how long of radio silence. this game quickly becomes a poorly optimised, stuttering mess, the achevements are buggy, and the building aspect, frankly the most important part of the game, barely works!
don't even bother playing this for shits and giggles
don't even bother playing this for shits and giggles
This game is currently in the Humble Choice for February 2024, this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before March 5th, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.
The Bunny slope of a management sim.
Snowtopia has a good idea. Take a Ski Resort, build out lifts, slopes, and trails for players to ski, and then simulate visitors enjoying the area. They did something a bit crazy and did away with money so players can just build to their heart’s content. There’s a variety of people, and when it works, laying out slopes is fast and relatively easy.
But that’s just when it works. Oftentimes it’s hard to lay down lifts or find the right place to put them, slopes seem to be hard to lay out and constantly complain about rocks, other slopes, or lifts, and in general the map gets crowded fast. Also, simple things like the ability to expand the walkable area isn’t available, there’s ways around this but it feels like a hack to put down a restaurant just to make a path between two locations, and chaining lifts together to get to the mountain or even to the top.
The developers have said they officially are done patching the game, but it feels unfinished and there are no special goals on any map, so it just feels like a simple sandbox mode. It feels almost like pulling teeth to even set up the lift and runs, and after that point, it feels almost like it’s set in stone, that's what the runs will be. Even something simple like swapping out lifts for better choices isn’t allowed, so you’re mostly stuck with whatever you started with. Oh, and the text size is extremely small, which made it hard to read on my TV screen, and feels like something that should have been there as an accessibility option.
Pick this up if… honestly if you get the humble choice. This is not a game worth picking up on its own, and it’s a shame because conceptually this is a good idea, but the game isn’t designed well enough to be worth playing, and that sucks because designing a ski resort sounds fun, this just isn’t it. There does seem to be a backstory to why this game has stopped development but it doesn’t matter, because at the end of the day, you’re paying for a product, and the product isn’t that good.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/hVGME-pBU7g
The Bunny slope of a management sim.
Snowtopia has a good idea. Take a Ski Resort, build out lifts, slopes, and trails for players to ski, and then simulate visitors enjoying the area. They did something a bit crazy and did away with money so players can just build to their heart’s content. There’s a variety of people, and when it works, laying out slopes is fast and relatively easy.
But that’s just when it works. Oftentimes it’s hard to lay down lifts or find the right place to put them, slopes seem to be hard to lay out and constantly complain about rocks, other slopes, or lifts, and in general the map gets crowded fast. Also, simple things like the ability to expand the walkable area isn’t available, there’s ways around this but it feels like a hack to put down a restaurant just to make a path between two locations, and chaining lifts together to get to the mountain or even to the top.
The developers have said they officially are done patching the game, but it feels unfinished and there are no special goals on any map, so it just feels like a simple sandbox mode. It feels almost like pulling teeth to even set up the lift and runs, and after that point, it feels almost like it’s set in stone, that's what the runs will be. Even something simple like swapping out lifts for better choices isn’t allowed, so you’re mostly stuck with whatever you started with. Oh, and the text size is extremely small, which made it hard to read on my TV screen, and feels like something that should have been there as an accessibility option.
Pick this up if… honestly if you get the humble choice. This is not a game worth picking up on its own, and it’s a shame because conceptually this is a good idea, but the game isn’t designed well enough to be worth playing, and that sucks because designing a ski resort sounds fun, this just isn’t it. There does seem to be a backstory to why this game has stopped development but it doesn’t matter, because at the end of the day, you’re paying for a product, and the product isn’t that good.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/hVGME-pBU7g