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Press release:
Tampere, Finland – April 22nd, 2022.
The France-based indie games publisher PID Games and Finland-based indie games developer Red Stage Entertainment, today announced with great excitement and delight that their beautiful 3D story-driven action-adventure “Skábma Snowfall” (which is inspired by lores from the indigenous Sámi people) is now available for PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store.

PID Games, in conjunction with Sunsoft and developer Red Stage Entertainment, today release the latest game to their catalogue of fan-revered titles, Skábma – Snowfall.

Follow Áilu, a traditional Sámi herder who, after losing track of one of his reindeer, discovers a disease is consuming his homelands and must uncover the mystery of the rot to save his people. Using an ancient drum imbued with powerful magic, Áilu must unearth the abilities of his ancestors and learn to heal the injured, and ultimately the world.

Throughout the course of gameplay, players will meet with ancient familiar spirits who will assist Áilu in his journey; enjoy a uniquely written story showcasing northernmost indigenous people of Europe soundtracked by authentic traditional Sámi yoik-singing from award-winning Hildá Länsman.

“It’s been a privilege to work with Red Stage Entertainment and learn more about the Sámi culture and language. We’re extremely happy to bring it to the world and hopefully cast some light on it,” said Stanislas Jun Peyrat, Lead Product Manager/Producer at PID Games.

“We hope that this game will spark some interest towards the Sámi culture”.

Skábma – Snowfall is available now on Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store at $19.99/ €19,99/ £15.49 via the following links:

Steam – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1665280/Skabma__Snowfall/

GOG – https://www.gog.com/en/game/skabma_snowfall

Epic Games Store – https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/skabma-snowfall

Early adopters of the Skábma can get a 10% discount until April 29th, 2022.

About PID Games
PID Games is the new publishing label created by Plug In Digital. We provide tailor-made publishing support for all platforms, from Ghost of a Tale to Paper Beast, including Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Neon Beats, Unmemory.

About Red Stage Entertainment
Red Stage Entertainment Oy is a small and lovable indie game studio located in the left kidney of Finland (Tampere). We believe games have something to say, tell meaningful stories and ultimately make people (and ourselves) happier. We are currently working on Skábma™ – Snowfall.

Sámi-themes for our games are not chosen randomly: almost half of the company is owned by Sámi. For us, Skábma – Snowfall is a very dear and personal project.

Sámi: one nation, four countries
The Sámi are the indigenous people of Northernmost Europe. Their homeland is called Sámiland (Sápmi in Northern Sámi language). Sámiland extends through four countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia.

From the ten Sámi languages, nine are still spoken, but all the languages are considered endangered: history of assimilation and boarding schools almost wiped out the languages and parts of the culture. Snowfall is voice-acted in the most spoken of the languages: Northern Sámi (davvisámegiella).

The Sámi’s world has changed and the traditional ways of living are facing many threats: all the way from global warming to the mining and forest industry taking over the Sápmi.

“Just a few decades ago the sámi families were in danger of losing their culture and languages: stories told from across generations were starting to be forgotten. It took hard work from the Sámi community to change that course. We are not in the clear yet though, the culture still faces many challenges and one of them is that the younger generation is moving to the bigger cities and abandoning the traditional livelihoods like reindeer herding.

Can the Sámi maintain their culture in the city and could the digital media offer new ways for preserving and portraying the culture? Those were few of the questions we wanted to find an answer to, and ultimately that led us to creating this game,” says Eira-Teresá Joret Mariánná.

Skábma – Snowfall game is dedicated to the Sámi people and created to honour their culture. The characters from traditional Sámi stories and old Sámi beliefs presented in the game are intellectual property of Sámi. They are owned collectively by Sámi and do not belong to any individual or company.

Those wanting to learn more about the Sámi can visit: https://www.samediggi.fi/sami-info/?lang=en