SANYA

helpnode / Mar 1, 2024 / Adventure

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A playful narrative adventure about the warmth of fleeting childhood memories: about a little boy named Sanya, rescuing a stray puppy, making true friends, and engaging in many exciting adventures in a small town set in the achingly strange and nostalgic period of the 90s.

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What's new

First update after launch

2024-03-10

The first week after SANYA's release has passed! Thanks to everyone who played, and gave feedback. Your kind words tell us that the 4 years spent developing the game were worth it. Today we're sharing our first update! Here's what's new: • SANYA is now available on MacOS! • Fixed a bug that made it hard to dial numbers on the phone. • Fixed a bug where the mini-game with the phone would freeze after the first phrase and not allow further progress. • Saves are now showing correctly. We're still working on a bug where sometimes you can't pull the Punpkin out of the tree roots . If you come across this issue, please email us at helpnodegames@gmail.com. If you find any other bugs, please let us know wherever you can: here in the comments, game discussions, on Twitter, or via email. Sending everyone hugs, wishing you a fantastic week, and may Pumpkin always be by your side!

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What players say

Positive

93% positive, 28 reviews

Not recommended3 hrs played

My review contains minor spoilers. Here's my opinion without the spoilers: I don't think it is worth the price because of how short it is, I'm disappointed, but the art style was lovely and I enjoyed the nice parts of the game, and will come back to play those. Now the long read: Pretty game, beautiful art style, and it brought me joy and nostalgia. HOWEVER, I expected more, a bit more. I knew it was going to be...

5 found this helpful, 2025-10-31

Recommended11 hrs played

SANYA is a small-scale narrative adventure developed and published by helpnode that focuses less on traditional gameplay challenges and more on evoking a specific emotional space: childhood curiosity, freedom, and the quiet texture of everyday life in a post-Soviet town during the 1990s. Rather than telling a dramatic or high-concept story, the game invites players into a gentle, memory-like journey shaped by simple...

1 found this helpful, 2025-12-30

Recommended2 hrs played

I was truly excited to play this game. I wanted some safe space after work to bring back my childhood memories, that smell of hot summer, the taste of kvas after dogonyalki, and the endless feeling of being cared. Short, heartwarming story. Point & click interaction. The visual is something I can yap about for ages. Your designers did truly inspiring and awesome job! And the sound? OMG! P.S.: But why did you feel...

2 found this helpful, 2025-11-10