Supernatural handyman simulator The Lift announced for PC

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tinyBuild and its development team, Fantastic Signals, have revealed a new game called The Lift. It’s a story-focused, first-person game where you play as a supernatural handyman, and it’s coming to PC via Steam. While a specific release date hasn’t been announced, players can try it out now in a limited-time open playtest.

Ivan Slovtsov, founder and game director of Fantastic Signals, announced they’re excited to share the result of three years of work and eager to get feedback from players during the upcoming Steam playtest. He described the game as a culmination of their passion for immersive worlds, compelling narratives, and gameplay that focuses on interesting systems.

Slovtsov explained that *The Lift* offers a fresh take on the genre. Players will need to understand and apply electrical engineering principles to repair and run complex machines as they uncover the secrets of a world influenced by the writing of the Strugatsky brothers and the SCP Foundation.

Here is an overview of the game, via tinyBuild:

About

In The Lift, you play as a handyman tasked with renovating a huge research facility that was left empty after a strange event. It’s a spooky, first-person game where you get to fix up and restore things, uncover a puzzling story, and explore a detailed world influenced by Soviet science fiction and the SCP Foundation universe.

Key Features

  • Renovate – Every floor is a massive renovation project with unique challenges. Work at your own pace, tackling everything from basic furniture repairs to complex electrical engineering projects. Use a variety of gadgets, craft what you need, and bring the Institute back to its former glory.
  • Explore – Use the Lift as your mobile base while travelling across the Institute. Explore multi- ple biomes, unlock hidden areas, meet unforgettable characters, and complete their quests. Piece together the mind-bending truth behind the incident that changed everything.
  • Repair – Breathe life back into dozens of intricate devices from vending machines and generators to satellite dishes and reactors. Build circuits with multiple components, identify fault currents, route cables, manage power supply, and generate torque to repair each system.

Check out the announcement trailer and initial gameplay video below. You can find the first screenshots in the gallery.

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2025-09-16 17:01