Developer: Zhamul
Release Date: May, 2025
Graphics: 3D
Version: 1.0
Genre: Exploration
Players: 1
Description
Sauna is a minimalist first-person exploration experience for the original PlayStation that focuses on atmosphere rather than objectives. Designed as a calm and contemplative journey, the game invites players to freely explore a detailed sauna environment, showcasing an unconventional and experimental approach within the PSX homebrew scene.
Extra info
At its heart, Sauna is a first-person exploration game that places the player within a cozy, smoke-filled sauna environment. Rather than focusing on traditional game objectives such as combat, puzzles, or score, the title emphasizes mood, presence, and free exploration, inviting players to simply wander and experience the surroundings at their own pace.
The game is designed to be played with the DualShock controller. Movement and camera control are mapped to the PlayStation controller’s sticks, making the exploration feel intuitive and fluid on both original hardware and emulators.
There is also a very interesting blog about the development of this game. It uses a tool (PSXSplashEdit) which allows to create the scenes from Unity to be later rendered by PSX.
You can read it here.
Changelog
V. 1.0
Version 1.0 is the first and only release of Sauna on PlayStation, representing the complete and definitive version of the game. It includes the full experience as intended by the developer, with all content available from the start and no additional updates planned beyond this release.
